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02/26 Jonathan Harris on being stuck — Jonathan Harris is the creator of several really interesting web sites that in very creative ways combine art with computing. From his home page one might conclude that he’s a bit > “This is the website of Jonathan Harris. I make projects that explore the relationship ...
02/23 The Cloud is Watching You — It’s obvious if you think about it, but this article drives some points home. If you use some kind of web service to read, listen, watch, charge, use, borrow or share stuff, that company not only knows what you’ve (read, listened to, etc.) They also know much more specifically how you did so: Did yo...
02/03 Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen — I just saw Blue Jasmine, the latest Woody Allen movie. It is excellent and I recommend it. I also happened to read [Nicholas Kristof’s column in the New York Times](http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/an-open-letter-from-dylan-farrow/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollecti...
02/01 Interview Skills — This article: The Only Interview Question That Matters” makes a pretty good case for this being the most important single interview question: > What single project or task would you consider your most significant accomplishment in your career to date?
01/21 Goodbye to BlogBridge… — After a glorious run of almost 10 years, regretfully, I’ve decided to decomission BlogBridge. My longtime freinds and blog...
01/18 Aruba vs. Curaçao — I admit I am always a little bit offended when I hear that a friend of mine (François?) chooses Aruba as a vacation destination. And it happens pretty regularly. Oh I always say that the two islands are very similar, but the truth is that I’ve spent very little time in Aruba, so… Anyway, for those o...
01/13 Never go on deck alone — This is just a great read. A Speck in the Sea – NYTimes.com: > Looking back, John Aldridge knew it was a stupid move. When you’re alone on the deck of a lobster boat in the middle of the night, 40 miles off the tip of Long Island, you don’t take chances.
12/07 [Pro-Tip] When writing a delicate email, enter the To: last — So, if you are writing one of those emails that you have to get right, and you plan to check and proof and think about, then don’t start by typing the To:. As long as you don’t type the To: you can’t accidentally send it out before you finish writing it. Once you write the To:, and accidental or careless send will possibly cause collateral damage if you’re not done word smithing your message.
12/04 Getting an “A” at Harvard is e-z! — Unfortunately students can be quite focused on their grades, and as a result I end up paying more attention to grading than I would like. By the way let me point out that ‘grading’ is more than assigning a grade to a bit of homework. Without going into detail, you have to decide and communicate: - ...
12/03 How well does higher ed prepare you as a ‘software engineer’? — This article is a bit harsh/one-sided, but I still thought it was interesting to see an attempt at comparing programming as practiced in two very different contexts.  [What’s the difference between college-level and corporate programming? | Ars Technica](http://arstechnica.com/information-technolog...
12/03 Dear Consumer Reports — From an email I sent, just because:  > “Dear CU: I bet you won’t print this one! But maybe you can respond to me personally. Check this out CU itself is a bad actor when it comes to magazine subscription renewals. ...
11/25 This post might have changed my mind — Scott Adams is the guy behind the famous Dilbert comics. I’ve not worked in a big corporation for a while and I’ve not been reading Dilbert for quite a while too. But Scott Adams remains a brilliant humourist. This post however, is not meant as humour: [Scott Adams Blog: I Hope My Father Dies Soon ...
11/20 Intellectual Property on Wall Street? — A fascinating although quite long article by Michael Lewis in Vanity Fair. Michael Lewis is an amazing non-fiction writer, best known to me for Moneyball (about baseball) and Liars Poker (about Wall Street.) [Michael Lewis: Did Goldman Sachs Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Programmer? | Vani...
11/18 Customer Service Ceremonies — Nowadays, when I am done talking to telephone suport of any company, they seem to be trained to go through a long ceremony before letting me go: me: “Thanks, I am all set” They: “Did I solve all your problems”? me: “Yes, thanks” They: “Ok then thanks for calling XXXX” me: “You’re welcome” They: “Thanks and have a good day” me: “Thanks” Question: is it impolite for me to hang up before this whole ceremony is complete? Say “Yes, Thanks” and then hang up? Or am I being a rude, impatient, always in a hurry northeasterner?
11/15 Healthcare.gov not working yet (duh) — I feel really bad for President Obama and I am still a big fan. But. As we all know now, this is a total disaster, on a lot of levels. For first hand experience, I tried to create an account on Healthcare.gov about the middle of October. After several tries I managed to do it. Yesterday I tried to l...