Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
Review:The prose is not easy to read, because of the book's age, but it's what it is, and it's a classic tale. |
Review:The prose is not easy to read, because of the book's age, but it's what it is, and it's a classic tale. |
You surely have seen a million posts like this one. Hacker X starts saying what a great time he had at company Y/college/mom's basement/the circus and how he will always miss the people there but anyway it's great to look forward to the challenge of life at company Z/unemployment/feng shui consulting/elefant excrement shoveling.
Well, this one is pretty much the same thing.
I started working at Canonical today. Yes, Canonical. The Ubuntu guys. You may wonder what a dyed-in-the-wool KDE guy is going to do there. Well, it's a job, dude, the 90s called and they want their flamefest back.
I am the new "Engineering Manager for the Desktop+ group". What the heck is that? Well, my job is to help a bunch of talented people I like (at least the ones I've known so far ;-) deliver cool software.
I will probably not be coding much, since this is a grownup job, the kind where instead of lines of code you are supposed to develop gastric ulcers and receding hairlines while you herd cats to the closest cat shed, but I will probably manage to do something, sometimes.
This position came at a good time for me. My kid is going to be 4 next year and go to school all day. What the heck was I gonna do at home all day then, watch anime? Build killer robots? Plan how to conquer the world?
And what happens to my previous job? Well... I still have it somehow. I own a piece of Net Managers (http://netmanagers.com.ar) but I will be stepping away from the daily management and operation of the business.
So, basically, I intend to take the money and dump the work on the backs of my capable partners (just kidding). In any case, the company can work just as well without me since we can now maybe hire an employee instead of paying me, so it's win/win ;-)
On other news, I will still work in the same table as the last 5 years, doing some of the same things, with different people. It doesn't sound so big when said like that, uh? Well, I will travel more, and there are interesting challenges in this new job.
In short: canonical, little coding, still own netmanagers, happy guy.
Again, spanish only because it's a video... in spanish.
Resulta que me olvidé que sí habían grabado mi charla de docutils y compañia. Gracias a Germán por hacerme acordar y mostrarme adonde estaba!
Y ... acá está:
Review:Some may complain about the science in the book and they would be right. I will complain about something else: the plot and the writing.
Then he pats the dog and exchanges two phrases with the protagonist. I marvel at the idea of a doorman that's allowed to play guitar on the lobby on working hours. With this introduction you may wonder what role Alan plays in the plot. Well, let me quote the only other mention of Alan in the whole book. It comes very near the end.
I rest my case. The plot is just lazy, the science is contrived, and the writing lame. Not a good book. |
Spanish only, since it's about a video in spanish ;-)
Acá está, gracias a la gente de Junín, un video de mi charla "Aplicaciones extensibles usando PyQt", en la que intento mostrar como desarrollar una aplicación con PyQt y yapsy.
No es una charla con la que esté muy contento. La otra salió mejor, pero no se filmó, así que quedará solo en la memoria de los cuatro gatos locos que estábamos ahí ;-)
El resto de las charlas: http://unnoba.blip.tv/