Open Source

While flying China Airlines last November from Los Angeles to Taipei, I managed to crash the interactive in-flight entertainment system at my seat about 10 minutes into the flight. It was a nice system with a handheld controller where you could play games, select a movie, listen to music and watch TV. The stewardess hit the reset button for my seat and a second later I caught a flash of a penguin.

I posted this response to a slashdot article asking where all of the old programmers go:

I'm not quite 40 yet, but I am approaching it in the next couple of years. I don't really enjoy coding as much as I used to.

I want to go home to my family and friends. I want interpersonal relationships that enhance my life. I don't want to dedicate my life to learning the increasing amount of new technologies. I can accomplish more by making sure the people working for me are coding well and producing good work.