• I am a huge geek. I build communities and websites. • 1st computer was Atari 600XL. 1st webpage built in 1996 • Technical Product Manager at Desire2Learn in EDU • Chief Architect at InGamer a Waterloo Tech Startup • 12 years in central IT at University of Guelph
TO THE AMERICAN FILM PRODUCER AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC AS THE BOSTON STRANGLER IS TO THE WOMAN HOME ALONE…THE LOSER WILL BE YOUR PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE THESE EXPENSIVE MACHINES…AND HERE IS THE REASON WHY. THE INVESTMENT OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR TO PRODUCE QUALITY PROGRAMS TO THEATERS AND TELEVISION WILL SURELY DECLINE. - Jack Velenti 1982 Congressional Hearing
JUST WRONG BECAUSE IT FALSELY EQUATES CODING WITH ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS LIKE READING, WRITING, AND MATH. I WISH. IT IS WRONG IN SO MANY OTHER WAYS. - Jeff Atwood blog.codinghorror.com/please-dont-learn-to-code/
SUCH ITEMS AS GEOMETRICAL FIGURES, ABSTRACT CATEGORIZATION, FORMALLY LOGICAL REASONING PROCESSES, DEFINITIONS, OR EVEN COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTIONS, OR ARTICULATED SELF-ANALYSIS, ALL OF WHICH DERIVE NOT SIMPLY FROM THOUGHT ITSELF BUT FROM TEXT-FORMED THOUGHT. - Walter J. Ong Orality And Literacy
IT CAN BE A GOOD JOB, BUT YOU COULD MAKE ABOUT THE SAME MONEY AND BE HAPPIER RUNNING A FAST FOOD JOINT. YOU'RE MUCH BETTER OFF USING CODE AS YOUR SECRET WEAPON IN ANOTHER PROFESSION. - Zed Shaw Learn Python The Hard Way, Advice From An Old Programmer
in Java for the trial — implying that he knew other languages as well — and he said that he had written some of the infringing code at least a hundred times since Oracle filed its suit in August 2010. “I can do it. You can do it. It’s so simple” He said, adding that it takes Less than five minutes.
HOW MUCH CAN WE CONSUME, AND HOW ELEGANTLY CAN WE CONSUME IT? I THINK OF THE IPHONE AND IPAD SERIES AS TODAY’S PINNACLE OF ‘ELEGANT CONSUMPTION.’ THE CORE THING THAT DRAWS US TO THEM AS CONSUMERS IS THAT THEY’RE BEAUTIFUL, THEY’RE EASY TO USE, AND WE CAN CONSUME WHAT WE’RE INTERESTED IN THROUGH THEM. - Mitchell Baker, Chairwoman Mozilla Foundation