Everybody’s wondering “why don’t more women game, program, hack, or get jobs in the IT field?” Not a month goes by that I don’t see some CNet-fed pundit doesn’t produce another editorial pondering the lack of women in the geek domain. So, from many years of observing the wired world, allow me to present some [...]

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The Darwin Awards are normally handed out to people who manage to end themselves or their ability to participate in the gene pool in some spectacularly idiotic way. But technology companies have some serious Darwinian impulses as well, and we’ve seen many examples of this over the years. If there were a competition for an [...]

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Here’s some little reminders I’m jotting down (what else are blogs for?) as reminders of what not to do in the future.

#1. When notifying someone of tragic news by email, be sure your font is set to something besides Comic Sans-Serif bold. It just doesn’t look right.

#2. Do not use LOLCATS jokes in real-life. Most [...]

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