While I am immensely proud to work for one of the few companies who came out in opposition to Proposition 8, I am sad to think that the conservatives have won this battle and will get California's state constitution amended to include discrimimination.
On a lighter note, here's what George Takei's husband had to say about the
issue. You go!
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Pix from Jonathan's party
Jonathan sent me a link to the pix his girlfriend Atossa took at his party.
Monday, July 14, 2008
The Kid Manager Isn't a Kid Anymore ...
... well, at least, after Friday.
My manager invited me and another coworker to his 30th birthday BBQ. He had recently moved into his girlfriend's apartment in Redwood City, so it was also a quasi-housewarming.
He, uh, got a little drunk. And he make me drink a shot of whiskey. Hehe.
My manager invited me and another coworker to his 30th birthday BBQ. He had recently moved into his girlfriend's apartment in Redwood City, so it was also a quasi-housewarming.
He, uh, got a little drunk. And he make me drink a shot of whiskey. Hehe.
Friday, July 11, 2008
iPhone 2.0 rocks!
After downloading iTunes 7.7 (which allowed me to see the new App store) and iPhone 2.0, I was able to buy and install applications onto my iPhone. I first grabbed all the interesting free apps (an app that lets me record verbal notes, one that makes a light saber sound when I shake the iPhone, an app from Yelp to look up stuff and one that lets me remotely control my iTunes app on my computer from my iPhone). And then, I bought two games: Monkey Ball and Ms. Pac-man. Playing Ms. Pac-man on my iPhone with finger swipes rocks!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Bob visit
I don't know who was happier Bob was visiting -- Vashi to have Bob dote on her or Bob to have Vashi to dote on.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
My least favorite meeting at work
So, before every release, we have a meeting to go over property and schema changes. It's supposed to be all the developers who have made either property and/or schema changes, but not everyone shows up because of scheduling conflicts or because they choose not to (like my manager). So, even though it isn't all the developers, the turnout hovers around 25 (out of around 70 developers) which, to me, is a lot of people in a meeting.
It is my least favorite meeting for a couple of reasons:
1/ The point of the meeting is to scrutinize everyone's changes. If it's your change, it can be a little uncomfortable.
2/ The meeting makes me painfully aware that I am the only female software engineer on the iTunes Store development team. There are a couple caveats to that: There are a couple of female developers who are remote contractors. They also both happen to be married to male software engineers who are remote members of the iTunes Store development team. The other caveat is that there one female software engineer in iTunes U and another in iTunes Activation. But within the iTunes Store development team proper, there's just me to the 70-some male engineers. Whoof. Talk about a whacked-out ratio!
It is my least favorite meeting for a couple of reasons:
1/ The point of the meeting is to scrutinize everyone's changes. If it's your change, it can be a little uncomfortable.
2/ The meeting makes me painfully aware that I am the only female software engineer on the iTunes Store development team. There are a couple caveats to that: There are a couple of female developers who are remote contractors. They also both happen to be married to male software engineers who are remote members of the iTunes Store development team. The other caveat is that there one female software engineer in iTunes U and another in iTunes Activation. But within the iTunes Store development team proper, there's just me to the 70-some male engineers. Whoof. Talk about a whacked-out ratio!
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