Monthly Archives: November 2010

30 Days of Geek: 04 – Greatest application written to date.

When Jethro proposed this topic, he was probably thinking of computer programs. I’m going left-field. My greatest application to date was my application to become an intern at Google. I applied for my internship in July of 2009, and heard … Continue reading

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30 Days of Geek: 03 – What does your day job involve?

I have three things that I usually do with my day-to-day life: First up, I’m an eternal student (or at least, I usually am). Unusually, this semester’s been spent not studying anything for the first time in most of my … Continue reading

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30 Days of Geek: 02 – Preferred programming language?

Python. Need you have asked? I use Python because it’s expressive, contains enough functionality out of the box to solve most substantial coding problems I have quickly; for everything else, there’s a fantastic array of libraries and frameworks for doing … Continue reading

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30 Days of Geek: 01 – Why do you consider yourself a geek?

Right, so for those of you who missed my announcement a couple of weeks ago, I’m taking part in the 30 Days of Geek blogging challenge throughout November. This is the first of those posts. So this first of those … Continue reading

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