zem@zem42·Aug 19, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr move it up your to-read list :) it's a novella, so it shouldn't take long to get through21
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 19, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 btw you're with google in the bay area, right? Do you know @akkartik or Rif (nickname) in the machine learning research group?1
zem@zem42·Aug 19, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @akkartik no, but i've seen him on a few mailing lists :)1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 19, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 @akkartik If you two ever meet up in person, you'd be eligible for our FB group :D.11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 19, 2015Replying to @vgr@zem42 @akkartik (I assume you meant Kartik... Rif doesn't sound like he'd be active on email lists...)1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 19, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 @akkartik Martin <-> Kartik, Kartik <-> Martin. Have lunch on me at the Plex some day :D3
Kartik Agaram@akkartik·Aug 19, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 @vgr Already on my way finding you on the corp intranet and creating calendar invite :) In a minute.1
Kartik Agaram@akkartik·Aug 19, 2015Replying to @akkartik@zem42 @vgr Holy crap, one of the original Wandering Minstrels! Honored.21
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @akkartik@akkartik @zem42 What's a wandering minstrel?8:55 PM · Aug 19, 2015
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 19, 2015Replying to @vgr@akkartik @zem42 Martin is a stealth dictator btw. Along with @athomasq he ran the literary scene at IIT-B 93-97 with an iron fist.31
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 19, 2015Replying to @vgr@akkartik @zem42 @athomasq They evangelized LOTR so much, I refused to read it. Only read it in grad school later :D21
zem@zem42·Aug 19, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @akkartik poem-a-day mailing list and website. archived at http://wonderingminstrels.blogspot.com11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 19, 2015Replying to @zem42@zem42 @akkartik Hmm. Never heard of it. Is there an origin myth doc?3