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A random assortment of ramblings on all things tech from a former developer, technology manager and comedy writer.

by Phil Johnson

Phil Johnson is a writer and editor for ITworld.com, after having survived 17 years in the corporate wild as a software/web developer, technical lead and project manager.

In his spare time these days, when he's not chauffeuring his daughters to and from school, lessons and Justin Bieber movies (ugh), he enjoys drawing cartoons, tweeting about his life and taking pictures of cranes.

Fake Twitter followers: One more thing Justin Bieber and Bill Gates have in common

Posted Apr 10, 2013 - 11:05 am

More followers on Twitter also means a higher percentage of your followers are probably fake accounts
Yahoo, Bill Gates
Four commands to spook a sysadmin

Posted Oct 30, 2012 - 11:41 am

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For a sysadmin, rm -rf / may be far scarier than any zombie REUTERS/Fredy Builes
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administrator, candy
If you own or use technology, you may be owed cash, a thumb drive or pizza

Posted Jun 06, 2013 - 06:00 am

Settlements from technology-related class action lawsuits offer a bounty of (sometimes not so) good rewards
1080p, Acer
Mark Zuckerberg is coding again

Posted Jan 03, 2013 - 12:07 pm

The Facebook CEO gets back in the programming game by helping to write Facebook’s new Poke app; but is that really a good idea?
Android, apps
More proof that our copyright laws are busted

Posted Apr 02, 2013 - 12:11 pm

Recent rulings in the ReDigi and Aereo cases highlight what we already know: it’s high time for Congress to overhaul the copyright laws
Aereo, basketball
No, programmers don't code all day

Posted Apr 09, 2013 - 12:00 pm

A new survey finds out what software developers already know: writing code is only one part of the job
caffeine, coder
Older programmers are more knowledgeable, but harder to find

Posted May 01, 2013 - 12:10 pm

U.S. labor data suggests that a significant portion of programmers leave the job in middle age
Bureau of Labor Statistics, career
Should we be concerned that Janet Napolitano doesn’t do email?

Posted Mar 27, 2013 - 11:13 am

The Homeland Security Secretary appears to not be technically inclined and that might not be a good thing
Arizona, Cabinet
Ten lies programmers tell themselves

Posted Nov 28, 2012 - 10:57 am

Sitting alone staring at code all day can lead one to be less than honest with oneself. Here are some of the more common fibs that coders tell themselves
bugs, coder
The $1 million a year software developer

Posted Aug 28, 2013 - 06:00 am

The unfortunate story of a Wall Street programmer who went to jail for code theft also demonstrates how one man became a million dollar developer
bank, career

October is...
Unified Communications Month

BY THE NUMBERS: UC&C

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AMD pushes forward with new video cards and a few surprises

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Microsoft's Security Essentials isn't the best antivirus program, according to Microsoft

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Valve completes its trifecta of announcements with the Steam Controller

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Keep your old Facebook posts out of search with this one settings change

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BRIC Nations Plan Their own "Independent Internet"

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