This post was sparked off by a recent comment made by Stephen Smoliar, which I reproduce here:
Massively parallel reading may work for entertainment, but I find I need to focus when I get to the heavy stuff. Otherwise, I just come away with a superficial feel; and, if THAT is what I want, then I [...]
The role of the reviewer in an age of collaborative filtering: another one in the eye for tradition
December 24th, 2006 · 6 Comments · Four pillars
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of books and myths
December 24th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Four pillars
Kerry Buckley came up with a wonderful piece of apocrypha when commenting on a recent post of mine. I reproduce the entire comment here:
….During the run-up to their launch, the schedule slipped significantly, and the CEO (overall a great guy) made the classic engineering management mistake of adding many more developers to the late project [...]
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