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The Time Bomb

by Phil Factor | 29 April 2008 |

5 comments |

Phil cheerfully admits to his fair share of accidental IT disasters. His experiences some time ago with the Time Bomb, where his software crashed and threatened civil unreast in a far-away country were, however, deliberate. Read more...

The Burning Men - The IT drug habit

by Richard Morris | 29 April 2008 |

8 comments |

It would seem bizzare that IT staff who depend on their quick wits for their living should ever think it a good idea to fry their brains with recreational drugs. It is therefore worrying to hear that there has been a 34 percent increase in IT employees in the US... Read more...

The Paradox of the Middle Man

by Neil Davidson | 23 April 2008 |

As we get swamped by more and more information, and more and more choices, we're going to need more and more help filtering the data and making our choices...It's a paradox: the more we can remove middle men, the more we need them. Read more...

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Tony Davis

Tony Davis is the editor of Simple Talk. He is an experienced technical editor who has previously worked for Wrox Press and Apress. When not staring at the screen Tony supports Chelsea Football club and has a penchant for real ales.

Phil Factor

Phil Factor (real name withheld to protect the guilty), aka Database Mole, has 20 years of experience with database-intensive applications. Despite having once been shouted at by a furious Bill Gates at an exhibition in the early 1980s, he has remained resolutely anonymous throughout his career.

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Damon Armstrong is a senior architect with Cogent Company in Dallas, Texas, and author of Pro ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming. He specializes in Microsoft technologies with a focus on web application design using ASP.NET. When not staying up all night coding, he can be found playing disc golf, softball, working on something for Carrollton Young Life, or recovering from staying up all night coding.