Best work day ever
Posted by Matt M. on October 26, 2006 at 02:48 AM
I'm a little drunk from the tequila shots so my typing might be slippy. Tonight we had the big live event for the Yahoo Time Capsule. As the Jemez indians performed sacred dances and music the red rock canyon walls in the Jemez Pueblo lit up with images and words from the time capsule. Four images side by side each almost filled the 175 feet high canyon walls.
It was beautiful. All these pictures of people with their families, pets, babies, sunsets, love, love lost, anger, fun and hopes from all over the world in multiple languages left me awed. I wish all the people that uploaded stuff could have seen their pictures on the canyon walls. I felt so proud of the human race.
I teared up watching it. I did an uncharacteristic thing and spontaneously hugged a co-worker in my jubilation and awe. We'd only met in person the day before. All these every day slices of life from people all over the world with the same hope and anger that I know in Dallas, TX. I hope in 2020 we still have the same unity.
people can be good, and dogs too
Posted by Matt M. on October 17, 2006 at 07:36 PM
I've been working on this time capsule for the last five or six weeks. Well me and another guy work on the backend. I didn't really have a good idea if it would work when people started contributing to it. I mean technically I knew, but I didn't realize I'd get choked up when people throw in something really good.
I wish it wasn't a temporary thing and that we could keep working on the interface, the backend and adding different features to make it better.
I was browsing the Texas Old English Sheepdog Rescue site. I cried like I haven't cried in a long time reading about the ones that died. I remember being a lot more emotionally open when I had my dogs to comfort me if things did not go well.
tired and hungry
Posted by Matt M. on October 11, 2006 at 12:08 AM
Work has been very busy. I really like the people I'm working with. I wish I had pushed my way into Yahoo earlier.
I wish my electrical components would arrive I want to get to work on my BEAM bot.