About Me

30 Things About Me

Everything you didn't need to know.
  1. I would rather sit on a train for 10 hours than drive for 5. There's always something to do that you can't (or shouldn't) do while you're driving.
  2. My parents named me after the main characters in James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small.
  3. My favorite musician right now is Andrew Bird, Chicago-based violinist, whistler, and all-around rock star.
  4. I was on Twitter before @oprah.
  5. I'm fascinated by public transit and the social spaces it creates in urban communities.
  6. I have no intention of ever seeing Tristan and Isolde.
  7. The oxford comma? Love it.
  8. After taking two years of French in high school, the only thing I remember is how to say I'm thirsty: j'ai soif pour une biere.
  9. I'm not afraid to ask questions.
  10. Every time I see a fail whale, a small part of me dies inside.
  11. I love my iPhone. I love my Blackberry. I hate carrying two phones.
  12. According to Myers-Briggs, I'm an ENTJ. What are you?
  13. I don't mind working 80 hours a week as long as I've got great work to show for it.
  14. OOP is the best thing since sliced bread.
  15. I take my coffee black, but every now and then you need just a lil' cream and sugar.
  16. The last time I was in Las Vegas, I was too young to gamble.
  17. I'm like a sponge and I'm constantly soaking up new ideas and learning new concepts.
  18. I believe that writing is easy. Writing well? Exceptionally difficult.
  19. I finally visited NYC in 2009. Can't wait to go back.
  20. I stopped following blogs via Google Reader/RSS. Too much noise. Not enough signal.
  21. I speak fluent HTML, CSS, JS, and AS. Working on learning Objective-C and a few others.
  22. Salty or sweet?Salty.
  23. If Macs didn't exist, I'd be happily running Linux, most likely Ubuntu.
  24. I've always had an interest in maps and GIS. I went geocaching a few times and loved it, but I haven't done it since.
  25. I will eat just about anything you put down in front of me – especially burritos.
  26. If you don't own a Bluetooth headset for you phone, you really need to get one. It changed my life, and it will change yours.
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  28. Safari is my default browser, but I'll never give up Firefox until someone ports Firebug or gets the Web Inspector in Safari up to snuff.
  29. I'm still waiting for someone to buy me one of these.
  30. Happiness is directly proportional to the number of cats you live with.