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December 2006 - Posts

Traffic Volume vs. Commute Time

Posted Friday, December 22, 2006 11:40 AM by johnmont
Warning: this is a rant. I'm not expecting people to take it seriously. All helpful suggestions and critiques will be regarded through the lens of someone who's ranting. The Washington DOT keeps a huge amount of data about traffic that travels the state Read More...
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Finally: A Programming Methodology for Me

Posted Friday, December 22, 2006 10:37 AM by johnmont
Lazy programming is getting its due. Read More...
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Flight Tracking: Useful for Holiday Travel

Posted Friday, December 22, 2006 10:35 AM by johnmont
There are many sites that do this, but FlightAware seems to be the one I keep coming back to. Read More...
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Sir Ken Robinson on Education

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 6:44 PM by johnmont
My boss sent this my way a couple of days ago. I put off looking at it since it seemed like it would be work-related and we all know that in the weeks preceding and following Christmas It Is Forbidden to Do Work . In any event I watched it today and finally Read More...
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Important Information (Not Really)

Posted Thursday, December 21, 2006 6:36 PM by johnmont
How to browse Digg at work . Read More...
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Bold Predictions

Posted Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:03 AM by johnmont
Peter O'Kelly boldly predicts there will be fewer bold predictions from analysts in the future. This reminded me of a BYTE article I was working on a decade ago. It was an update on Windows NT, I think. In any event, I re-read the original BYTE article Read More...
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RTB Finished

Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:09 PM by johnmont
One of the meetings that our division inflicts regularly schedules is called "running the business" (formerly they were called "rhythm of the business" but I think someone noticed that we don't got rhythm). Our team had its RTB meeting today. It went Read More...
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The Blogging Process

Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 7:46 PM by johnmont
Who out there just writes and posts their blog entries, and who spends time and edits them? Just curious... Read More...
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Power Outage

Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 1:40 PM by johnmont
This morning, building 41 lost power. Steven Wilssens (one of the PMs on my team) and I were just settling into some deep conversation when everything went black and the fire alarm started whooping and periodically saying, "Lobby, lobby, lobby" in an Read More...
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Programmers and Coke: What Happens if You Drink a Coke Right Now

Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:36 PM by johnmont
I stopped drinking Coke a long time ago, preferring to abuse my system with high levels of coffee instead, but this analysis of what happens when you drink a Coke is fasincating. Read More...
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Jon Udell at Microsoft

Posted Friday, December 08, 2006 9:26 PM by johnmont
A long time ago, I got to be the editor of Jon Udell's BYTE column, which gave me the opportunity to work with one the smartest guys I've met. Of course, my first rewrite of his first column didn't go over too well (our editor neglected to tell me to Read More...
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At What Point Did I Become a Mister?

Posted Thursday, December 07, 2006 12:40 PM by johnmont
The mail from one of my team's recruiters today said that Mr. John Montgomery would be doing the "as appropriate" interview -- the final interview of the day. Mr. John Montgomery. I realize I've been here eight+ years and that I'm not really young any Read More...
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