March 2010 - Posts

• Spolskism or Twitterism: A Doctor writes...

  Posted Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:58 AM | 1 Comments
  
  

  Dr. Phil offers sage advice about the consequences of letting the 'Twittering' habit get out of hand, and introduces the syndrome of Spolskism to label the social disability. Read More by Phil Factor | 1 Comments | Comment on this post

• Ada and 'The Book'

  Posted Tuesday, March 23, 2010 3:46 PM | 2 Comments
  
  

  Despite Ada Lovelace's fame as the inventor of the computer program, we apparently have no idea of the real subject of the mathematical work that engrossed Charles Babbage and Ada for nine years; a project they referred to only as 'The Book' Read More by Phil Factor | 2 Comments | Comment on this post

• When Your Boss Doesn't Want you to Succeed

  Posted Sunday, March 07, 2010 7:43 PM | 7 Comments
  
  

  You're working hard to get an application finished. You are programming long into the evenings sometimes, and eating sandwiches at your desk instead of taking a lunch break. Then one day you glance up at the IT manager, serene in his mysterious round Read More by Phil Factor | 7 Comments | Comment on this post