Yay! I’m going to go to South by Southwest Interactive in March. I was just checking ticket prices, and I lucked into a great deal on my favorite airline.

What’s more, since it is clearly a business trip, I’ll be able to write off every penny. Excellent.

Now, I just need to get in touch with friends I haven’t seen in years. Austin is my old stomping grounds and it will be a blast to visit.

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I’ve been living a split life for six months now.

At my day-job, I am a manager. I have to track schedules, work with programmers, plan, cajole outside vendors, project future usage, and defend project priorities. It is new for me, at least as a full-time thing, and I enjoy it. From the reactions of upper management, I am pretty good at it as well.

On the side, I develop websites for clients. I don’t usually run the project management portion of this, preferring to simply program, working closely with my partners & clients.

A unique position for me

This is a unique position for me because as a rule, I have not been able to both manage and program. The mindsets are too different. [Read more...]