I’m Speaking at The GPU Technology Conference

Friday, December 14th, 2012

So I got my talk accepted to GTC 2013. It runs from March 18-21 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. I went a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. At the time I made it a goal to come back as a speaker and now here we ...

C++ AMP Book Ships!

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

Well, I can’t exactly say it was easy but finally the C++ AMP book is “done” and available for purchase. You can buy the book or eBook from O’Reilly. It’s also available on Safari Books online and Amazon.com. The hardcopy should ship in another week or so (Amazon has a ...

Hiring, Hiring, Hiring, Better Hiring

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

I’m also thinking about hiring for a third reason. I’ve submitted a talk to Seattle Code Camp. With all this hiring I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a good interview, interviewer and interviewee. Not to mention how the whole process might be improved from the ...

Hiring, Hiring Hiring, We’re Hiring

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

I’ve been thinking a lot about hiring recently, having just been through the whole interviewing process as part of my move to Microsoft Studios. Now I’m thinking about hiring again because… my team is hiring! I’m the development manager for one of the studios here within Microsoft Studios. We ...

Geek Vacation Day #2: Going Native 2012

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Another great morning at Going Native 2012. Herb Sutter’s keynote on future plans for C++ was really interesting. But so far what’s really impressed me is the CLang compiler’s error and warning handling. I think this would really help the usability of C++. Often half the battle is ...