A lot of friends and family ask me what I do actually. I always say, "Software Engineer", which is not granlar enough for most. It's tricky because most of the stuff I do is secret and I'm paranoid about disclosing informatioin that could get me trouble.
Information about projects I'm working on at Amazon are starting to hit the net. The stuff we're doing this year is the reason why I wouldn't want to be with any other company. That's all I'm legally allowed to say. Here are a few links about some of the geeky things I'm doing at Amazon.
Apple's latest musical challenger: Amazon?
Can Amazon Catch Apple?
Amazon Plans
Music Service
To Rival iTunes
Amazon.com bringing video downloads in April?
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Thursday, February 16, 2006
In the news
A lot of friends and family ask me what I do actually. I always say, "Software Engineer", which is not granlar enough for most. It's tricky because most of the stuff I do is secret and I'm paranoid about disclosing informatioin that could get me trouble.
Information about projects I'm working on at Amazon are starting to hit the net. The stuff we're doing this year is the reason why I wouldn't want to be with any other company. That's all I'm legally allowed to say. Here are a few links about some of the geeky things I'm doing at Amazon.
Apple's latest musical challenger: Amazon?
Can Amazon Catch Apple?
Amazon Plans
Music Service
To Rival iTunes
Amazon.com bringing video downloads in April?
Information about projects I'm working on at Amazon are starting to hit the net. The stuff we're doing this year is the reason why I wouldn't want to be with any other company. That's all I'm legally allowed to say. Here are a few links about some of the geeky things I'm doing at Amazon.
Apple's latest musical challenger: Amazon?
Can Amazon Catch Apple?
Amazon Plans
Music Service
To Rival iTunes
Amazon.com bringing video downloads in April?
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Press coverage
One of the projects I'm working on got a little bit of press coverage. They aren't official press releases, only speculation. I'm legally not allowed to comment on it, but here are some links.
Amazon to offer video downloads soon?
Amazon.com bringing video downloads in April?
Amazon to offer video downloads soon?
Amazon.com bringing video downloads in April?
Press coverage
One of the projects I'm working on got a little bit of press coverage. They aren't official press releases, only speculation. I'm legally not allowed to comment on it, but here are some links.
Amazon to offer video downloads soon?
Amazon.com bringing video downloads in April?
Amazon to offer video downloads soon?
Amazon.com bringing video downloads in April?
Amazon Post Holiday Party
Instead of going to Superskillz in toronto, I went to my company's post holiday party. You see, Christmas is a busy time for Amazon. We sold over 110 million items over the holiday season and there are a lot of systems that need to be kept up. That's why we celebrate after Christmas is over.
This year's theme was Vegas. They had a bunch of gambling tables which included black jack, 5 card stud, craps, and some others. They even had a wedding chapel where 5 couples got married. I'm not sure I would want to get married at a company party...unless my only friends were people who worked with me, then it's like a free wedding.
The party was huge, there were over a thousand people there. The gambling tables were packed so I waited till it died down a bit. I doubled my "money" in twenty minutes at the blackjack table. I said "money" because they gave us fake money to use towards raffle tickets. I never win those so I won't mention the nice prizes. I had a good time. It was my first company party. It looks like the company put a lot into it.
This year's theme was Vegas. They had a bunch of gambling tables which included black jack, 5 card stud, craps, and some others. They even had a wedding chapel where 5 couples got married. I'm not sure I would want to get married at a company party...unless my only friends were people who worked with me, then it's like a free wedding.
The party was huge, there were over a thousand people there. The gambling tables were packed so I waited till it died down a bit. I doubled my "money" in twenty minutes at the blackjack table. I said "money" because they gave us fake money to use towards raffle tickets. I never win those so I won't mention the nice prizes. I had a good time. It was my first company party. It looks like the company put a lot into it.
Amazon Post Holiday Party
Instead of going to Superskillz in toronto, I went to my company's post holiday party. You see, Christmas is a busy time for Amazon. We sold over 110 million items over the holiday season and there are a lot of systems that need to be kept up. That's why we celebrate after Christmas is over.
This year's theme was Vegas. They had a bunch of gambling tables which included black jack, 5 card stud, craps, and some others. They even had a wedding chapel where 5 couples got married. I'm not sure I would want to get married at a company party...unless my only friends were people who worked with me, then it's like a free wedding.
The party was huge, there were over a thousand people there. The gambling tables were packed so I waited till it died down a bit. I doubled my "money" in twenty minutes at the blackjack table. I said "money" because they gave us fake money to use towards raffle tickets. I never win those so I won't mention the nice prizes. I had a good time. It was my first company party. It looks like the company put a lot into it.
This year's theme was Vegas. They had a bunch of gambling tables which included black jack, 5 card stud, craps, and some others. They even had a wedding chapel where 5 couples got married. I'm not sure I would want to get married at a company party...unless my only friends were people who worked with me, then it's like a free wedding.
