Wanted: Programming Topics for High School Students

Several co-workers and I have volunteered to present lunch-hour sessions for Advanced Placement computer science students at a local high school. Mine is on January 30 and I need to choose a topic. Games and gadgets would probably go over well; maybe something about how chicks dig geeks? :-)

Seriously, if you have any ideas, please share them!

  5 Jan 06 9:54 PM · Comments (1) · Tags: Geek

Brush with Greatness

So, I'm sitting in Oakland airport this evening waiting to board my flight to Portland, when over the loudspeaker I hear, "Passenger Robert Scoble, please report to Gate 8." So I wander over to Gate 8, and sure enough, The Evangelist himself!

Now, I'm not just some anonymous fan: I've known Robert since before he was famous; I worked for several years with him and Maryam (when her last name had more than two syllables) at Fawcette Technical Publications. So we spent a few minutes catching up on what we’ve each been up to, exchanged business cards, and Scoble gave me a coveted Channel 9 Guy. Then my flight was boarding, and my brush with greatness was over as quickly as it had begun.

But let me tell you this, Dear Reader: In spite of all his cachet and notoriety, Robert still flies coach.

 22 Jun 05 12:11 AM · Comments (0) · Tags: Geek

Hanselman is Pure Evil

Scott Hanselman is evil. I suppose one could argue that it's Greg's own fault for being so damned interesting; fortunately, I don't have that problem.

 17 Jan 05 10:34 AM · Comments (2) · Tags: Geek

How to get someone to answer your question

Awesome, devious tip from KC Lemson about how to take advantage of technical people's egos to get the information you need.

 22 Sep 04 6:18 PM · Comments (0) · Tags: Geek