I’m On Board Now
Yesterday I woke as an IBMer. (Coincidentally, I was actually wearing a blue striped nightshirt!) As when the possibility of ILOG being acquired by IBM emerged, I have continued mixed feelings about my employer change. ILOG was a wonderful company to work for. I started there back in 1997, not very long after I defended
A Shocking, yet not Surprising, morning email
After I woke this morning, and as usual, I headed to my “office” (that would be the dining room table) to read my mail. I was not prepared for the mail in my work inbox. Not prepared at all. IBM pads software lineup; Buys ILOG for $340 million Of course, it didn’t come as a
Things Fall Apart
I’m working on very little sleep this week. And today it showed. I took Chloe to gymnastics and was patting myself on the back about how I was still getting the girls where they needed to go even with the major deadline and lots of stress. When I got there, I noticed it was more
She’s Got Our Genes
Our family is one of computer freaks. My folks met at IBM in the 60s. I have a doctorate in Computational and Applied Mathematics and work for a software company. Rob is an engineer that uses computers excessively in his research. Rob’s brother is also a computer guru, with a doctorate comparable to mine and
I’m Tired
I’ve been working for over 16 hours now, and I don’t see the end. Hopefully everything will be in place for the deadline of Friday. Kat, I’m not ignoring the meme, I just couldn’t think about anything else today. My brain is fried. I hope that I won’t get tons of edits tomorrow and can
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
Well, maybe not quite, but close enough! Today was the D-Day, so to speak, for the documentation I have been working on for my “for-pay” job. It was a lot of back and forth today, but it is done. What a huge relief! I still think there is much that can be done to improve
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