Harper Reed: Tech, Phones, Yo-yoing and Death Metal

Harper Reed: Software, PHP, MySQL, YoYo, Juggling, Baphomet

I will be in Colorado tomorrow for Tech Cocktail Boulder. It will be awesome to be a part of this event in Boulder. I will be officially representing skinnyCorp - so come get some swag and hang out! For those that have never been to a Tech Cocktail, it is a meet up style event [...]

Our unofficial official wedding party

So the other weekend, Hiromi and I went to colorado to celebrate our marriage with our friends and family. It was fun. It was a party a year in the waiting. We had a ton of friends come and had some really nice parties at my parents house. Only a little bit of mayhem and [...]

After a really nice long week in Colorado I am sadly back in Chicago and back to work. We had a fun time. I got in two Fridays ago.
I arrived in Colorado the Friday before thanksgiving. My plane was arriving late - so my brother and his wife Sarah picked me up. We then drove [...]

Colorado weekend

This weekend was pretty nice. I went to colorado to help my dad with his webpage, visit my family and for mothersday. I always forget how pretty it is in colorado. I am always a bit surprised when i see the mountains or the sunset. Also the weather is so nice. a lot nicer than [...]

in nyc

oh yea. i am here. well not really nyc. somewhere near i guess. got in this morning around 9:00am after leaving my house at 4:00 (that sucked for sure). Then i slept very uncomfortably on the unsleepable chairs at the airport. slept around 4 hours. and then went downstairs and yoyoed for 4 hours.
After [...]

flickr. crazy clean teeth

i obviously have to start using flickr more. it apparently rules.
my job is weird
i am in colorado still. watching party monster. weird weird. i met keoki in a dj booth the other day. eveyrthing is weird. hah. i went to the dentist. my teeth are crazy clean. haha.
oh an my secret project is almost [...]

heh. dichotomy. wtf

So i was chilling in phoenix and i called my dad. i told him that i wanted to make a website for my grandfather and that my mom and dad should start scanning pictures - or send them to me to scan. and my dad was like.. umm why don’t you come out here and [...]

just the other day

i was hanging out in colorado enjoying the 63 degree weather.
worryign about sunburn. wathcing my cousins run around being insane.
spray painting stuff. breaking stuff. yea know the usual family get
together. and then I come back to chicago. everything breaks and BAM it
becomes 20 degress. wtf. this is not allowed. i am ready for
summer. I am ready for something exciting. this proj…

check out this comic. so very very true. unfortunately it is being banned by newspapers all over. too bad it is true. heh. I love shit like that. Some really exciting thing…

fixed

i am fixed. but now I need a new book. I imagine I will wait until tomorrow - when I am in colorado. or maybe I will get one tonight. and then I can read it tomorrow. on my way to colorado. here are some pictures: y bar a week ago, and

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Hi. My name is Harper. I am an engineer and software architect involved in social networks and the open source software. I am very happily employed as the CTO to the awesome skinnyCorp in Chicago, IL. We make some really cool stuff. This is obviously my blog. I write about everything from being a professional yoyoer to hacking the newest Internet appliance. Be sure and check out my homepage at harperreed.org. If you are so interested, my resume is located here. I love getting emails and what not so feel free to contact me through here.

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