Chris Webb's Lifestream

Fall has arrived in Indianapolis - crisp, sunny, 50 degrees, leaves are changing, a just barely a...

Oct 1st

While Samurai Bank is soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, Ninja Bank is reported to have taken a...

Oct 1st

In the last 7 days Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up, and Bonsai Bank announced...

Oct 1st

US banking crisis has hit Japan especially hard.

Oct 1st

Full speed ahead on iPhone SDK books!

Oct 1st

Staff at Karate Bank got the chop, & there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is...

Oct 1st

Im here all week. Remember to tip your waitresses and bartenders.

Oct 1st

Early drop off for the boys - in the office at 7 am for a UK conference call

Oct 1st

Discussing new books in New Titles Meeting with @elleinthecity et al

Sep 29th

New at ckwebb.com: A few of the items I read on 09/25/08 http://tinyurl.com/4yhc9u

Sep 26th

Perfect Oatmeal? Not so sure about that. Good oatmeal, fine. Really good oatmeal, maybe. Perfect?...

Sep 26th

A few of the items I read on 09/25/08

Sep 25th

C# developers - are you using any functional programming methods?

Sep 24th

Just booked November trip to the UK. Used credit for trip cancelled by Hanna. Still paid rebooking...

Sep 24th

Interesting move by McCain - will Obama follow? With no consensus in Congress for the bailout plan,...

Sep 24th

Loving all the McCain bashing about suspending campaigns. Suspect Obama will follow, and was likely...

Sep 24th

Nightly Webkit builds for Windows are blazing fast. Faster than Chrome rendering. Anyone know how I...

Sep 24th

anyone know what music T-Mobile is using for this G1 video? http://www.t-mobileg1.com/default.aspx

Sep 24th

Trying to get the nightly webkit to build on Windows

Sep 23rd

Still looking for Objective-C experts for a new project

Sep 23rd

Where do you learn digital photography skills? Trial and error, or do you have a tips and tricks...

Sep 23rd

3 year old up too early

Sep 21st

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 taking longer to install than VS?

Sep 19th

Blue Wizard is about to die.

Sep 19th

To err is human, to arrrrrr is Pirate.

Sep 19th

Visual Studio 2008 Pro Install time 42:16

Sep 19th

Installing Visual Studio 2008 Professional. Taking bets on how long it will take on my dual core...

Sep 19th

Never mind- I’m jumping to conclusions.

Sep 19th

Ok so now bios are gone from profile pages? So when I get a follow request how am I supposed to know...

Sep 19th

<CTRL-A> <CTRL-C> <CTRL-V> sigh…

Sep 19th

Retweeting multiple sources: @timoreilly http://tinyurl.com/5xs565

Sep 18th

Mucking through LaTex

Sep 18th

Now that we have a good number of books in the new pipeline, its time to launch them over to the...

Sep 17th

Just hired a technical editor for @blowdart ‘s new book.

Sep 17th

Anyone using Wordpress as a CMS for a small business? Looking for a professional theme for a biz...

Sep 17th

Looking for an Objective C guru in the UK - know anyone?

Sep 16th

At the Globe pub enjoying a Bombadier before heading off to dinner. Ride to the airport picks up at...

Sep 12th

No IE, I don’t want you to be my default browser & I have reminded you repeatedly....

Sep 12th

At Heathrow for a very early check in for flight back home.

Sep 12th

Being in London and Victoria Station in particular reminds me of an amazing trip to the city with...

Sep 10th

Great time in London with Wrox authors @retomeier and @blowdart and others. Back to Chichester via...

Sep 10th

At Belgo with @blowdart. Expecting a few more.

Sep 10th

At the coach and horses with @blowdart.

Sep 10th

At cafe negro with @blowdart talking security. Drinks and food to ensue shortly.

Sep 10th

Looks like I am heading to London in a bit to meet up with @blowdart

Sep 10th

Actually just passed another amazing, but smaller castle further down the line.

Sep 10th

On a train to London. Passed a really cool castle outside of Barnham (I think). UK friends- what was...

Sep 10th

Missing @jennylwebb and the boys…

Sep 10th

Any others going to be in London this afternoon?

Sep 10th

Or should I say, up the line…

Sep 10th

Sitting in the greene king pub, built 1742, enjoying a cask ale. Abbot to be exact.

Sep 9th

Operational review today went very well. I’m learning a lot which is exciting, but I am also...

Sep 9th

Missed all the NFL games yesterday. My Colts lost the home opener? Are you kidding me?

Sep 8th

Landed in London early. Passport queue insanely long. In car to chichester- didn’t sleep a...

Sep 7th

Waiting at ord for connection to lhr. Anyone else here?

Sep 6th

XBox 360 died last night - video card only likes pink and green now. Tried new cable, but didnt...

Sep 6th

Wondering about repair vs replacement on Xbox 360. Surely out of warranty, right?

Sep 6th

Picked up Pattern Recognition at lunch for the flight tomorrow.

Sep 5th

Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother is listed as Young Adult, so I feel odd wanting to read it, but...

Sep 5th

Pissed off that a book idea I really believe in is not getting the attention it deserves. Gloves...

Sep 5th

Reviewing new book proposals - one of my favorite parts of the job.

Sep 5th

Funny - everyone is talking about last night’s Microsoft Ad that didn’t work....

Sep 5th

And Read this: http://tinyurl.com/6huf2o

Sep 5th

Read this: http://tinyurl.com/63erhb

Sep 5th

Meeting up with @chrisbrogan this afternoon.

Sep 5th

Anyone using Red Gate tools?

Sep 5th

Playing 2 QBs in this year’s fantasy league. Romo and Eli - watching tonight’s Giants...

Sep 5th

XO5XP19V is following me on Twitter? Come on - you’re not even trying.

Sep 5th

Just canceled my US Air Flight to UK via Charlotte to avoid Hanna. Rerouting through Chicago. It...

Sep 5th

Chrome is fast, but you knew that already didn’t you.

Sep 5th

Heading back to the UK tomorrow for a week of operational review. Putting final touches on...

Sep 5th

Rerouting my flight around Hanna…

Sep 4th

..aannndddd out of the Holland Tunnel….

Sep 3rd

Meetings done. Waiting for car back to airport.

Sep 3rd

T-mobile network works in the Holland Tunnel.

Sep 3rd

Manhattan seems smaller each time I am here. What does that mean?

Sep 3rd

Touchdown LGA, now off to Hoboken for meetings at HQ.

Sep 3rd

NY today, London Sat, Frankfurt Wed, back to London Wed night and home Friday. Phew!

Sep 3rd