Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
Next up in the Economist Tech Quarterly is Blogging goes to work which introduces the curious to wiki’s. Two useful links in this regard are : What is Wiki and, for the more technically inclined, the Wiki Engines Page. What Continue reading Just when you were starting to figure out what a Blog is, along comes Wiki
In the most recent Economist Tech Quarterly (from 2 weeks ago, I’m still way behind) there are several stand out articles: Return of the homebrew coder, Most modern software is written by huge teams of programmers. But there is still Continue reading Return of the homebrew code
Yes, I’m safely back from 6 glorious days of skiing at Quebec City. The weather was good ( -8 to -2 C) Snow was very good (although the mash on Monday was tough on the legs) at Mont Ste Anne, Continue reading Back from Sking, and buried
After finally getting the Server restored, and working the next 16 hours, I’m off on a previously booked ski trip to Quebec city. And trying not to think, too much, about the looming deadline. I love deadlines, and the get Continue reading How to earn a week of Skiing….the hard way
I’m going to jinx myself but, I’ve gotten no spam today, where I would “normally” get 20 to 40 pieces (most caught by my filters). Is this a national Span holiday? Is there a conference of spammers going on? Are Continue reading Where have all the spammers gone?
Via A random blog: “The startup mentality. comes Why are there Serial Entrepreneurs? ‘Being part of a start-up is about more than get-rich-quick dreams. It’s an emotional commitment to a hurried, harried, adrenaline-driven way of working. For those who can Continue reading The Starup Insanity