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From the NYT: Institutions Hinder Female Academics
This article from the NYT on the results of a study of women in science and engineering was one of the brighter spots in my day. Not because the news is good (far from it), but because the conclusions...
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Some job posts are bad, and then there’s this one
I was reading through the job board on 37Signals earlier, when I spotted this: Chief Geeky Dude at AKQA Location: Washington DCURL: www.akqa.com DescriptionJoin AKQA Washington DC’s senior staff. The...
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I want to tell you a secret
Here it is: your spiffy new business idea, no matter how cool or interesting, is not so super-special that you need to keep it secret. Unless you’ve already signed some military contract that requires...
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The mountain will eat you
Oregon has been in the news a lot the last month as a place where you can die alone in the snow. In Portland you’re more likely to get a little chilly in the rain and then go inside for a drink, but we...
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Another take from a different line of work
I’ve been meaning to post about Elizabeth Bear’s novel Carnival for the last week or so, because it’s really interesting and both like and not like a lot of other sf I’ve been reading, in very cool...
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Some things sound better in the synopsis
I woke up this morning lightly feverish, that feeling that says “you will be spending the day in your pajamas on the couch unable to do anything but read fiction”. So I opened up Down and Out in the...
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Hierarchies and planning
A few thoughts on picking the right structure for the activity: I’m not pro- or anti-hierarchy. I think there are times when hierarchical group structures make sense, and times when...
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Reading: Cryptonomicon, Virtual Light trilogy
I started re-reading Cryptonomicon before I left for San Francisco, and finished it a few days after returning. It’s really interesting to read a second time, after getting through the Baroque Cycle....
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My take on Harry Potter #7 (no spoilers)
I definitely enjoyed it, and it was worth reading straight through for eight hours to get to the end, but ultimately I’m disappointed that it never really transcended its fluffy children’s...
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Editorial vs. Catalog
Ha, maybe I do want to write. To my occasional embarrassment, sometimes I get in the habit of watching a lot of tv while knitting. Especially shows like What Not to Wear and America’s Next Top Model,...
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