Are Indian Software Developers “Code Donkeys”?
The recent 40th StackOverflow podcast with Michael Lopp had some pretty harsh words for Indian software programmers and the outsourcing industry in general. The transcript is incomplete, so you have to...
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Thoughts on Randy Pausch
I will be posting more on Randy Pausch’s “The Last Lecture” in a different post, but before that, I wanted to talk about the context in which his lecture takes place. Taken by itself, the speech is...
View ArticleDreams of the Future
Robert Fortner reminds us that speech recognition is going nowhere: The accuracy of computer speech recognition flat-lined in 2001, before reaching human levels. The funding plug was pulled, but no...
View ArticleThe Scourge of Silly Software Patents
I was about to link to a story about a major software company suing another for software patent violations which included such brilliant ideas as “System and method for providing and displaying a web...
View ArticleOne Billion People and One Stereotype
There are a few maps like this floating around of how large Africa is when compared to the rest of the world. There is a reason why people underestimate the vastness of Africa — 2D maps distort the...
View ArticleThe Auto Drivers of Chennai
A few months ago, I had a great time on my flight back from India reading the hilarious “2 States” novel by Chetan Bhagat*. I laughed loudly a few times, making some of fellow passengers look strangely...
View ArticleSorry Journalism
It is incredible how a news outfit can report without informing: Lakhani […] started investing for retirement […] putting his contributions mainly in international stocks and growth-oriented mutual...
View ArticleNot Just Dumb and Greedy
Warren Buffet talks about a “natural progression”: First come the innovators, who see opportunities that others don’t and champion new ideas that create genuine value. Then come the imitators, who copy...
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Regrets from College Days
Catherine Rampell posts the following chart at the New York Times: [Image Credit: “Unfulfilled Expectations: Recent College Graduates Struggle in a Troubled Economy,” Heldrich Center for Workforce...
View ArticleGovernment and Technology
I sympathize with Jurgen Appelo for his bad experience with US border control. After he told them that he was visiting the United States for delivering courses, he was sent back from the airport...
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