Some of you know that I'm on the board of trustees of Tech High School, a charter high school in urban Atlanta. As a reminder, charter schools are not magnet schools. We're not allowed to have admissions tests, and we have to accept every student who signs up, so we're not "cream-skimming" from the Atlanta student population.Please take the time … [Read more...]
BarCamp Organization
October 17, 2007 by
I haven't written about BarCamp last weekend because others have done a good job giving an overview of what happened. If you haven't seen the pictures, check out Flickr.But I do want to ruminate a bit on the self-organizing nature of BarCamp. … [Read more...]
BarCamp Atlanta sign-up
September 6, 2007 by
On the off chance that anyone is reading this who (1) lives in Atlanta, and (2) doesn't already read some of the other local blogs that have mentioned it (Jeff, Lance), BarCamp Atlanta is filling up fast!Space-limited to 100 attendees; after opening registration this week, we only have 31 seats left. If you're committed to coming, read more … [Read more...]
DragonCon
September 5, 2007 by
Okay, I seem to have survived Dragon*Con.Yes, I go every year. No, I don't wear costumes. … [Read more...]
Packets beat Circuits
July 17, 2007 by
So I got in yet another variation of the Mass Transit Discussion over the weekend. I have this discussion often enough that I decided to write up my position here, so that I can just point to it. … [Read more...]
