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Crying out for a wiki approach

May 15th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars

Ross, I hope you’re reading this
I came across this appeal from the OED/BBC. I quote:

The OED seeks to find the earliest verifiable usage of every single word in the English language—currently 600,000 in the OED and counting—and of every separate meaning of every word. Quite a task! The fifty words on the OED’s [...]

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Four Pillars: We need a Hippocratic Oath

May 15th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars

You’re right. I’ve put the next recap off for a short while, trying to give me enough time to get my head around a few things. An example:
It all started with my attending the Professionalism in IT Conference arranged by the British Computer Society early last week. I’ve been involved with the initiative for a [...]

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