The party was huge, there were over a thousand people there. The gambling tables were packed so I waited till it died down a bit. I doubled my "money" in twenty minutes at the blackjack table. I said "money" because they gave us fake money to use towards raffle tickets. I never win those so I won't mention the nice prizes. I had a good time. It was my first company party. It looks like the company put a lot into it.
Monday, November 14, 2005
mmm hmm
The Roots were good. They provided the incredible sound and all round performance, but Scratch or Rahzel weren't there. Rahzel hasn't toured with them since 2001 or something, but those guys add a unique dimension to the performance that was obviously lacking.
Today marks the day that Dy and I have been together for 7 years 5 months. They did this study on rabbits to figure out the upper limit on how many items they can distinguish. Apparently, rabbits can see up to 8 things before thinking it's too much to count. Is 7 years, 5 months too much to count? haha ... just joking.
Next week is US Thanksgiving where Dy and I will meet in LA. I'm excited about that!
One of the things that I find interesting is the competition which has been forming between Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo in the digital text(books) market. The next few quarters will be interesting, but I'm glad I'm with Amazon.
Speaking of Amazon, we released a beta version of mechanical turk. My roommate is actually on the Mechanical Turk team. If you're like me and don't know what Mechanical Turk is, here's a picture:
OK...that doesn't help I know. The picture above is a demonstration of Artifical Artifical intelligence. Huh? Well it's a Chess machine that beat some of the best chess players in the world in the 18th century. The trick to this machine, however, is that a little chess champion was hidden in the box.
Amazon has made it's version of this. It's been slashdotter already, so check it out here: http://www.mturk.com/
mmm hmm
The Roots were good. They provided the incredible sound and all round performance, but Scratch or Rahzel weren't there. Rahzel hasn't toured with them since 2001 or something, but those guys add a unique dimension to the performance that was obviously lacking.
Today marks the day that Dy and I have been together for 7 years 5 months. They did this study on rabbits to figure out the upper limit on how many items they can distinguish. Apparently, rabbits can see up to 8 things before thinking it's too much to count. Is 7 years, 5 months too much to count? haha ... just joking.
Next week is US Thanksgiving where Dy and I will meet in LA. I'm excited about that!
One of the things that I find interesting is the competition which has been forming between Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo in the digital text(books) market. The next few quarters will be interesting, but I'm glad I'm with Amazon.
Speaking of Amazon, we released a beta version of mechanical turk. My roommate is actually on the Mechanical Turk team. If you're like me and don't know what Mechanical Turk is, here's a picture:
OK...that doesn't help I know. The picture above is a demonstration of Artifical Artifical intelligence. Huh? Well it's a Chess machine that beat some of the best chess players in the world in the 18th century. The trick to this machine, however, is that a little chess champion was hidden in the box.
Amazon has made it's version of this. It's been slashdotter already, so check it out here: http://www.mturk.com/
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Google and Yahoo
There's been a lot of news lately about Google and Yahoo and their efforts in digitizing all books. Google has been criticized for copyright infringement. Yahoo is only scanning public domain books.
What's lost in all this is Amazon. For example we have Bill Clinton's book among many thousands more. We've been doing this for years, but we're being taken for granted. We're actually the leader in this field, but we're not in the headlines. Although I'm on the team responsible for this, it doesn't really matter to me. As long as we blaze the trail and maintain leadership, I can live without the press.
I haven't heard any feedback on the store, but I'm moving forward with it anyway. I've started planning with Trinity Graphics. I'll be busy with my move, but I should be able to get some work done.
What's lost in all this is Amazon. For example we have Bill Clinton's book among many thousands more. We've been doing this for years, but we're being taken for granted. We're actually the leader in this field, but we're not in the headlines. Although I'm on the team responsible for this, it doesn't really matter to me. As long as we blaze the trail and maintain leadership, I can live without the press.
I haven't heard any feedback on the store, but I'm moving forward with it anyway. I've started planning with Trinity Graphics. I'll be busy with my move, but I should be able to get some work done.
Google and Yahoo
There's been a lot of news lately about Google and Yahoo and their efforts in digitizing all books. Google has been criticized for copyright infringement. Yahoo is only scanning public domain books.
What's lost in all this is Amazon. For example we have Bill Clinton's book among many thousands more. We've been doing this for years, but we're being taken for granted. We're actually the leader in this field, but we're not in the headlines. Although I'm on the team responsible for this, it doesn't really matter to me. As long as we blaze the trail and maintain leadership, I can live without the press.
I haven't heard any feedback on the store, but I'm moving forward with it anyway. I've started planning with Trinity Graphics. I'll be busy with my move, but I should be able to get some work done.
What's lost in all this is Amazon. For example we have Bill Clinton's book among many thousands more. We've been doing this for years, but we're being taken for granted. We're actually the leader in this field, but we're not in the headlines. Although I'm on the team responsible for this, it doesn't really matter to me. As long as we blaze the trail and maintain leadership, I can live without the press.
I haven't heard any feedback on the store, but I'm moving forward with it anyway. I've started planning with Trinity Graphics. I'll be busy with my move, but I should be able to get some work done.
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