Hi,
I should introduce myself. I’m Ada, co-founder of Saturday MP. By co-founder, it basically means Chris asked me if he could start a company and I (finally) said yes.
Chris has given me permission to post to the blog. This may be a mistake because I seem innocent but I can also have a perverse sense of humour. While I’m no stranger to computers, the internet nor the blog-world, the circles I run in tend to revolve around knit blogs and ravelry. There, I’ve shown my true colours. You want more? I. Am. Canadian. I spell “Canadian” so you’ll see a lot of “u’s” in my posts. Chris doesn’t care as much – he’s Canadian too, but let’s face it, he doesn’t worry too much about spelling.
So, you’ll know if I’m posting because of the spelling, the motherly touch I give to the posts but really, the lack of tehcnical-ese content. Don’t get me wrong, I had my fair share of geekiness (first computer was a Vic20 with tape drive, I loved my Q-BASIC programming courses, first e-mail viewer was PINE, and I can probably still navigate around in AIX), but the point of the blog is to shine a bit of light on the glamourous world of basement-based software development. It’s not all sunshine and roses (especially not in the basement) but it can be exciting. If it’s something that you’re considering, we hope you follow along.
So…
I like to share funny stories to break the ice.
Before we collaborated on SaturdayMP, I had my own company, a sole proprietorship. I had a business number and I billed under the name “High C Consulting”. I repeatedly “score” an off the chart C on the DiSC profile analysis. Plus, I’m a singer. Yes, I can reach that high C. Sometimes when we’re being funny between our 4 walls, we refer to the company as “wrong-notes consulting” or “off-key consulting”.
I thought you’d appreciate my humour.