Archives for July 1, 2015

BusinessWeek devotes double issue to “computer programming”

Not my quote: “It’s no longer acceptable to be ignorant about the ways it <BSW: "software"> works,” he said. “If everybody brought the same ignorance about software to medicine, it would be insane, we would be mocked.” “Software is a completely different discipline and we wanted to help to demystify it for the world that doesn’t think that way. What if you explain code in the same way you … [Read more...]

Gay rights, Stonewall, & President Obama

Please read this man's letter to the president dated March, 2013, and also read the president's response dated Nov, 2013. People have asked me to repost the letter that I read last night at the Pride Rally. When I finished reading it there was a tremendous round of applause. I cut them off by saying "Wait, here is the icing on the cake, President Obama wrote me back." As far as I know this is … [Read more...]