Postcards From My Life

Take 3

Cal Evans — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:25:11 +0000

Dear Reader, tl;dr Thee points I took from the blog post “Everything I need to know about startups, I learned from a crime boss” I learned to read at an early age – correction, I learned to love to read at an early age – thanks to my mom. The problem is that I read [...]

People understand copyrights, they just don’t like being screwed

Cal Evans — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:19:54 +0000

Dear Reader, No, this is not a SOPA rant, but it is related. Recently, I attended a round table discussion on SOPA hosted by my Congressman, Rep. Jim Cooper. While the discussion was heated at time, I felt that overall it was a good meeting. I didn’t actually expect anything to get resolved, and I [...]

Who do you look to?

Cal Evans — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:00:07 +0000

Dear Reader, When you get stuck, who do you look to? I’m not asking in the spiritual or existential sense, I mean, in real life, when you hit a problem, do you have someone you can ask? A lot of you who read this are developers – mostly PHP developers. When you hit a wall [...]

My reading list is way too long

Cal Evans — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:28:43 +0000

Dear Reader, As part of my end-of-the-year process, I’ve been looking at how I spend my time. I’ve always fancied myself a “creative” but when I look at how I spend my time, a lot of it is spend sitting in front of a TV. I find myself Tivo surfing a lot these days under [...]

To my Congressional Delegation

Cal Evans — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:40:11 +0000

Dear Representative Jim Cooper, Senator Lamar Alexander, & Senator Bob Corker When it comes time to vote on SOPA or PIPA, don’t forget… …we are watching. Until next time, I