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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

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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. Along the way he also used to write monologue jokes for David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno.

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.

Donald Trump gets into the crowdfunding business

Posted May 10, 2013 - 06:00 am

The Donald wants FundAnything to be like Kickstarter, only gaudier
Down and out? Nope. Just out.

Posted Dec 01, 2008 - 03:47 pm

In which Elias explains to the suit why he can't get there from here.
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- cartoon, humor
Download, print, mail... wait

Posted Apr 17, 2011 - 09:11 pm
Dreaming of a company-supplied Nexus One phone?

Posted Jan 15, 2010 - 01:33 pm

Tip: If your company still uses typewriters, you're probably not going to get the shiny new Google phone.
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- cartoon, Google
Even open source has its limits

Posted Mar 27, 2009 - 02:35 pm

Bringing health care in-house results in stethoscope-wielding server admins.
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- cartoon, humor
Explaining the Apple Maps debacle

Posted Sep 25, 2012 - 12:17 pm

At this point many of us are familiar with the debacle that is Apple Maps. Of course, though, not everyone has been following this story as intently as those of us with far too much free time.
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- Android, Apple
Facebook and Foursqure withdrawal: "Checking in" takes back its original meaning

Posted Aug 27, 2010 - 04:43 pm

Getting back to nature gives one hyper-connected IT staffer twitchy thumbs.
Facebook privacy fatigue

Posted May 21, 2010 - 02:28 pm

How many clicks does it take to get through Facebook's privacy settings? A-one, A-two, A-three ... crunch.
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- cartoon, Facebook
FIFA 13 named 2012's most accessible game

Posted Jan 07, 2013 - 12:06 pm

AbleGamers commends EA for going above and beyond normal accessibility features in naming FIFA 13 the Accessible Mainstream Game of the Year for 2012
Find the next big prime number, win cash and glory

Posted Feb 07, 2013 - 12:29 pm

By participating in GIMPS, a distributed computing project to find Mersenne prime numbers, you could win $3,000 or more, not to mention mathematics immortality
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- award, Beyonce

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