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“Case in point” regarding the absence of professional ethics in startups and blogging: painful piece entitled “Gangbang Interviews” and “Bikini Shots”: Silicon Valley’s Brogrammer Problem at Mother...
View ArticleInnovation and Failing the Customer
One of the key problems with innovating is that you frequently run into problems that were totally unforeseen. That’s why engineering practice—driven my robust professional ethics commitments—require...
View ArticleVogue’s Human Move
The New York Times’ Eric Wilson recently reported that Vogue magazine will institute a new policy in which it agrees to stop using models under 16 years of age and models “who, from the viewpoint of...
View ArticlePeak, Permanence, and the Precision Bass: On What Lasts
The myth out there is that college teachers have the summer off. I wish. I don’t have to be in my office, but summer is a time to regroup, kill off lingering committee work, get new classes set up, and...
View ArticleThe One World Futbol for Christmas
Looking for a last minute Christmas gift? Maybe something that others might enjoy, too. Check out the One World Futbol (or soccer ball, for those of us in the US) project. (via Ken Belson at the New...
View ArticleAnother Cool Christmas Gift: Give to Child’s Play (& Maybe Receive, too)
Still looking for something nice to do this Christmas? Consider donating to the cool organization Childs Play. As their website puts it: Child’s Play seeks to improve the lives of children in hospitals...
View ArticleFor Amusement Only? Growing up with Technology
Over the Christmas holiday, my son and I were talking about video game arcades. I spent so much time in them during junior high. That and at the roller rink, where I first played Pong, Missile Command,...
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