Author Archives: aknudson

Poppy was the best

Where I say goodbye to our family doggie. Continue reading

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Diversity is a virtuous cycle

Quick note (posted first on LinkedIn) about how diversity is a virtuous cycle. Continue reading

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A Bat, a Horse, and an Eye Walk Into a Bar…

More pictures from my eVscope2, including the Cosmic Bat nebula, the Horsehead nebula, the Flame nebula, the Iris nebula, and M66 (a galaxy). Continue reading

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First Clear Night in 2 months

More pictures from my back porch, using an eVscope 2 telescope. Continue reading

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The City of Akri

In which I show and discuss the map of the City of Akri, from my book, The Tale of Twoshirts. Continue reading

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How Twoshirts All Began

Where I discuss how Twoshirts came about. I talk about playing and DMing role playing games, and how that led to finding the little goblin boy named Twoshirts. Twoshirts then asked to be written, and now I’m trying to see if I can get the book published. Continue reading

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New Thanksgiving Space Photos!

New observations of the Pleiades cluster, M74 and M77 galaxies, NGC 6888 (the Crescent nebula), and a revisit to the Orion nebula. Continue reading

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Engineering Layoffs = More Free Cash Flow

In which I think the findings that 40% of the recent Amazon layoffs further supports the hypothesis that Amazon wants Free Cash Flow to get cash-in-hand, and is willing to risk scaling and/or features for Q4 to get it. Continue reading

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So You Want To Be a Manager? What Do You Do If…

Where I give advice for those transitioning from individual contributor roles to management. I use a story to illustrate how to be comfortable with the hard questions, and how to be supportive and honest with your people. Continue reading

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New Page: Twoshirts!

Announcing the new page and category: Twoshirts! It’s for discussion and and raising awareness of The Tale of Twoshirts, a planned 5-book young adult humorous cozy fantasy series. Continue reading

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