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3 years on, break out the leather, crystal or glass
Each year I do a little retrospective post marking my work anniversary, and today I it’s time to continue the tradition. First up here’s some of those previous posts covering my time at Telstra new year, new house, new job 12 Months In 546 Days 730 Days & 23 trips to Sydney! 1,000 Days During the last… Continue reading
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1,000 Days
I’ve just clocked over 1000 days at Telstra. It’s gonna get hard to play the “I’m new here” card now I guess. It’s been a journey so far – kinda like the hero journey A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered… Continue reading
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730 Days & 23 trips to Sydney!
Today marks 2 years into my time at Telstra , and it’s really zipped along. I even got inspired to get a “simpsons-style” cartoon of me – the orange hat is a nice touch I think. The last couple of these types of posts I’ve done have included a bit of a recap – 12 Months In & 546 Days so I… Continue reading
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12 Months In
It’s been 12 months since I started with Telstra. My pass still worked after a few weeks off, so that’s a good sign. Anyways…. looking back on the past 12 months, lots happened ….. the group I joined changed names from GAP to TSG got to meet some wonderful folks at muru-d helped out with the pilot for codeclub australia met a… Continue reading
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2048 – Where I heard it first
A few weeks back my daughter Emma was playing a simple yet addictive game on her PC, called 2048. She wrote about it on her aussiegeekgirl blog , comparing it to another recent addictive game, flappy bird. Now in the past few days, others have been writing about this addictive game 2048 is the new Flappy Bird in so many ways… Continue reading
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‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things”
Yes, the time has indeed come. After 22 years, 3 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, I’ve decided to leave Microsoft. Yes, you’ve heard correct. It’s time! My time with Microsoft started way back on 1991, in Canberra, as a Systems Engineer. I was the first technical guy in a small team of 4 people. I… Continue reading
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Not clicking, waving….
I’ve been helping my kids with their homework, and one of them (I wont name who, so as to avoid any embarrassment) had to deliver a presentation in PowerPoint. I wanted to add a bit of pizzazz to the experience looked at hooking up a Kinect so that they could present with gestures, rather than… Continue reading
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My Geek Origin Story
Michael Kordahi, aka Delicate Genius, is asking for Geek Origin Stories. How can I not contribute to this worthy cause…… The year was 1981, and my high school, CBC StKilda, got a fancy new Cromenco computer system. I was asked to man the computer lab by my math teacher, Mrs Fagin, and to pass the… Continue reading
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20? meh – Just another day
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. 1991 was a big year for me. I got married. I bought a house. My first child was born AND I joined Microsoft on May 20, 1991 Today marks my 20th year anniversary at Microsoft. As I have done for the past few years (19, 18,… Continue reading
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Mayorships up for grabs
I love playing foursquare, and I have just started using a wonderful foursquare app on my Windows Phone called 4th and Mayor. So, I am the “mayor” of a bunch of places. At one point, I got to 30 venues. Anyways, since I’m leaving town, the mayorship of the spots will be up for grabs.… Continue reading