March, 13, 2006 archives
mixed attention
our morning are dominated by meetings with the whole development team, which can result in a range of attention being paid. this was taken while monty and patrik were briefing us on a project you’ll hear more about at the mysql users conference in april.
the camera on the table belongs to david axmark, our co-founder who is infamous for taking tons of pictures that nobody ever sees. (that’s also his laptop screen in the bottom corner, he is out of frame.)
agent to the stars by john scalzi is a first-contact story where the aliens first get themselves a hollywood agent. it is quite funny, and pretty remarkable for being a book that was intended to be scalzi’s first novel that would end up rotting in a drawer.