Category Archives: Life

The Perils of Language Learning

Posted on November 8, 2011 by adam

In 9th grade I had to pick between Spanish or French and even though I had French speaking family at home, I had absolutely no interest in either. And to make matters worse, I had a pretty serious condition called “computer programmer” – which made my 8:20 AM class about the last possible place I could ever learn anything. I chose French, and specifically remember waking up (having fallen asleep) watching some totally useless and uninteresting educational French video of two terrible actors … Continue reading →

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iPad’s, iPhone’s, iThink I’m going broke

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

Some of you may know that over the past few years I have been a bit of a early adopter, when it comes to Apple products. A few years ago, it was considerably easier — since the rate of product releases felt much slower and the increase in technological capabilities of each of the revisions seems significantly less compelling than today. I remember thinking, I have a Macbook Pro and an iPod — what else could Apple possibly release that … Continue reading →

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My new gig – Sauce Labs

Posted on March 23, 2010 by

After almost two years of working at Slide Inc, I have started my new job at Sauce Labs. The press release can be found here: “Sauce Labs Adds Windmill Test Framework Co-Creator Adam Christian to Engineering Team“. Slide Inc. I had a fantastic experience and learned a ton working with the really talented team of engineers, artists and product managers over at Slide. It was incredibly educational to work in an environment where so many people use your product everyday. … Continue reading →

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Meet Kimta

Posted on February 25, 2010 by adam

The year 2010 so far has been personally very hard on me, however there has been a bit of shining light. Starting in mid January Megan and I started tossing around the idea of having an animal in our little Russian Hill cottage, after living with two awesome cats for the last two years things just didn’t feel right without the raw untainted animal presence to which we became accustomed. The land lord wasn’t keen on dogs on the property, and … Continue reading →

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