Seriously. Relatedly, it is seriously impressive that systems this comprehensively screwed up seem to still converge on producing acceptable work much of the time. Big companies manage to get us all fed and fly us around the world. That scares the bejeesus out of me. I have put my lives in the hands of someone who was selected by an HR ( Read more... )

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"Pickled Python Generator" would be an excellent name for a band. - Cal Jacobson

via stackoverflow.com

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Investment in Open Source Software Set to Rise, Accenture Survey Finds

via newsroom.accenture.com
Crunchy cool. If you happen to be interested in the use of Open Source software in industry, of course.

Just in case any of you need ammo in talking to management any time soon.

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I thought this was pretty fun and impressive, if slightly overly American in presentation...

...Let me get something off my chest. I tried not to show it, but when Rik Goldman, an English teacher at Chelsea School, started posting to the TurnKey forums I was initially somewhat skeptical...
From here

On how we solve problems, what we think about, and how to steer our 'ambient thought.'
www.paulgraham.com/top.html
Worth a look, I thought.