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August 24, 2006

Traditions

Over the course of my career to date, I've had the pleasure to work with Edmond Mesrobian three separate times. We met while we were both at Disney Online in the early 90's, I worked with him in a vendor/customer setting while with OpenMarket in the late 90's, and after OpenMarket killed Transact, I joined Edmond at the-company-formerly-known-as-Checkout-dot-com. Most recently I joined Edmond at RealNetworks.

One of the traditions Edmond brought with him was the making of Armenian Coffee in his office.

When I left Real, I brought my coffee paraphernalia with me to Valve, and I've brought the tradition with me. I made a pot this afternoon, and a subset of the team (not everyone drinks coffee, strangely enough) partook with me.

I doubt I'll ever make or drink Turkish coffee without thinking of Edmond, and of the cast of characters with whom I've shared his coffee over the years.

Thanks, Ed.

Posted by dberger at August 24, 2006 2:24 PM

Comments

Do you know of any Armenian translation websites? Charity did a quick search and couldn't find anything. Our neighbors are Armenian, and the little girl only knows two words in English: Hi and Bye. It'd be nice to be able to talk to her (and the mother, who only speaks a little English) a little.

Posted by: Laurie [TypeKey Profile Page] at August 25, 2006 7:42 PM