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New Adventure – Alexa AI
Today (4 Mar 2019) is going to be my first day with Amazon. I will be joining the “Alexa AI” team. I continue to be a huge fan of Cortana and the work that the team has done/will do. I will continue to cheer for her success in the direction that Microsoft is taking her.…
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Travel – Egypt – Days 10, 11
I am picked up for an hour drive to Dahad for the last two days of my visit to Egypt. The driver is awesome. We had a great chat about politics in Egypt. Originally from Cairo. He studied computer science but decided that he wanted to stay in Sharm El-Sheikh because of the lifestyle. He’s…
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Travel – Egypt – Days 8, 9
Day 7 is about relaxing, reading (a lot), and writing (I managed to catch up with my writing about all the previous days). Day 8 started with a flight to Sharm El-Sheikh where I am about to spend 2 days. This part of the trip is about enjoying the Red Sea and the desert. The…
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Travel – Egypt – Days 6, 7
I am in Aswan. It’s the end of my exploration of the ancient Egyptian civilization. Two sites to see today: The Aswan High Dam and the Temple of Philae.
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Travel – Egypt – Day 5
We wake up in Edfu. Day 5. It’s another day of ancient ruins and cruising on the Nile. Here’s where we are on the map. We seem to have travelled from Esna to Edfu overnight.
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Travel – Egypt – Day 4
What a wonderful experience! The whole day was hambling and exciting. Not a boring moment.
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Travel – Egypt – Day 3
Early early start to fly to Luxor for a 5-day cruise up the Nile (Luxor -> Aswan) with stops along the way to see Egyptian ruins. Our boat is a 5-story floating hotel called the “Nile Dolphin”.
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Travel – Egypt – Days 1, 2
I was going to publish only one entry at the end of my entire trip, as a recording of my memories/observations throughout my entire visit in Egypt. However, it’s day 4 and my brain is already running out of space for everything I would like to remember. So, I need to start writing things down…
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On to new adventures
After another great and rewarding stint with Cortana, I said another difficult “goodbye” to the awesome team. Here’s the email I sent out to the organization…