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The Mythical Man-Month
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Dreaming in Code
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Computers Hate Me
It’s true, they do. Possibly something of a disadvantage in my chosen career, but I get by, carefully. Don’t believe me? Hear my tales of woe, come cry with poor,...
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Startups as the Future of Technology
It’s very fashionable in geek circles to attack Paul Graham at the moment, particularly after his essay You Weren’t Meant to Have a Boss. I’ve been reading his essays for...
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What is this Property?
I’m not a mathematician, just a computer scientist with an interest in maths, so please excuse the simplifications and inaccurarcies in this. I’m going to describe this with some rigour,...
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The Ultimate Development Environment
An enormous claim, I know. But this is not about processes, tools or working conditions. This is about something quite different.
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The first Girl Geek Dinner, Sydney was held on Thursday, at Chinta Ria. For those of you who haven’t heard of this: women working in computing/IT get together, have dinner,...
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