The last few releases of Ubuntu have really shown the operating system to be an innovator and leader. I’ve been using Linux since the mid 90’s, and for years Linux-based operating systems were technically more impressive than Mac OS and…
Category: General
Repetition: Insanity or Dedication?
Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results. —Rita Mae Brown, Sudden Death (Bantam Books, New York, 1983), p. 68 It’s a good general rule, though, but misleading. A good counter-example is hammering in a…
Pushing People into Your Profession
Is it a good thing to try to change the demographics of your profession? On Facebook my friend Helena Forbes Harbour posted an interesting question, asking people who are in professions where their gender is in the minority: How do…