Matthew Petro

I’m a Christmas light Scrooge!

Christmas lights are a total freakin’ scam designed to waste your time and take your money. Here’s why:

Putting any lights on anything requires a minimum of two hours, and that’s if you’re lucky. Somehow, even throwing some net lights on a bush takes forever to get them on and looking decent.
They’re a pain in the [...]

Sysadmins aren’t your beotches

Sysadmins keep your stuff running. Treat them well and don’t piss them off.

Ringtones are dead

I hate ringtones, so I bitch about them.

Three score and four years ago

64 years ago today. That’s when my paternal grandparents were married.
When I married Tracie, I asked my grandparents what their secret was. “Forgive and forget,” they said. Over six decades of experience says they know what they’re talking about.
64 years. That’s heckarad.
Apologies to Abraham Lincoln and one of the finest pieces of American oratory ever [...]

PodCamp AZ 2009 final thoughts

PodCamp AZ 2009 wrapup. My thoughts on what was good and what wasn’t.

“Inquisitive” is the word of the weekend

Geek Week AZ finished with PodCamp AZ. Inquisitiveness and participation were a big topic on my mind, so I throw some ideas out related to those.

CenPho.TV is doing it right

The crew at CenPho.TV put in a lot of hard work supporting their community through their weekly video podcast, and I highlight that.

Inside the Bungalow: taking care of people

Last Friday, I went to TEDxPhoenix at the Mesa Arts Center. Since I had some time beforehand, I thought I’d head out to Mesa early and avoid some traffic. After doing some crowdsourced research, I found a coffeehouse/yoga/spiritual center located in downtown Mesa called Inside the Bungalow. I spent an enjoyable couple of hours sipping [...]

@tdhurst: f’n genius, slightly flawed

There’s been a lot of discussion regarding Ignite Phoenix and Tyler’s blog posts about it. I offer some opinions on the pros and cons of his approach.

@tdhurst Hates Ignite: The Rebuttal

Tyler Hurst posted 10 reasons he hates Ignite. I offer a rebuttal.