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<h1>Ryan Boucher</h1>
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<h1>Toasted Tuna Sandwich</h1>
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Food from Other Places, September 2015
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Food from Other Places, June 2015
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Food from Other Places, June 2015
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<h1>My Projects</h1>
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<h1>What You Need to Know About Dates and Times in Computing</h1>
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<div class='brief'>Struck with a burning desire to reduce the incidents of date and time related mishaps that occur, I and two friends set out to distill the essence of calendars, timezones and daylight saving.</div>
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<a href='http://cromulent-publishing.com'>Get the book</a>
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<h1>Notes From Other Places</h1>
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<div class='brief'>Fortunate enough to leave my own country I try to share what I witness and understand using naught but images and words. Notes from other places contains interesting stories, observations and photos from places that are not where I live.</div>
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<a href='http://distributedlife.com/travel'>Go Explore</a>
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<h1>Food From Other Places</h1>
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<div class='brief'>Dissatisfied with vegetarian options I set about stealing the worlds recipes and re-imagining them in my way. Some receipes are from my travels, some are from the internet and some, some just happen.</div>
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<h1>P2 Magazine</h1>
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<div class='brief'>In 2013 I started and was the chief editor of the ThoughtWorks magazine that focuses on software excellence. It was an amazing journey that started with a conversation in a coffeeshop and ended with me handing the reins over to Rachel Laycock.</div>
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<a href='http://thoughtworks.github.io/p2/'>Be Excellent</a>
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<h1>The Interview</h1>
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<div class='brief'>In 2012 and 2013 I created and ran an ThoughtWorks-only interview series called The Interview but also called An Interview with a ThoughtWorker. It aimed to reduce the distance between geographically dispersed colleagues whilst allowing me to challenge how an interview is structured.</div>
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<h1>About me</h1>
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<span>Hi my name is Ryan Boucher. I'm very good at starting things. Over time I have learnt to finish things. It's an endless game of tetris; one in which you can never fail as long as you keep on having fun. I enjoy making things; immensely.</span>
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This site is where I organise the various pieces I've written, the projects I've worked on
and the one's that got away. I work for
<a href='http://www.thoughtworks.com'>ThoughtWorks.</a>
The easiest way to get in contact with me is via
<a href='http://twitter.com/distributedlife' target='_blank'>twitter.</a>
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The most difficult way to get in contact with me is by conspiring to fix which table number I am assigned when I sit down at a restaurant. Those table numbers map to letters of the alphabet (indirectly of course). Overtime, a message is spelt out. I will respond by briefly contorting my face into brail letters. Be ready.
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