About yearofmoo
& Matias Niemelä
Narrated By His Minions, The Mookins
Once upon a time...
in the far away land of CANADA, a strange man created a blog...
yearofmoo.com is an enhanced blog for programmers to learn about web development, computer science, software design and nerd psychology.
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The Purpose of this blog is:
To help you go from being a novice coder to a proficient, super intelligent programming machine. If front-end web development, backend web development, algorithms, testing and programming languages sound interesting then this blog is for you.
We Focus On
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He is our master we love him. OOUUR
Matias works for Google as a core developer on the AngularJS project. He currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
Open-Source & Web Technologies
Matias contributes to a large open-source project called AngularJS for both versions 1 and 2 as well as Material Design. He is very passionate about what he does and is working hard to supercharge how animations work on the web.
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Speaking Events & Workshops
Matias has travelled to mysterious lands to share his wisdom amongst his tribesmen.
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We Live Here!
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- San Francisco
- Mountain View
- San Jose
- Utah
- Vegas
- Toronto
- Boston
- St. Louis
- Chicago
- Winnipeg
- Helsinki
- London
- Aarhus
- Copenhagen
- Amsterdam
- Paris
- Tokyo
Average Breakdown of a Week in the Life of Matias:
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3 Creative things about Matias:
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80% of the books on his shelf have never been touched (They're just there for show.)
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Over THREE LITRES of kombucha consumed per week
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Lived & Worked in THREE different countriesCalifornia, USA!Helsinki, Finland!Toronto, Canada!