Hey everybody, check out this intro to the Go programming language I put together for a talk at Backstop the other week! Golang Slides I tried to keep the slides content-light, since I find that having too many things on the screen distracts from what I’m saying. I’ll recapitulate my notes below. Title slide. Blah blah blah. Around since 2009 Go started as a research project at Google in 2007.

I saw a Kickstarter for a cold brew coffee device today, and I started reading about it. Cold Brew is supposed to taste different from your traditional hot brews – it gets less of the acidic flavors than traditionally brewed coffee, so you wind up with a smoother beverage. Also, cold brew techniques produce a coffee concentrate that you’re supposed to dilute, and the idea of mixing up 50/50 cold brew and milk is interesting.

Last month, I moved from Atlanta to Chicago. Moving always sucks; that’s a universal constant*, but I think this one went better than most. I’ve compiled a list of what worked and what didn’t, and some notes on what to do better next time. What Worked Trello Sabrina and I planned the move and tracked our tasks on Trello.com. I have to say, the ability to put together dynamic kanban-style task boards on the fly really helped us keep everything straight.

I hate capslock. It’s a horrible, horrible key, and it gets even more in the way on my split ergonomic keyboards at work. I’ve tried registry hacks to kill it, but they don’t seem to work. Here’s how I deal with capslock: Obtain a small, flat-headed screwdriver. Insert it beneath the Capslock key. Pry downward. If you ever need capslock later, just use a pen to poke the little capacitive sensor.