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Thinking about managing IT

August 11th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Four pillars

Phil Dawes made sure I didn’t miss this recent piece by Joel Spolsky. BTW, anyone interested in the semantic web should tune in to Phil’s stuff. [Thanks, Phil!]
In classic management speak I guess you could categorise Joel’s three methods as (a) stick (b) carrot and stick and (c) carrot. But that’s oversimplification.
Personally, I think my [...]

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That Damned Elusive Pimpernel

August 11th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars

Looks like Fake Steve’s been busy acting like Sir Percy Blakeney.
Neil Ward-Dutton kindly pointed me at this site but I didn’t see much happening there. Then I saw the comments and found myself directed here instead. Thank you Neil.
Let’s see how long we can seek Fake Steve there. Looks like he’s still there for now, [...]

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On education and digital rights and the internet

August 11th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Four pillars

I’ve been a fan of Terry Fisher’s for some time now, even prior to reading Promises to Keep. Thinking about it, I guess it must have been around the time a friend pointed me towards Digital Music: Problems and Possibilities sometime in 2001, though I lost track until sometime in 2004, when Malc pointed me [...]

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