Thomas Ballinger

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ballingt@carleton.edu was my assigned email address in college. Before that I used tomb, which is even worse.

nedbat notes that ballingt is unreliable, but scrupulously honest

really embodies the lofty ideological goals

Really really interesting, thanks a lot!

Dear @ballingt, that thing I learned from you a year ago? I totally just used it!

I stole this website design from Mary Rose Cook

So gosh darn cool!

Super sweet

whoa!

I drink coffee for breakfast.

Knowledge is power - it's measured in wats -Rose Ames

THIS WAS SUPER COOL, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

"It's Java-y..." [with urgency] "...but in the best way possible."

oh I see. that’s super cool -@ibdknox

sweet mother of skeuo :D -@MaxBittker

Tom, dude, don't sell yourself short. That's at *least* triple hipster. -@realjohnconnor

friend of hifi (and Hack && Tell) -@apgwoz

really, no criticism, it's crystal clear :D

goals for the first day: be mean at first –me

So long as one understands the thing and fiddles with it, one is hacking :D -@paultag

Move fast and maintain a cursory understanding of the architecture that underpins your systems -@jeffowler

@ballingt you are once again, as always, an incorrigible optimist -@jeffowler

Cool videos. Very good.

Very fun and interesting.

Looks like the villian in Despicable Me (1) -YouTube commenter

I really appreciate your from-the-ground-up teaching style and your enthusiasm

I was not disappointed!

Has a tendency to go on long tangents but his passion for the topic and the interesting things he says make it worth it!

This video is awesome! Thank you!

That's a rock fact!