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Music
Marco Dorantes
ORDEN OGAN - Angels War ORDEN OGAN - The Things We Believe In (2012) KNOCK ON WOOD "Amii Stewart" Donna Summer- Hot Stuff Fire Inc. Nowhere Fast (completo) Greg Kihn Band - Break up song The breakup song (They don't write 'Em) Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Crimson & Clover...
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5 Feb 2009
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The practical disproportion
Marco Dorantes
Some individual or a small group of them have an idea or a system of ideas that look promising out of which come outstanding outcomes. Later, those very same ideas are adopted into the mainstream but a much lesser level of greatness comes out. I have observed this pattern over a number of dissimilar...
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31 Jan 2009
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Belief and behavior
Marco Dorantes
A belief is —for practical purposes— something that we thought is true. The incredulity or disbelief is a case of belief where we thought of a belief to be false. To doubt about something means to keep the related true-false judgment in suspended or pending state. To ignore is to have a complete absence...
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21 Apr 2008
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Una introducción a la ciencia - Pensamiento científico y el método científico
Marco Dorantes
Una introducción a la ciencia - Pensamiento científico y el método científico Por Steven D. Schafersman. Enero 1994. Introducción Para tener éxito en este curso de ciencia y, más específicamente, para contestar algunas de las preguntas...
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20 Aug 2007
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Critical thinking and software design
Marco Dorantes
I have consistently seen best software designers apply critical thinking ideas to their daily work, in particular, to their own design decisions. For example, I saw this: a seasoned software designer talked about why a design could be adequate for a particular area in current system under design....
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31 Jul 2007
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‘The real world’ – an update
Marco Dorantes
From time ago , I have wondered what does it really mean when people include the phrase “the real world” in a conversation. Usually they convey it with such a sense of safety so that from that time on, most of the audience seems to know what the speaker is talking about (just as ‘the real world’ was...
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7 Jul 2007
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Running a software company
Marco Dorantes
An absolutely essential factor in running a software company effectively is the vision from a real, actual professional programmer, period. Indeed, the technical profile of Mr. William Henry Gates III has been an important factor at Microsoft. Of course, MBAs have their role at any company but please...
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23 Jun 2006
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Taking software engineering seriously
Marco Dorantes
Why this is important? For me, this is important because as a practitioner of the trade I have a historical responsibility to layout the best possible base for future practitioners and for the future of the profession. What is it? It seems that software engineering is correctly a branch of engineering...
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11 Jan 2006
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It's a good time to be a developer
Marco Dorantes
I recently read this phrase from A. Russell Jones at http://www.devx.com/opinion/Article/28341 , and I agree. That has been my opinion for my adult lifetime
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14 Jun 2005
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Silicon photonics will be everywhere
Marco Dorantes
"Silicon photonics will be everywhere" –Mario Paniccia, scientist at Intel Researchers of microprocessor technology is trying hard to make the chips of the future. This article summaries the achievements so far: Intel's Breakthrough http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/07/issue/feature_intel.asp
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9 Jun 2005
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What “The Real-World” really mean...to you?
Marco Dorantes
If you think this is a stupid question, please share with me why do you thing so. I would want to collect thoughts about what "The Real-World" means to you. My aim is to grasp if there is a sensible use of the phrase or it is just another way people get fuzzy when just don’t know how to explain something...
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29 Apr 2005
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The people factor - The resistance to ideas is positive and vital
Marco Dorantes
What I think, the ideas that direct my will, ideas such as my values, convictions and principles need a certain resistance from which they surround me, because that is something positive and vital. It comes to mind what Jerry Johnson (Menninger Business Institute) said with his ' resistance continuum...
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13 Feb 2005
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Job security – it is up to us
Marco Dorantes
Thinking about software development industry, my previous post about Grand Challenges for software development and this other past post: Job security http://blogs.msdn.com/marcod/archive/2004/02/26/80609.aspx Bring to mind the following presentation by Dave Thomas from Pragmatic Programmers...
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16 Jun 2004
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Culture
Marco Dorantes
The following URL shows an interesting transcript of a speaker on a conference to young entrepreneurs: Los aspectos más importantes de la cultura empresarial japonesa http://maestros.its.mx/~gmendoza/reflex/ryakult.html It is in Spanish. For other languages, online translation services...
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27 May 2004
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General disclaimer we all already know
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These postings are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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20 Mar 2004
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