Tour de Dave

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” - Dr. Seuss

About

Dave is a man on a mission without direction.

After earning his Bachelor of Technology (with a focus of Network Administration) from an accredited NY State University he has worked a bevy of jobs under the umbrella of IT Operations throughout Central NY and the greater Washington DC Metro area; until recently.

Dave’s passion for trying new things and learning has led him into a new career path. At the onset of this path is the role of Quality Assurance Analyst (known colloquially in certain circles as “QA”). This transition, to a job which he has no prior training in or understanding of, has made for an exciting and challenging time.

While he’s not working, Dave tries to spread his time equally towards distance running, yoga, rock climbing, traveling, and his graduate studies. He is a firm believer that variety is the spice of life and that when you come to a fork in the road, take it.

This blog is his way of capturing his stories, musings, learnings, and eureka moments for the world to see and interact with.

What does the future hold for him? He’s not sure, but he’d like to think a big bag of money (non-sequential bills, preferably) will be involved.

August 13th 2010
Tags: All That Jazz, Technology

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I came, I saw, I spoke at Agile 2010

This was my second time attending the Agile conference, and it was a blast. But this year had a twist; I was one of the presenters. Here is the description for my talk (titled: Mountains to Molehills: A Story of QA): Dave Haeffner had just changed jobs within his company. Completely ...
July 25th 2010
Tags: Technology, World Travels

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So little to do and so much time, no wait.

TURNING MOUNTAINS INTO MOLEHILLS: A STORY OF QA Dave Haeffner had just changed jobs within his company. Completely shifting his career paradigm from Systems Administration to Quality Assurance. If only he knew the challenges that faced him in the year ahead. He might get excited, or maybe, he would have thought ...
February 7th 2010
Tags: Technology

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Fugitive phone

I had some time today (thanks to Snowpocalypse DC) and decided to give Jailbreaking my iPhone 3GS a try. It was super easy and took about 5 minutes (maybe 10 after reading up on the process). I was initially drawn in by the promise of being able to hide applications that ...
December 31st 2009
Tags: Love, Technology

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Behold, the FUTURE!

Digital cooking, virtual water coolers, and computerized hovering heads. Oh my! Another decade down, and one step closer to the future. Sadly there are no flying cars (yet...). But what we lack in commoditized levitation has been made up for by a mix of commoditized & free technology. And of course, ...
December 13th 2009
Tags: Life

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Life on Porpoise

I can't help but feel a rumbling sense of something. A sense of urgency, willingness, passion, curiosity... purpose. This feeling tends to present itself as raw and uncoordinated enthusiasm. Lately my interest has been peaked by *so* many things. All of which is slowly being satiated. But I can't help ...

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