Category Archives: Life

My new role

I’m still at HubSpot but my role within the company has changed a bit over the past few months.  Related to the article that Yoav wrote which was posted on onStartups today about how we’re trying to better empower our engineers … Continue reading

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2010, The Quick Look Back

I could give some excuse about being busy, but everybody does that.  Let’s do the rundown of big events of 2010 Finished and submitted my thesis to complete the work necessary to finish up the SDM program and graduate in … Continue reading

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10 Year NCSSM Reunion: Has it really been that long?

I spent the weekend at my ten year high school reunion. A lot of people that I’ve mentioned this to have been somewhat surprised or responded along the lines of “I wouldn’t go to my high school reunion”. Which I … Continue reading

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Commuting Pedal Failures

One thing that’s quite nice about the new gig is that the office is in Kendall Square. Much, much, much better location-wise than Westford. It means that my commute is just about seven miles which is quite nice to do … Continue reading

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Review: Amazon Kindle 2

I had asked via twitter a while ago for opinions on the Kindle as I had been thinking off and on about getting one for a while. Responses were very positive with really one exception: the DRM aspect. And it’s … Continue reading

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First Week at HubSpot

As I wrap up my first week at HubSpot, I have a few observations that are at least sort of interesting. Real hardware. I’m pretty happy with my current laptop so I just got a desktop machine to use at … Continue reading

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The New Chapter Begins

The new chapter begins… today was my first day working for HubSpot. It’s a big change for me as I’ve been doing pretty much purely (fairly) low-level operating system work for a decade now. Going to a company that’s doing … Continue reading

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Beginning A New Chapter

The end of one chapter and the beginning of a new one for me. Today is my last day as an employee of Red Hat. I still remember walking in the door for my first day at Red Hat and … Continue reading

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Maui Trip: All the Rest

After Friday’s trip up the volcano, the focus of our trip shifted to Kara’s sister’s wedding. Kara and I were both in the wedding, so there was a rehearsal on Saturday afternoon. While we were staying in Kapalua on the … Continue reading

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Jeremy vs the Volcano (Haleakala)

The Setup After looking a bit, one of the things that I really wanted to do while in Maui was a climb up Haleakala by bike. Haleakala is the volcanic mountain which towers over the eastern portion of the island … Continue reading

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