Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
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
In the hope of having happier thoughts : the Globe and Mail, Globetechnology reports on “Broadband at warp speed” Using 2 new upgraded technologies BCI (Bell Canada) hope to provide 16 megabits a second in early 2004, and 22 mbps Continue reading Very Ultra DSL, really soon.