Category Archives: Personal Stuff

Stuff about dariusz.

First attempt at a 5 year Career Plan

Five year plans, hmm … My manager recently asked me to develop a five-year career plan. He suspects that my career challenges are going to hit me hard, heavy, and soon. If I’m not prepared I’ll end up doing something I’m not any good at, or passionate about – and I’ll be a victim of …

September 15, 2011 – 18:18 | By dariusz | Posted in Personal Stuff | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (3)

My brother has a blog!

Hi everyone, my brother Krzysztof has a great personal blog: kgrabka.wordpress.com This is notable because a) he doesn’t have Facebook or Twitter …. awkward b) he is a very eloquent writer. He’s in Poland with dad right now, so feel free to check out his adventure.

July 14, 2011 – 20:40 | By dariusz | Posted in Personal Stuff | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Explain your job to someone in 1950

Sometimes my mind is blown about what I actually do for a living, just based on the fact that I have a really hard time explaining it to people. Despite being in a world where cell phones, the internet, and Microsoft Office are part of the daily fabric of life, how many of us are …

November 3, 2010 – 09:57 | By dariusz | Posted in Personal Stuff, User Experience | Comments (0)

Hey I found your purse

When I came home from vacation a couple of days ago I found a bag / purse lying near my driveway.  Today, I decided to ruffle through it in case it wasn’t garbage. Sure enough it had a large set of keys in, some gum, two digital cameras, and some stuff that obviously belongs to …

November 2, 2010 – 18:37 | By dariusz | Posted in Personal Stuff | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

Spelled the Same, but Opposite?

I just had my mind blown by the English language, yet again.   There’s actually a word whose opposite (or close to it) is the same word, spelled the same, but pronounced differently.  That word is: resigned.  “Jon resigned his position on the basketball team.” vs. “Jon resigned his contract with the team for one more …

July 26, 2010 – 13:25 | By dariusz | Posted in Personal Stuff | Tagged , | Comments (4)

Little pictures, big ideas

I subscribe to this one photo blog on my work laptop.  Updates don’t come often, but regularly, and always with a well-written synopsis of what’s going on, and a little biography of the photographer.  The writeup is usually just enough to get my interest piqued, something else to look up online, something to share and …

June 11, 2010 – 14:11 | By dariusz | Posted in Personal Stuff | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Vimeo and Puerto Rico

I know I’m probably pretty late to this bandwagon, but I never realised just how much amazing content there is on Vimeo.  YouTube may be the king of video quantity, but sometimes (often? all the time?) I want to see original videos on interesting topics, in HD. The artist community on Vimeo is really strong, …

April 24, 2010 – 18:12 | By dariusz | Posted in Personal Stuff | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Final thought on the Vancouver 2010 Olympics

As much as I was extremely happy for all the Canadian athletes at the Vancouver 2010 winter Olympics, especially the speed skaters, I’ve had this nagging feeling I want to get off my chest. Maybe it’s too early to say it, but I didn’t like the blatant Canadian nationalism on display at the 2010 Olympic …

March 3, 2010 – 11:26 | By dariusz | Posted in Activism and Politics, Personal Stuff | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

Lunch and Adventure, my new blog: loudlunch.com

Hey all, I’ve been busy blogging at work behind the firewallz so I haven’t been so keen on updating my personal blog.  But I have been pretty passionate about lunch-time lately.  So in that vein, I decided to start writing about it on a new blog, Loud Lunch. Loud Lunch will be dedicated to my …

January 21, 2010 – 17:33 | By dariusz | Posted in Personal Stuff | Comments (0)

… or why being Polish is tough.

The team at Vice, recently put out this great, short little documentary-style film about the origins of vodka.   As the writers allude, many countries lay claim to being vodka originators the way the Russians do, but none with so much difficulty (and legitimacy) as Poland. Despite starting off a little slowly, and not doing the …

October 29, 2009 – 00:43 | By dariusz | Posted in Personal Stuff | Tagged , , | Comments (1)