Running with Scissors
I know your mother told you never to run with scissors – everyone’s mother did – but you’ve done it anyway, haven’t you? You’ve ignored that sage wisdom and taken leave of your senses due to what you probably thought at the time was a dire need to get something done with extreme brevity.
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Lesson Time: Binary Style
I often get asked computer questions by friends and family… whether or not the question is actual in my field of discipline makes no difference to these people’s expectations. As such, I try to find the answer even if I don’t know it right away. One question that I do know the answer to (and have been asked many times) is: “What is binary?” To answer the question, lets first look at the name: “binary.”
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You are not your programming language
I was reading a post by Dave Newman the other day (yes, so were 46,840 of you) and he ended with the quote above. As I start to look for my next opportunity, I’m reminded that I didn’t start with the tool set I have now, and I certainly won’t end with it.
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The Trouble with Tribes
…my trouble with tribes is that often it leads to entirely too many voices on any given topic. Whether any individual member of the tribe has any specific or useful knowledge on the topic seems to be irrelevant in most cases.
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Are you Paying Attention?
As a child I had all sorts of trouble paying attention – not just in school, but to anything. Soccer was my group physical activity of choice, and I would regularly find myself standing on the field looking at the other games on adjacent fields. When we would rent a video game for the weekend I would quickly lose interest if I couldn’t complete on my first few attempts. And remember: we’re talking about the
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