Holding a Program in One’s Head
In fact, if you look at the way software gets written in most organizations, it’s almost as if they were deliberately trying to do things wrong. In a sense, they are. One of the defining qualities of organizations since there have been such a thing is to treat individuals as […]
Its been two years in at IBM, so that is about time for the “I’ve Been Moved” pseudonym to take affect. Starting this past week (since I was on vacation the week prior) I left the yellow box plastered walls of Lotus and head to a group inside of the CIO office.
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Crap.
If anyone one wants to know how bad I feel, I’m going to log it on gCal. (my angel for mother asked me to keep track, so now she can look easily herself).
http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/6e5bqedamh0v6mohmage9labk0@group.calendar.google.com/public/basic
I’m going to rest hardcore to try and get the strength for the Red Sox game I was supposed to go […]
This opinion editorial from the Miami Herald may be exaggerating a bit, but still if he (Robert Steinback) even only had a small chance of being right we should be worried. I’ll again say that I’m no longer proud to be an American (that reaction wasn’t caused by this article, I’ve held that opinion for […]
Very interesting presentation from Lawrence Lessig on copyright and freedom (or lack thereof). I highly recommend listening even if you have little interest in software patents or the DMCA (he only goes into specifically technical issues in the last 1/3rd or so).
From the ever interesting Nat Friedman.
As I’ve been thinking of productivity, efficiency, procrastination, and laziness recently (and I still haven’t gotten around to reading that book yet) I’ve come to realize that I’m making things harder by worrying so much. It is obvious that trying to make yourself productive by worrying about it constantly only suffices to waste time […]
I’ve had a cell plan with Verizon for about 5 years now and for the most part I cannot complain. The phones have been decent and the reception has been above average. Heck, sometimes I got one bar of service at my good ol’ home in the “ruralburbs” of Southern Maryland (that’s rural for y’all […]