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Survey time! Are there any full-time #PhD students out there who are more than a year in and are really enjoying what they’re doing day-to-day? If so: which country are you in, what are you researching, and why don’t you hate it yet?

<push code changes> <go for walk> <deep thoughts> <rush back home before someone can see code>

The longer that I'm in tech the more time I spend saying variations on "let's back up a step (or 20) and see if there's another way to solve your problem". This may just be a getting older thing.

A little PSA about ASL for ‘Thank you’! I’ve had all of these signed to me accidentally haha. And when I sign thank you to non signers, sometimes they thought I was blowing a kiss to them. T_T #ASL #AmericanSignLanguage

IM CRYING LAUGHING

Advice for conf speakers: When someone you care for is speaking, sit in the first row. Be there for them. Laugh at their jokes, _actually_ watch the talk (Twitter can wait), make yourself visible for them. Be the audience you'd like to have, and next time you will have it.

in the elevator wm: who's lab are you in? me: mine wm: no, I mean who is the PI of the lab? me: I am wm: in what Professor's lab? me: the Columbus lab and I am Columbus

Me: I'll just deploy this thing, then I'll call it a day early. ... ... ... Wait. I want a refund.

I missed this last month: The New York Public Library lets people check out ties, briefcases and handbags for important meetings and job interviews. on.nypl.org/2NF58KS

I chatted with a friend today about orders of magnitude of payouts. He suggested "a meal", "a car", "a house", "retirement". My partner's first royalty payment was in the "stick of gum" category. My first one was "a meal".

It's another example of what I wrote about in WIRED a few months ago -- which is that if you're looking for one area in tech that's consistently a font of good news, it's clean-energy tech: wired.com/story/the-sunn…

My favorite person to follow on twitter is Clive Thompson. Also there will be a new book from this author soon. KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED.

People who can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bug me in ways I cannot put into words.