Last Tech Tuesday, we learned about atomic actions as a way of dealing with the problems arising from concurrency. I ended that post by pointing to t...

Last Tech Tuesday, we learned about atomic actions as a way of dealing with the problems arising from concurrency. I ended that post by pointing to t...

Years ago I worked with the team at Tacoda on the technology for audience based targeting. Some of my work there wound up in a patent that was sold ...

Years ago I worked with the team at Tacoda on the technology for audience based targeting. Some of my work there wound up in a patent that was sold ...

I love programming. I also encourage people to learn some programming because (a) it is a useful way of thinking and (b) much of the world will be pr...

I love programming. I also encourage people to learn some programming because (a) it is a useful way of thinking and (b) much of the world will be pr...

Earlier this year I had a blog post about how writing software applications in-house is making a comeback. I was reminded of this when I attended the...

Earlier this year I had a blog post about how writing software applications in-house is making a comeback. I was reminded of this when I attended the...

Last Tech Tuesday, I introduced the problem of concurrency: multiple programs executing at the same time. I used an example of a naive program for up...

Last Tech Tuesday, I introduced the problem of concurrency: multiple programs executing at the same time. I used an example of a naive program for up...

Another topic that I have written a lot about here on Continuations are patents and in particular software patents. While there is a lot of reform th...

Another topic that I have written a lot about here on Continuations are patents and in particular software patents. While there is a lot of reform th...

It’s only two months ago that I posted that these are Apple’s glory years and that it is likely too soon to bet against Apple’s stock. As it turns ou...

It’s only two months ago that I posted that these are Apple’s glory years and that it is likely too soon to bet against Apple’s stock. As it turns ou...

A recent series of tweets about identifying 10x software engineers set off a lot of making fun of the author for perpetuating a myth. Given the wordi...

A recent series of tweets about identifying 10x software engineers set off a lot of making fun of the author for perpetuating a myth. Given the wordi...

There is something very exciting going on in the world of software: a shift towards developing new application software in-house (as opposed to relyi...

There is something very exciting going on in the world of software: a shift towards developing new application software in-house (as opposed to relyi...

Growing up in Germany I learned a lot about a legal system in which judges are only applying the law not also making it through their decisions. Pre...

Growing up in Germany I learned a lot about a legal system in which judges are only applying the law not also making it through their decisions. Pre...