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Entries from October 2003

Bait and Switch

October 31st, 2003 · 2 Comments

Somebody explain the following chain of work-related events to me, because I sure as hell can't figure it out:

My company considers outsourcing work to an external provider. A preliminary meeting is held.
I'm called in at the end of the meeting to debunk the claims of said vendor. The old "that [...]

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Groupthink?

October 30th, 2003 · No Comments

"The glider is an appropriate emblem on many levels. Start with history: the Game of Life was first publicly described in Scientific American in 1970. It was born at almost the same time as the Internet and Unix. It has fascinated hackers ever since.

In the Game of Life, simple rules of cooperation with what's nearby [...]

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BlogSnob Acquisition

October 29th, 2003 · No Comments

As you may have heard, BlogSnob was acquired by Adam Kalsey of Kalsey Consulting Group; Arnab Nandi and idya are no longer running the service.

After poking around Adam's new BlogSnob site, I couldn't find a privacy policy. Being paranoid as usual, I decided to ask Adam exactly what his thoughts were.

He's given his blessing [...]

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