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Computer Security | Imran On Tech
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Musings on technology, development, and the world in general. The Origin of “Hacker”. April 1, 2008. Posted by Imran Ghory in Computer Security. Everytime the media carries a sensationalist story about “hackers” committing cybercrimes there’s always an uproar among geeks about the misappropriation of the word “hacker”. Sadly it’s the geeks who are mistaken and not for once the media. A few years ago Fred Shapiro. Tracked down the earliest known reference to computer hackers:. In response to those who dis...
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November | 2007 | Imran On Tech
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Musings on technology, development, and the world in general. The Best Software Development Books of 2007. November 30, 2007. Posted by Imran Ghory in Books. This list is just based upon my personal opinion and therefore only includes the books I’ve read. Any suggestions for books I’ve missed are welcome. All of the books below were published in 2007]. If you’ve been a professional software developer for more than a few years then you probably already know most of the material covered (although it ...
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December | 2007 | Imran On Tech
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Musings on technology, development, and the world in general. Recruitment and the Mythical Year of Experience. December 6, 2007. Posted by Imran Ghory in recruitment. There is a strong correlation between the years of experience an average developer has and their ability as a software developer. You are not the average software developer. But the next obvious question is: Why do firms ask for many more years than they seem to need? This means that if you want someone with the skills of an average develop...
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Computer Science | Imran On Tech
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Musings on technology, development, and the world in general. Who (Doesn’t) Recruit the Best Computer Science graduates? March 26, 2008. Posted by Imran Ghory in Computer Science. However there was one notable exception to this pattern. Microsoft. But before I go further I’d like to explain my methodology. I built up a database recording which universities are targeted by software companies and used the The Times League Table for Computer Science. As a benchmark to rank computer science departments.
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Musings on technology, development, and the world in general. Recruitment and the Mythical Year of Experience. December 6, 2007. Posted by Imran Ghory in recruitment. There is a strong correlation between the years of experience an average developer has and their ability as a software developer. You are not the average software developer. But the next obvious question is: Why do firms ask for many more years than they seem to need? This means that if you want someone with the skills of an average develop...
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Musings on technology, development, and the world in general. Who (Doesn’t) Recruit the Best Computer Science graduates? March 26, 2008. Posted by Imran Ghory in Computer Science. However there was one notable exception to this pattern. Microsoft. But before I go further I’d like to explain my methodology. I built up a database recording which universities are targeted by software companies and used the The Times League Table for Computer Science. As a benchmark to rank computer science departments.
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March | 2008 | Imran On Tech
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Musings on technology, development, and the world in general. Who (Doesn’t) Recruit the Best Computer Science graduates? March 26, 2008. Posted by Imran Ghory in Computer Science. However there was one notable exception to this pattern. Microsoft. But before I go further I’d like to explain my methodology. I built up a database recording which universities are targeted by software companies and used the The Times League Table for Computer Science. As a benchmark to rank computer science departments.
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Awesome Zombie: March 2010
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Commentary on Startups and Business Models. Wednesday, 24 March 2010. Journalism: The Advertising Business Model. A few weeks ago Y Combinator. Announced a call for journalists. For their new news platform which seeks to provide a platform that journalists can use to publish their articles with NewsLabs handling some of the work traditionally done by newspapers (ad sales, hosting, etc.). The obvious question is: Will the web advertising model produce enough money to make this financially viable. For the ...
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Awesome Zombie: Ideas For Startups: Advertising Ideas
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Commentary on Startups and Business Models. Wednesday, 24 November 2010. Ideas For Startups: Advertising Ideas. In the spirit of my previous post on the value of ideas. I've decided to write up a series of posts (each post following a theme) covering some of the ideas I've had for startups but haven't got around to work on (yet). In this post I'll be covering ideas for advertising related startups. So without further ado, here they are:. 1) A Real Demographics Ad Network. 2) Facebook Ad Tools. Adsense on...
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New to BarCamp? |BarCamp London 9
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And City University London. A free-to-attend weekend unconference. For designers, developers and geeks of all types at City University London on the 29th–30th October 2011. If you have never been to a BarCamp before, we would love you to come along to BarCamp London 9! It's great fun and we are always looking for new folks to attend - BarCamp is all about the people. What Happens at a BarCamp? You can run a session on anything you want. Really:. A good tip is to head to sessions that you know less about,...
