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Charles Miller: “how mind-blowingly awesome that is?”

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Karl

We’ve come a long way from the 80s and the devices that so many of us started our journey as programmers Charles Miller notes in “Johnny and Jenny Can Code”: Today, if you’re a teenager with a Mac (insert some … Continue reading →

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Ever see the “Mother of all Demos”?

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Karl

In 1968 Douglas C. Engelbart, along with a team of 17 researchers at Stanford, in a 90 minute taped demonstration, showed us what was then the future – which is now the present (and soon to be the past?) – … Continue reading →

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Bruce Sterling – “Today’s bleeding-edge technology is tomorrow’s broken legacy system.”

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Karl

I started to pull together some choice quotes from Bruce Sterling, answering questions about the “State of the World 2010″ at the WELL, but realized I’d be quoting far too much. You are better off reading the whole thing yourself. … Continue reading →

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Two obits at NPR: one worthy, one not

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Karl

NPR: In Memoriam: Sweet, Sad Rocker Vic Chesnutt NPR: The Man Is Gone, But Long Live The Blogosphere (via Garret Vreeland). Jeff Jarvis knows blogging as well as anybody, but NPR should have talked to people who knew Brad Graham, … Continue reading →

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In 6th grade, I was Rod Serling

Posted on September 22, 2006 by Karl

My 6th grade teacher, Mr. Crell, had a yearly tradition where he’d produce a video, by his students, for the entire school. A play or short story would be chosen that his class would act out and he would direct. … Continue reading →

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First Usenet post in years

Posted on March 2, 2005 by Karl

My troubles getting indexed by Google have driven me post to Usenet for help. I can’t remember the last time I’ve attempted that.

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