| Date | Title | Categories |
|---|
| Sep 30 | Sorting things out | Uncategorized |
| Sep 30 | Capsule summary | Uncategorized |
| Sep 30 | Panic stop | Uncategorized |
| Sep 29 | Geek dinners and networking ideas | networking |
| Sep 29 | The power of sales | business, sales, simon |
| Sep 29 | Networking is about being memorable; the art of the deep bump | networking |
| Sep 29 | Networking story: Being in the right place at the right time | networking, story |
| Sep 29 | Emacs BBDB: Prioritize exact matches | bbdb, crm, elisp, emacs, pimpmyemacs |
| Sep 29 | Notes from KMD2004 meeting | kmd2004 |
| Sep 29 | Stories from the NY trip | friends |
| Sep 29 | Stories from New York: Making things happen | travel |
| Sep 29 | Networking: Create value with your business cards | networking |
| Sep 29 | Hospitality | rolemodel |
| Sep 29 | Emacs BBDB: Filtering tags with the power of lambda expressions | bbdb, crm, emacs, networking, pimpmyemacs |
| Sep 29 | Taking the Terror out of Talk | speaking, toastit, toastmasters |
| Sep 28 | Conference Commando: Networking with Nametags | conferencecommando, networking |
| Sep 28 | Emacs: Animation in presentations | democamp, emacs |
| Sep 28 | Emacs: BBDB rapid serial visualization | bbdb, crm, elisp, emacs, pimpmyemacs |
| Sep 28 | Emacs: Show only people whom I haven’t pinged since… | bbdb, elisp, emacs, hack, networking, pimpmyemacs, planner |
| Sep 28 | Emacs + LinkedIn: Another totally idiosyncratic bit of code | emacs, hacks, networking, pimpmyemacs |
| Sep 27 | The dawn of a new Moleskine | Uncategorized |
| Sep 27 | Momblogging | Uncategorized |
| Sep 27 | VPN! | ibm |
| Sep 27 | Backlog: Software Freedom Day | Uncategorized |
| Sep 27 | My mom’s blogging! | Uncategorized |
| Sep 27 | Step out of your comfort zone | Uncategorized |
| Sep 26 | Living with others | gh, life |
| Sep 20 | Splurging on a cab | Uncategorized |
| Sep 20 | I love how life works | nyc, travel |
| Sep 18 | Linked In: Looking for role models | linkedin, networking, nyc |
| Sep 18 | New York, New York! | greateribm, ibm, travel |
| Sep 18 | Learning more about keeping in touch | family, friends |
| Sep 18 | WOW! | greateribm, ibm |
| Sep 18 | Developing a personal style | culture, fashion, style |
| Sep 18 | Always write to your favorite authors | Uncategorized |
| Sep 18 | E-mail interview oddness | writing |
| Sep 16 | Wow. Statistics can be fun. | book, mie1402, school, statistics |
| Sep 16 | Self-portrait with vintage hat | clothing, fashion, hat, self-portrait |
| Sep 16 | Twice-baked potatoes | cooking, cookordie |
| Sep 16 | Networking party in New York that I really, really want to go to | greateribm, ibm, networking |
| Sep 15 | Domain name | Uncategorized |
| Sep 15 | Emacs clinic at the Linux Caffe | emacs, pimpmyemacs |
| Sep 15 | Emacs: Changing the font size on the fly | emacs, highlight, pimpmyemacs |
| Sep 15 | Getting sound to work again | laptop, linux, ubuntu |
| Sep 13 | What makes a good life? | life, reflection |
| Sep 12 | Dinner went well | Uncategorized |
| Sep 11 | Gwaaah, panic, terror | Uncategorized |
| Sep 11 | Travelling | Uncategorized |
| Sep 11 | Some kind of sport – maybe tennis? | exercise, life, sports |
| Sep 11 | Networking evils: The you’re-just-a-student brushoff | networking, rant |
| Sep 11 | Friday: Art appreciation day at the ROM | art, culture |
| Sep 11 | Backlog: Viz workshop last Friday | communication, thinking, visual, workshop |
| Sep 11 | Blogging backlog: Okay, fine, I’m a social butterfly | Uncategorized |
| Sep 8 | Bruce Schneier facts | funny, geek |
| Sep 8 | IT magazine publisher found stabbed dead in office | Uncategorized |
| Sep 8 | Reaching across the ocean: sometimes you just have to make things happen | business, goodkarma, happy, networking |
| Sep 8 | Visualization workshop: met lots of interesting people | Uncategorized |
| Sep 7 | Pamana Fund in honor of Doc Mana | Uncategorized |
| Sep 7 | Doc Mana is retiring in 2007! | Uncategorized |
| Sep 7 | Sweet! Career Resource Library totally rocks! | networking |
| Sep 7 | Creating opportunities | book, networking, social |
| Sep 7 | Raising life by the power of two | life, networking, relationships |
| Sep 7 | Tag team networking | book, networking |
| Sep 7 | The Secret | friends, happiness, purpose, video |
| Sep 7 | Quinn’s birthday party – all-you-can-eat sushi! | friends, party |
| Sep 7 | Social networks: Basic, basic feature – multiple e-mail addresses | linkedin, openbc |
| Sep 6 | Love 2.0 | goodkarma, happy, love |
| Sep 6 | Break glass in case of emergency: For homesickness | happy, homesick, philippines |
| Sep 5 | How to find great developers | development, hiring, hr, management, philippines |
| Sep 5 | Long stories deserve long responses | Uncategorized |
| Sep 5 | More thoughts on what I want to do with my life | business, career, outsourcing, purpose, reflection |
| Sep 5 | Bayan Ko | culture, filipino, lyrics, philippines, tagalog |
| Sep 5 | Sometimes I just get homesick | homesick, sad |
| Sep 5 | I heart my sister | Uncategorized |
| Sep 3 | I heart large rolled oats | cooking, cookordie |
| Sep 2 | Wanted: real-time calendaring for get-togethers | calendar, social |
| Sep 2 | A passion for social systems – clues to my next short-term step? | career, emacs, networking, passion, purpose |
| Sep 2 | Free Software and Open Source Symposium, Toronto, Oct 26-27 | event, opensource, oss, toronto |
| Sep 2 | Networking tips: Bring your own nametag | networking, social |
| Sep 2 | More Emacs goodness: Refresh your memory when you e-mail using notes from BBDB | bbdb, crm, emacs, gnus, networking, pimpmyemacs |
| Sep 1 | More Emacs fun: Composing mail to everyone with notes | bbdb, emacs, gnus, hack, lisp, pimpmyemacs |
| Sep 1 | More Emacs coolness: List of contacts | bbdb, emacs, hack, pimpmyemacs, planner |
| Sep 1 | Emacs: Keep track of messages sent | bbdb, emacs, hack, lisp, pimpmyemacs |
| Sep 1 | The great laptop ad campaign | advertising, laptop, marketing |
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I'm Sacha Chua, and I'm on a 5-year
experiment in semi-retirement. I love coding, writing, drawing,
and sharing what I'm learning along the way.