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- Excited for Happy Hour today at Boulder Draft House, 4-6pm to see @realgeeksride. Come down and say hello! Donations go to Casey Bike Club. 6 hrs ago
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- Decided to head to #igniteboulder tonight. Having a pre-speech drink with @tarable. - http://bkite.com/09ayG 1 day ago
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I'm Ingrid Alongi, a developer in Boulder, Colorado. I'm currently a software engineer at Gnip. My world is now all about API integration and social media data. Previously, at OneRiot, I wrote web applications using Java/Wicket/CSS. I've
also got a side project where I use CodeIgniter for PHP and absolutely love it. Diving into JQuery too.
I've been in the web development/interactive agency world for almost 10 years, with most of my experience in building database-driven web applications (PHP, ColdFusion) for consumer facing clients (e-commerce, email marketing, advertising, cms, etc.). Lots of strategy, lots of driving traffic back the web site types of stuff. Oh, and managing an amazing team of developers.
I'm an electronic music snob, ex national level cyclist, I play violin and cello, and have an MA in Women's Studies. You can contact me at ialongi at yahoo . com.
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Taking the Leap
July 28, 2008, 9:48am by electromute
Today is officially the first day of my free fall into having my own startup. I got back from a wedding on Orcas Island late last night, with not a lot of time to ponder my next move. I’ve been spending the last few months trying to piece together a prototype on my nights and weekends. As any programmer knows, doing this kind of work in short bursts can be severely inefficient.
In order to carve out more space for myself, and yet still pay my bills, I’ll keep my current job 3 days a week and then have the other days to dedicate to my new startup. It’s somewhat bitter sweet because some really amazing stuff is happening now at current job, but I’ve gotten the bug to go out on my own and it’s been brewing steadily and slowly for a while, waiting for the right time/people/circumstances.
Now, I sit with a whole entire day dedicated to myself and while I certainly know what to do next from a “task list of to-dos” perspective, I’m feeling the shock of having this new space for myself. Space to concentrate, space to create, space to focus, space to try something new, space to challenge myself.
So, even if the landing is hard (remind me I said this, please, when I’m crying and wondering how I thought I could ever do this), now, I jump.
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