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Erin McKean and inclusive entrepreneurship
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day celebrating the achievements of women in science and technology. There are all kinds of ways to be a scientist or a technologist, and just in the fields of computing and information technology I … Continue reading
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Lots of conversation keeps stuff sustainable
Among the hats I wear at my place of work is that of LOCKSS cache administrator. LOCKSS is a useful distributed preservation system built around the principle “Lots of copies keep stuff safe” (whose initials give the system its name). … Continue reading
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Remember this
I am eating a sandwich at the end of Pier 14 in San Francisco. The sun has set behind the downtown skyscrapers, and the colors in the sky are slowly fading to grey. I’m not the only diner out here. … Continue reading
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Getting bugs out of our systems
Very soon after we start learning to program, we start learning to deal with bugs. Folks who have programmed for a while might forget that effective bug handling, like effective programming, is a skill that doesn’t come entirely naturally. Many … Continue reading
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David Reed: Some extracts from his life and letters
Last summer I was looking for a particular book. I couldn’t find it in any library in my State. Went interlibrary loans and found one copy at the library of Congress. Only one copy in the whole country. One of … Continue reading
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Gloriana St. Clair: A brief appreciation
The organizer of today’s Ada Lovelace Day, a day to celebrate women in technology, says that women need female role models they can emulate. I’d add that men can use female role models as well. There are at least two … Continue reading
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