I am old enough to remember the publication of the Strawman, Woodenman, Tinman, Ironman, and Steelman specifications for a new computer language in the mid 1970s — the language that became Ada. A few years later I read C. A. R. Hoare's Turing Award speech…

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I was not planning to write anything today, but when I opened my online UK newspaper I discovered that it was Father’s Day. Eight people were telling the story of their relationships with their fathers, and their collective efforts inspired me to do the same.…

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I have hated Tim Ferriss for a long time. I have hated him since we both had editors at Crown Publishing who sat next to each other and I heard how difficult he is. I didn’t blog about it because first of all, I’m sure the buzz about me is that I’m difficult…

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