Category Archives: tech

Catalyst Radio Interviews GRWebDev on WYCE

A few weeks ago Ross Hunter and I were interviewed by Denise Cheng on WYCE‘s Catalyst Radio. We talked about CoNGA West Michigan, the Grand Rapids Web Development Group, and the tech scene in Grand Rapids. A link to Catalyst Radio’s … Continue reading

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Machine Vision at GRPUG

The vast majority of the software I write doesn’t interact with the physical world outside of a mouse, keyboard, and monitor. I think part of this is because I’m a lazy coder, and the digital world is so much easier … Continue reading

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TEDxGrandRapids

I had the honor of attending the first TEDx Grand Rapids last week. There was only seating for about 500 people, so you had to apply to attend and then be picked by one of the organizers. I was delightfully … Continue reading

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Open Source Translations

At the May 2, 2011 Grand Rapids Python User Group (GPRUG) meeting, Dave Brondsema talked to us about his forays into the internationalization (i18n) and localization (L10n) of Sourceforge’s new open source project hosting platform, Allura. He revealed that in … Continue reading

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Remembering My Grandpa Lane, the Introvert

My Grandpa Lane recently passed away, and I was asked to say a few words at his memorial service. I thought some of you other shy, quiet, introverts might get something from what I said, so here it is. — … Continue reading

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