I'm the new Observability Lead at Tubi

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Observability Lead at Tubi! It has been such a fun and educational journey with Tubi so far. I am grateful and honored to receive this new challenge.

September 2, 2023 · 1 min · 38 words · Christopher Hicks

Chicks on Community

https://youtu.be/sgX5-Mm47cg Introduction Howdy there, Internet People. I am known as “chicks” and I’m here today to talk about the Internet and community. Background First, a little of my story to set the stage. I started in the computer business before there was a web browser, but conveniently the Internet blew up at the right time for me and it has kept me employed or consulting steadily for 30 years. ...

July 24, 2023 · 6 min · 1102 words · Christopher Hicks

Tubi is competing with subscription services

July 21, 2023 · 0 min · 0 words · Christopher Hicks
Youtube screen shot of First Pismo Visit

Pismo Beach: First Visit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPW7QPCalAA During our first visit to the Pismo Beach area we talk about restaurants, the beaches, and amazing views of the Pacific Ocean. We talk about these places: Zorro’s in Shell Beach Steak & Seafood Wooly’s on Pismo Beach Hotshot Billiards in Pismo Beach InterContinental the Clement hotel in Monterey Passion Fish in Monterey The article about the Del Monte Shopping Center is at SF Gate. ...

July 9, 2023 · 1 min · 66 words · Christopher Hicks

Creator of Clippy

share_url is https://youtube.com/watch?v=3kcQzCzSDvc&feature=share I’ve lived through this story and I’m still surprised by many facets of it.

June 11, 2023 · 1 min · 17 words · Christopher Hicks

"LinkedIn is better on the app" is the subject of the email.

I keep getting these emails from linked-in and I can’t help but wonder: why are you neglecting your website that much? Why is the app that much better? Is it really better? They don’t make it apparent how. Do they not care about people using the web version anymore? Does Microsoft really feel the primary audience is mobile and not people that sit in front of their computers all day? Why should we believe that linked-in is going to continue investing in the app when we’ve seen folks like StackOverflow create apps and then abandon them? ...

April 22, 2022 · 1 min · 99 words · Christopher Hicks

Great coverage for McD Tech Labs

First, the Economist covers my new job in the first month. Now, we have Wired covering this as well. That’s my two favorite magazines of all time. I’m not sure how Smithsonian’s Air & Space or Make will get in on this, but either could be the hat trick! Wired article is at https://www.wired.com/story/mcdonalds-drive-thru-mymcdonalds-app/

November 30, 2020 · 1 min · 54 words · Christopher Hicks

Try Personal Capital.

share_url is https://www.personalcapital.com/land/share/?redirect=https://share.personalcapital.com/x/vSKoil If you are past the point where CreditKarma is giving you helpful information then it is time to move onto these guys. You get a complete view of your status across all of your accounts. It is great to search for transactions across banks and credit vendors. Their support has been excellent.

October 24, 2018 · 1 min · 55 words · Christopher Hicks

Cake Board is a LEGO-friendly breadboard

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252587878/cake-board-new-lego-friendly-solderless-breadboard evolves the breadboard in some intersting ways.

September 22, 2014 · 1 min · 8 words · Christopher Hicks

Defunct linked-in 2013-11-11

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November 11, 2013 · 1 min · word · Christopher Hicks