One week in
I started work at Digital River this past week. Here’s my thoughts after the first week. I’m excited. Not only is this a new start for me, which is great,… Read more »
Author Archives: Kevin Matheny
A new chapter begins
13 years is a long time. When I started working at BestBuy.com, the Internet was a lot smaller than it is today. Youtube and Facebook didn’t exist, nobody had heard… Read more »
Update posted over at Mike’s blog
I’ve posted a melancholy update over at http://theunintentionalexpert.blogspot.com/2013/04/remembering-shandar.html.
News, Q’s and Views: Making team meetings better
I work as part of a team of leaders. Each of us has responsibility for one or more teams working on parts of BestBuy.com’s overall Platform effort. We’re also responsible… Read more »
Converting 4E D&D Magic to Fate
I’ve been running a 4E campaign since mid-2008. We play every other week. Or so. We’ve missed a fair amount of sessions with things like holidays, vacations, hunting season and… Read more »
Introducing people to games
This started as a reply to a Google+ thread started by Rob Donoghue, but got longish, so I am moving it here. The thread is about “which 5 boardgames make… Read more »
Sometimes it hits you
So I’m catching up on Burn Notice. This is a series I discovered because it has Bruce Campbell in it. I stated watching it sometime in the last two years… Read more »
Now that’s customer service
A few days ago, I contacted Step2 customer service to inquire about purchasing a replacement flag for my mailbox, using their online form. Today, I got a package in the… Read more »
Pairing is hard
I spent about three hours today pairing, and it made my brain really really tired. I’m spending Mondays in the lab, with the ATAT team (Automation Tools and Technologies –… Read more »
Wanting to fly
My favorite game, City of Heroes, is closing down this month. It came out eight years ago, in 2004, and I’ve had a subscription the whole time. There have been… Read more »