Aaron Parecki

me: so nobody has been into the office in six months?

recruiter: correct

me: and the plan is to not change that for at least a year?

recruiter: indeed

me: but you're not hiring remotely?

recruiter: correct, local only

me: have a great day then

I have a matte grey background, now all I want are RGB lights in my life.

14/END.
...and that's my setup! :) I spared you keyboards, mice, routers and the like.
Yes, some of this shit is expensive. But I spend A LOT (most?) of my life on it, and I haven't seen a restaurant, gym or vacation place in months... so, $ well spent IMO. YMMV!

She actually responded to my question about her salary in a q&a and said it was too much of a financial burden to ask of the c-suite to cut their salaries down to $500k 🙄

Look what has just arrived from across the Atlantic! Thanks a lot, @aaronpk!

Man, April 2020 is just *crawling* by. I'll be glad when we get to May.

A story in four acts

I co-authored the open source Ruby library for Twitter (https://github.com/sferik/twitter). It has 4.3k stars on GitHub and has been downloaded 11 million times. I’d love to update the library for Twitter API v2 but I’ve been denied access to even see the documentation. I guess I won’t. 🤷‍♂️ https://twitter.com/jack/status/1293687636675223552

Got my copy of @aaronpk's "The Little Book of OAuth 2.0 RFCs" hot off the presses!

https://geni.us/xhdq

#1. Not "serious" and laugh at self.
#2. Persistence. Patience. Hard work (play).
#3. Play long game. Never give up.
#4. Always communicate with viewers.
#5. Always learn - but not chase B.S.
#6. Practice. Over and over.
#6. Make it all about viewers, not me.
#7. Coffee.

Cable management is for people who set something up and leave it alone. I change something in my configuration nearly every day. I don’t manage my cables… the cables manage me.

I am really beginning to wish the @ietf had actual memberships that could then be revoked.

Ever wonder how great a meteorologist must feel with their weather visuals behind them as they present?

Navigate to the advanced tab when you select 'Share Screen' to have slides as your background and add that “wow” factor to your own presentations on Zoom! #ZoomProTip

** I HAVE A PLAN TO SAVE THE POST OFFICE **

YOUNG PEOPLE: Call your grandparents and ask if they got the card you sent.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT SEND A CARD.

When they say no, you sound very sad. "Oh, that's too bad. I heard that Trump was really underfunding the post office."