Jeffrey McManus

I had some sadness yesterday when I went out to the parking lot and my beloved Cherokee wouldn’t start up.

I really hate it when my car breaks down. It’s really just a matter of inconvenience and money, but for some reason I get all bent out of shape about it. It could be that I know zero about cars and I feel totally helpless when something goes wrong. I can’t even change a tire. I’m a loser, I know.

I perked up significantly this afternoon when I found out that I’d won this huge award at work. Among other things, my internal evangelism of weblog and RSS technology was called out in the award. You can see this today on the Developers Program weblog, but you’ll start to see this technology appear in more places on eBay soon. If you are a developer using the eBay API, the weblog is now the best and fastest way to get information regarding what’s going on with the API platform. Soon you’ll be able to get this kind of information for the main eBay.com site as well, which will be most excellent for buyers and sellers as well as developers.

I’m totally humbled by the award — today I’m the lone geek sitting in a business unit populated by mostly MBAs, so when I came to work here I wasn’t 100% sure that I’d fit in, and even if I did if I’d be able to accomplish anything significant. I am now 100% sure. :)

Update: Just got off the phone with the shop, the car is fine — just a dead battery and a blown fuse.

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