We are surrounded by a deluge of technology in the tech arena. Some developers are good at some things. Some at others. Currently, I work in a place where people are required to be good at a multitude of skillsets. It is very difficult to just be good at say, MySQL and have that talent [...]
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January 29, 2012
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Here comes the Pain
By admin in TechDates, The Missing Person, WordplayThe hills have been alive with the curses and complaints of internet enthusiasts everywhere in the United States. The MPAA, RIAA, and any other media-related acronym have been properly vilified in nearly every public forum available. It’s only right, it seems the logical response to all the bullshit they’ve pulled lately, and for the bullshit [...]
January 22, 2012
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Fictional Scream
By admin in WordplayOn the past two weeks, I’ve been on a literary tear, putting down “Ender’s Game” and “Fight Club” in a matter of days each. I am, I think, in search of writing styles to influence my own recent foray into creating fiction. Most of the time I spent reading previous to the past two weeks [...]
January 15, 2012
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Am Just guy with Keyboredz
By admin in TechDates, Wordplay“We need humour to point to the absurdity of our self-obsession.” – Ajahn Sumedho A good friend relayed a story about an intellectual arms race he once had with a co-worker. He said something along the lines of “you could be right about something, but then he had to be more right” Programmers tend to [...]
January 8, 2012
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Output, acceptance, the way Forward
By admin in TechDates, WordplayI was recently asked by a colleague if our level of committment is really noticed. And I said no, not because our bosses don’t appreciate us (I’m sure they do, and they tell us routinely), but mainly because just about every person gets so wrapped up in their own life that he or she tends [...]
January 1, 2012
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The line of challenge
By admin in TechDatesWhat is the thin line between being challenged, and being overwhelmed? Or, more appropriately, where is it? This is something that people struggle with all the time. I have to remind myself: feeling overwhelmed is temporary. As seasoned programmers, we are blessed with tools that help us manage large tasks. Experience tells us to take [...]
December 17, 2011
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Freestyle
By admin in TechDatesI just posted about SOPA, and have some thoughts about why ‘piracy’ is a problem. I’m sure this has been said previously, but allow me to reiterate in my own words. First of all, the fact that we’ve allowed it to be branded as piracy is part of the problem – though the word infers [...]
December 16, 2011
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Soapboxing on SOPA
By admin in TechDatesPeople pay a lot of lip service to ‘job creation’ in politics, but I’m currently working in an industry that creates jobs – seriously, on an almost daily basis there are new jobs and opportunities for people, so much so that the demand far outstrips the supply. Though no growth period lasts forever, the bill [...]
December 11, 2011
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The kids still like it
By admin in The Missing Person, WordplaySo I’m convinced that we are going to enter another great age of music. As you shake your head in disgust, stop yourself for a second to hear me out – you know that you’re either going back to look at pictures of cats or pornography if you close the tab. So that can wait. [...]
December 7, 2011
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There is no middle ground
By admin in WordplaySo, I’m fortunate enough to fall on the liberal side of the Occupy Wall Street debate. And I have to say this – Why is there even a debate, or better yet, a problem with what they are doing? Who even gives enough of a shit to complain about people complaining? And now I’m complaining [...]