Monthly Archives: September 2006

In which theresa is fucking tired.

Posted on September 28, 2006 by theresa

You walk out of your office after a frustrating training session with your teaching assistant. Using a f/oss version means that you don’t know it as well as you’d like, which makes it correspondingly difficult to teach the program in … Continue reading →

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Makes ya’ think.

Posted on September 19, 2006 by theresa

Fourteen things to learn from the Google story also apply remarkably well to development. Because that’s the ideal, right? Creatively solve problems in a way that makes the world a better (or at least more interesting) place and puts money … Continue reading →

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Birthday, take 2

Posted on September 17, 2006 by theresa

It was definitely weird running into some of my students last night in a club. To end my (second day of) birthday festivities, we’d finally made it downtown to dance the night away to some pretty good live music. We … Continue reading →

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On birthdays and clean clothes

Posted on September 12, 2006 by theresa

My birthday was incredible (as they usually are). I am now, as I have been elsewhere in life, blessed with amazing friends. So thanks, everyone. I’m going to wrap up the celebrations with a small fête this weekend. The culinary … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 4, 2006 by theresa

The web design market in Benin isn’t necessarily underdeveloped; however, there’s a pretty serious lack of professionals with real design skills. There are a number of firms out there creating boring static webpages with Dreamweaver, which would be fine, except … Continue reading →

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