Boston

Boston Drupal Meet Up

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Tuesday, 6th December 2011 - 20:14
Boston
Drupal
MeetUp
Drush
Drupal Help
Documentation

Took advantage of our volunteer babysitter and finally ventured out to the Boston Drupal MeetUp since before I got pregnant.

Enjoyed working with Dani, whayes and ronaldmulero on Drupal 8 help documentation. We even submitted an issue.  The plan is to continue working on help documentation until the Colorado DrupalCon.  

Survived my first week ;-D

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Friday, 9th April 2010 - 22:50
Boston
HHMI

As the title says, survived the first week - not that it was at all hard.  I think I'm going to like my new role at the Crystal Lab (a.k.a.

Beginning at HHMI, a subtle push in the right direction!

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Monday, 5th April 2010 - 21:33
Boston
HHMI
Career

Starting work in a position in Prof. Stephen Harrison's lab at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in Boston.  I'm looking forward to getting my hands dirty again and to be in the thick of things.  The last 6 months doing freelance has had its ups and downs and all in all I find that I'm more suited to a semi-structured life of working by day, and superhero freelance geek by night.  The writing will continue as will the web developing. 

150 Days living in Boston!!!

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Wednesday, 17th February 2010 - 8:55
Boston

Time flies when you're having fun! 

  • We bought our first furniture together... (I learnt about buying beds!)
  • We bought our first used car
  • We bought our second bread maker

And since I'm still unemployed, I made my husband an Artisan style Foccaccia bread and carrot & lentil soup for dinner.  True, it only took me 5 minutes to put all the ingredients together and to put the dough in the bread maker (5 hours kneading/sitting) AND the soup only took around 1/2 hour to make (but he doesn't know it! Ok, maybe he does.)

being home w/o @scorlosquet

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Tuesday, 27th October 2009 - 20:44
Drupal
Boston
Maya

Its not the easiest thing to be in a new town without the company of your nearest and dearest. Steph is off in Washington at the 8th Int. Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2009).  I'm very proud of his work and support him as I can.  The coolest thing is that RDFa is now a part of Drupal7 core - which makes Drupal that much more competitive in the market at large as it takes its first steps into the next generation of the web. 

at the Drupal Boston Meet up

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Tuesday, 6th October 2009 - 20:39
Drupal
Boston

At my first Drupal Boston meet up - lightening presentations by Christefano, Peter, Ed, Kelley, Erik, Jake, Scor,  & Dave.

Christefano & Lee (a Drupal husband and wife team) started off talking about a Drupal-based facebook-like site for kids featuring facial recognition.  http://whatswhat.me

in search of work..

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Monday, 5th October 2009 - 12:11
Boston
USA
Employment
Today is the first day I've had the time and energy to start searching for work. Resume posted on monster.com; a quick browse with applications sent off to the few desirable jobs; followed by the usual fluttering butterflies and anticipatory nervous energy wondering how long it will take for a head hunter or perspective employer to bite. The whole question of having an SSN or not - poses a slight worry. I know I qualify for the NAFTA TN Visa - but that said - I hope it doesn't become a chicken & egg scenario!

In Boston - Found a home - moved in.. ;)

Submitted by Diliny C.
on Friday, 25th September 2009 - 7:57
Boston
USA
As an update to all of the people who have been anticipating news of our move to the US, we arrived safely! We also found an apartment on the second day in town. It's about a half hour walk to Harvard Sq. - a 20 min walk to Porter Sq. and a 15 minute walk to Davis Sq. So pretty central in my opinion. Only difficulty is setting everything up with out an American SSN. Even to get a phone this is tricky. So it will be another week or two before I have direct internet. For the moment resorting to outside cafes.