Author: Tony Tam
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5 Positive Stories I Read To C. On Christmas
I loved these 5 stories from the Chronicle this morning and I read them to C. for her bedtime reading Castro garage draws out Christmas wishes Yiying Lu makes splash with Twitter’s ‘fail whale’ Bad college grades a tough record to shake Devoted single father grateful for new apartment Dear San Francisco: What I like about…
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Using Pivot Points To Make Decisions
Recently I was asked to make a decision between 2 options. Both options have positives and negatives. Both options are different and you can’t compare them side by side. How would I choose? Today, a co-worker has to make a similar choice, so I thought it would be good to share our experiences. Instead of…
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Why I Came To Yahoo! And Why I Am Still Here?
In 1999, I was working for Silicon Graphics but I decided to work for another company because SGI at that point was not performing well and I believed that the company was not financially viable any more. When thinking of which company to apply for a job, I looked to Yahoo! From the outside, Yahoo!…
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Job Description For A Software Architect
When I graduated from Berkeley with a computer science degree in 1992, I just wanted to write code. The professor at the time whom I admired the most was a super C hacker who loved to use C pre-processor to build super macros. I would sometimes pass by his desk and just listen to his…
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Paris 2011, 10th Trip For C.
C. is truly a blessed child. I have been taking C. to Paris once a year in order for both of us to spend some quality time together during her vacation. Also I want her to have a special place that I consistently bring her to so that when she grows up, it will be a special…
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Flips and Jumps at Acrosports Gym in San Francico : My First Published And Paid Writing on Yahoo! Contributor Network
Yahoo! bought a company named Associated Content, which was recently changed to Yahoo! Contributor Network. I am the software architect on the backend content management system for Yahoo! Media and actively working with the engineer trying to integrate the great tools from Associated Content into the Yahoo! infrastructure. In order to truly understand the power…
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‘End’ Poem By C. 2010
Poem: ‘End’ My 9 Year Old Daughter’s Poem End “The beginning of the End” Sounds strange. How can an End have a beginning if it is an end? more haikus
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‘If’ Haiku From C 2010
Haiku: ‘If’ Haiku from my 9 year old daughter, C. If If you gotta use the kitchen, that’s just fine with me. If you wanna sit in the living room, help yourself to the sofa. If you gotta use the outhouse, Well… Once I get out, come in and use it. You gotta go bad?…