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Energy efficiency improvements at our house
Our brand sparkling roof-based solar power installation is finally online 🙂 It was a multi-month project. I am following the footsteps of my friend Jim Webber and my parents in starting to harness some of sun’s power for our electricity…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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Digital Assistants are indeed emerging as a new platform
I just came across the “Why the iPhone Is Finally Fading” article. The author makes the case that it’s the emergence of devices for digital assistants the cause of the recent iPhone sales slowdown. The article reminded me of the…
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10 years at Microsoft
Microsoft Human Resources just sent me a note to tell me that I reached 10y with the company!!! It only feels like it was last year that I joined 🙂 Side note for the non-Microsofties… The company counts the total…
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Panama City Beach holiday – Discrimination and profiling (can be subconscious behaviors)
I had a negative experience earlier today while in Florida. Mary and I spent the last week at Panama City Beach for Mary’s family reunion. Even though it wouldn’t have been my first choice for a holiday destination, we had a…
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Cortana, I am back!
I had a great time at Facebook. I learned a lot, wrote lots of code, and worked on conversational understanding technologies. I can’t wait to see what the team will do next. Facebook is a unique organization, with an extraordinary culture. The…