Look out A.A, the 12 step program might be antiquated. The University of Wales, Banglor has created a computer program that helps excessive drinkers cut down. Good God, they’ve automated the Swish Pattern!
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Googles Marissa Mayer on Standford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
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There is a great talk by Googles Marissa Mayer on the Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders podcast (see the Spring 2006 section). Marissa talks a lot about Googles culture and what makes them a great place to work. There are some GREAT things in this podcast. A must listen!
It’s Ribfest Time Again.
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Hey, its Ribfest time again. We went last year and it was a lot of good food and fun. Check it out if your in the neighborhood.
Using del.icio.us To Share Links
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Cote’ has written an extremely informative article on using del.icio.us to share links with others. I think I’m going to be using this quite a bit. It certainly beats emailing links all over the place.
DaringFireball: Why Apple Won’t Open Source Its Apps
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John Gruber responds to Tim Bray’s posting (see earlier link) and makes a pretty convincing case around why Apple would have a hard time open sourcing its apps.
Feedback on Review of Agile and Iterative Development: A Managers Guide
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Someone found my review of the book Agile and Iterative Development : A Managers Guide. Seeing the phrase “The Evidence chapter in
and of itself is worth the price of the book” in the review, he shot me this link from xprogramming.com called Misstating the Evidence for Agile and Iterative Development.
Alistair Cockburn on Agile Software Development
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Tom the Architect pointed me to this podcast on IT Conversations featuring Alistair Cockburn talking about Agile Software Development and his new methodology Crystal Clear.
Tim Bray On Switching From Apple
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Tim Bray talks about why he is contemplating Ubuntu over the Mac. Some pretty interesting points here.
BostonHerald.com – Technology News: Gates to give up daily role at Microsoft
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Bill Gates to give up daily role at Microsoft – Article from the Boston Herald.
The Nightmare of Cancelling AOL
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Vincent Ferrari recorded his attempt to cancel his AOL account. Its really something to listen to. The original article can be found currently on DugMirror, due to the fact that Vincents servers are currently getting a lot of traffic.
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