Today was the first time I tried working from a cafe, not because I had no internet connectivity at home, though. I just decided I should give it a try. I didn’t have a huge variety of options where to go, since it’s quite cold outside and I didn’t want to spend all day in the metro either. I went to McDonald’s which is 5 minutes walk from where I live. I didn’t take...
I've Joined Automattic
This is big news, and words can’t explain my feelings. Today’s my first day at Automattic, the company behing WordPress.com, Akismet, Gravatar, Polldaddy, VaultPress, and a whole lot more. As you know, Automattic also contributes to a number of Open Source projects, including BuddyPress, bbPress, Browse Happy, WordCamp.org and of course WordPress itself. So… Starting today...
I Turned 23 Today
I turned 23 today, it doesn’t feel too much different from last year. I have gone through a lot of (mostly) good things, the most wonderful of which was my marriage in December. Let’s see what happens next, I’m quite excited!
Quitting Applications with Dvorak
I wrote earlier that I’ve been training myself on the Dvorak keyboard layout lately, so the fun part is that the Dvorak Q is right where the Qwerty X is and I’m a crazy user of shortcut keys, so there you have it! Can’t wait to make the full switch. By the way, I’m using this plugin to embed tweets.
Learning Dvorak
As some of you might have noticed on Twitter and Facebook, I recently started learning a new keyboard layout called Dvorak Simplified Keyboard Layout, so I decided to share a couple of links that inspired me. The Dvorak Zine uses comics to explain the history and promote the layout. They also have a Dvorak typing course. Matt Mullenweg’s On the Dvorak Keyboard Layout (written back in 2003)...
Just Married
For those of you who missed it, I got married last Wednesday :) You’re probably not used to seeing it, but the wedding ring goes on the right hand in Russia.
Interview at WordCast Conversations
After quite a long delay we’ve finally got to launch the interview together with @kymhuynh at WordCast Conversations. Listened to it a couple of times, seems like I said the words “complex” and “complicated” three thousand times, but Kym said it was okay ;) Kym Huynh talks with Konstantin Kovshenin about his work with robotics and his passion for WordPress, WordPress...
Amazon Web Services: Cloud Computing Free of Charge
Howly shmoly, just read the announcement of Amazon’s Free Usage Tier offering an EC2 micro instance free of charge for a whole year! Sounds cool, doesn’t it? Well let’s go back a few months and analyze the reason why I left Amazon in favor of Media Temple’s (ve) service: Amazon is way too expensive for a young geek like me, barely having the money to pay rent for my lousy...
October Quickie: A Little Bit of Everything
Well yeah, it started snowing today here in Moscow, but this post is not about snow. I remember I’ve done some quickie before, but couldn’t find it. Perhaps it was something I mentioned inside the blog post with a different title. But anyways, this is a short roundup of what I’ve been up to lately. Let’s start with Python.. After reading a very popular book called...
WordPress 3.0, Social Media in Russia, Hiring & Coffee
So, there’s quite some interesting stuff going on around here and let’s of course begin with WordPress. Yes, WordPress 3.0 has been released, some blog posts of mine got even more visibility and I’ve been interviewed on the WordCast Conversations show – thank you so much @kymhuynh and @lorelleonwp. I don’t know when the show will air, but Kym promised to let me know...