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Why do I bother writing this blog anyway? I mean who even reads it?
Why do I bother writing this blog anyway? I mean who even reads it?
26 October 2012
As Clifford Stoll says in his very clever TED talk: "The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once I do something, I want to do something else." As I'm not an academic, I'm not a "scientist" per se, but I do share his desire to constantly do new things – […]
Hackers and Repetition
Hackers and Repetition
17 January 2012
Sometimes reddit throws up some fantastic stuff about life and work. This graph really highlights what's frequently referred to as the first hacker virtue "Laziness". Instead of being content to do a task manually, they want to sit around and do less of that, thus the second hacker virtue "Impatience" comes in to play. The […]
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