ABC News brings the notion of what I call job insourcing to the mainstream with this article. There are many displaced computer workers who would be willing to accept a lower nominal salary if that salary can afford them a good life, even if it meant relocating them to a place with a low cost […]
Checking out university course descriptions and syllabi is one way I remain sharp and competitive within the computing industry. They serve as a great resource on what books to purchase for recreational reading. They sometimes also validate other books I bought after some cursory reading at traditional bookstores. I have always questioned why otaku fascinate […]
Google apparently had a party this past Tuesday. The party invited people who study and attempt to use their knowledge of Google’s algorithm to boost rankings of their site on Google’s search engine results pages. An article at CNN.com brings up the party as well as search marketing and the value of being listed within […]
I remember when printer ribbon was 1/10th the price of the printer, and the decision to purchase more ribbon was simple. Today, I face printer ink prices that are 15/16th the price of new model printers that include printer ink. Purchasing a whole new printer is an obvious option to purchasing and replacing printer ink, […]
In Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective, Dijkstra states: It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. It has been three years since his death, and it is obvious that I have not […]