February 2010

How to Prepare for Phone Interviews

Phone interviews are tough, especially for software engineering, user interface, and other tech positions. Background noise on either end, shoddy audio quality, and just the fact that you’re not sitting face-to-face with your interviewer make for a trying experience.  Having … Continue reading →

Pulse of the Planet

Pulse of the Planet is a project of mine to visualize tweets in real-time on a map.  It’s powered by Google’s App Engine (Python) and uses the Twitter Search API and Google’s Maps (v3) and Geocoder API. Besides looking cool, … Continue reading →