The Tragedy of William James Sidis
I am fortunate that I get to work with some of the smartest people in the world. In my time at Amazon, I’ve yet to meet a salaried employee that was anything other than above-average in general...
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Best Birthday Gift Ever
My girlfriend is, as all medical residents are, heinously busy. My birthday earlier this year came at a particularly inopportune time, and Annie never got a chance to get me a gift. I’m not big on...
View ArticleCongrats, 2012 Amazon Interns
Sorry for the radio silence the past couple of days. Things have been pretty crazy at work. I just got back from feting some of this years crop of Amazon interns. My team was very lucky this year to...
View ArticleMeditations on a Black Market Cab
Today is the Coptic New Year. I learned this from the very nice Ethiopian man who drove me home this evening. As the oncall this week, I’d worked pretty late, and was in no mood to walk home or wait...
View ArticleKindle Now Available in Japan
Just a quick note to highlight the news that the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire HD tablets are now available for order in Japan. I’m very proud of my work on the Silk browser and the Fire tablets...
View Article“Rained in ’til next week at the earliest…”
Work has kind exploded on me, as it does every fourth quarter. I’ve got big deadlines both tomorrow and a week from tomorrow, and then it’s the holiday season with all the craziness that entails for a...
View ArticleAmazonian Geekcraft
One of the things I love about working at Amazon is the sheer density of brilliant, obsessive nerds with diverse skills and passions. This translates not only into an awesome work environment and...
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Evolution in Action
A squirrel eating from a discarded granola bar wrapper. Sorry for the low-quality. Taken on maximum zoom from my camera phone. I watched this little dude pick every last stuck bit of granola bar from...
View ArticleGreat Moments in Globalization, Going Away Party Edition
So an Indian, a Pakistani, a Ukrainian, a Brazilian, and an American walk into a bar… This isn’t the setup to a joke, but just me and four of my coworkers arriving for our friend Zain’s going away...
View ArticleA Lunchtime Adventure in Practical Urbanism
I love living in a city. I had four hours of phone screens this morning (by the way, my team is hiring) so afterwards, I went for a wander to stretch my legs. In the span of 45 minutes, I discovered...
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PUBUC RARKMIG AVAIDABLE
“They charge by the coil, so I just had them do one coil per word.” “It’ll still be legible, right?” “Yeah, I’m sure it’ll be fine.”
View Article“And if you want girl I’ll hook you up”
Just home from an awesome long weekend in DC hanging out with my friend Heather. More bloggage soon. Now, though, it’s unpacking, sleep, and unapologetic New Wave-y goodness: Sylver Tongue, “Hook You Up”
View Article“I appear missing”
Sorry for the radio silence. I just moved apartments and re-establishing Internet connectivity took longer than expected. I switched my provider from Comcast to Condo Internet and so far I’m thrilled...
View ArticleAaron.home = new Apartment();
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a new apartment or something.” – Jane Austen, probably My new digs are treating me well so...
View ArticleThe Tragedy of Holiday Weekend Festivals
Scheduling festivals for holiday weekends makes a lot of sense in the individual case. If you’re the organizer for a multiday festival like Bumbershoot, scheduling for a long weekend allows you to pack...
View ArticleAmazon Silk: Now with Enhanced Shininess
If you wonder where your humble host has been these past few weeks, I submit for your consideration the shiny new look and feel of Amazon Silk. Thanks to all of my colleagues on the Amazon Silk team....
View ArticleFestival Weekend, Interim Report
This weekend, I have the excellent problem of having passes to both Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), and Bumbershoot. Both have, thus far, been incredible. At PAX, I got to see the Protomen (who are also...
View ArticleBumbershoot 2013, cont.
Being a long overdue recap of the end of my Weekend of Festivals. The last day of Bumbershoot was awesome, and much more diverse than the first. I started the day by seeing Alt-J on the mainstage. Not...
View ArticleOverheard at the Shooting Range
Range Officer 1: “There’s a guy bleeding over in the rifle bay. He doesn’t look too concerned, but you might want to check it out.” RO2: “Okay, I can go take a look. What lane is he in?” RO1: “I don’t...
View Article“I thought it less like a lake and more like a moat”
I realized today that Death Cab for Cutie’s Transatlanticism album came out almost 10 years ago, having been released on Oct. 7, 2013. This realization has me feeling rather nostalgic for my undergrad...
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