Archive for the ‘reading’ Category

Tech jobs in Phoenix? Crazy talk…

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

You wouldn’t really be able to guess that Phoenix is the 16th largest city for tech jobs in the country if you were to read the traditional media here. In the 41 stories published to the Phoenix Biz Journals RSS feed this week 6 of them talk about tech in the valley.
Yet there is this story:

Tech jobs spur some growth in Phoenix area:
The Phoenix area's technology community has seen some growth after shedding jobs for most of the decade, according to a study by the American Electronics Association.

Where is the info about what companies are driving this growth? What are they doing? Who are they?

Of these 6 stories only one of them actually talks about a specific company: Unicorn Media which is a startup by some of the folks who did Limelight Networks.

Where is the story about Limelight’s current issues with patent Lawsuits with Akamai?

This is more and more reason for the grassroot/groundswell action that Refresh, Social Media Club, Tempe Nerds, Refactor, and Ignite Phoenix to name a few.

Historical Fiction with lots of sex

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Hows that for a title?

Just finished World Without End, which is arguably the longest book I have ever read, just over 1000 pages. It was a great read and I highly recommend it.

Ken Follett is a master story teller and weaves so many plots so intricately that you are loathe to put the book down. The historical references are really well done and his description of 14th century England/Europe is mezmorizing. I really feel terrible at how much I missed when i went to school there. Reading this makes me want to go back and revisit my ancestry.

Oh and while the sex scenes are a bit idealistic they are plentiful and make the morning commute go by very nicely.