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Steve Jobs, BMW & eBay
There have been so many articles posted on Steve Jobs in the past week, I really thought I wasn’t going to add one here on my blog. However, yesterday, John Lilly wrote a great piece on Steve…
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The True Cost of Commuting
It was a beautiful evening in my neighborhood, and I was enjoying one of my giant homebrews on a deck chair I had placed in the middle of the street, as part of a nearby block’s Annual Stree…
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Steve Jobs didn’t
Steve Jobs did not create products. He created an organization that predictably and reliably created emotionally resonant products. Steve Jobs did not make movies. He made a company that predictabl…
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Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Address: Death Is The Destination We All Share
Entering the world of trading can feel overwhelming, especially for beginners. The potential to make significant profits is enticing, but the risks involved can cause hesitation. Whether you’re interested in trading stocks, forex, or commodities, starting in the right way can make a huge difference in your success…
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Thank You, Steve
<p>It's still early morning here in Sri Lanka; I was just starting the day passively glancing over my Twitter feed. In a stream filled w
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Brain, Bytes, Back, Buns - The Programmer's Priorities
I recently said something that ended up making the rounds on Twitter: 'If ...
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Searching for Mark Pilgrim
Mark Pilgrim has left the internet.
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Seven Minutes in Ubuntu: A Mac user's first impressions
For a while now, I've been using my home machine with MAMP to develop a research prototype. But last week, I got my hands on a PC to use as a web server. Before I could get started on it though, I needed an operating system to install — ideally one that would get the
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Finding Love Optimally
Like many in operations research, my research interests often creep over into my everyday life. Since I work on scheduling issues, I get particularly concerned with everyday scheduling, to the consternation of my friends and family (“We should have left six minutes ago: transportation is now on the critical path!”)…
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One of the Best Bits of Programming Advice I ever Got
Years ago (early 1992), I attached myself to this crazy skunkworks project that was using this weird language called Smalltalk. "Object Orie...
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What I learned on a round-the-world yacht race
11 years ago this month, I stepped aboard a 72-foot racing cutter affectionately called The Good Ship Logica and began a 10-month round the world yacht race, the only one to go around the world against the currents and prevailing winds. Below deck, I was the geek, making sure the satellite could broadcast despite 90ft…
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