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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.

See - and hear - what it was like to surf the web 20 years ago

Posted Oct 01, 2013 - 06:00 am

CERN launches a line mode browser emulator to recreate the experience of the first cross-platform browser
animated GIFs, browser
Larry Ellison takes Oracle employees on a three hour tour [CARTOON]

Posted Sep 27, 2013 - 06:00 am

Not everybody at Oracle enjoyed the America’s Cup
America’s Cup, cartoon
What’s an unemployed spook to do? [CARTOON]

Posted Oct 04, 2013 - 06:00 am

The government shutdown has forced the NSA to furlough a lot of people. What’s an unemployed spook to do?
cartoon, cheating
BYOD? Not when the Y is my tween

Posted Jul 13, 2012 - 02:54 pm

A few months back, our first born turned 12. It’s a momentous event in the life of any girl - not to mention her poor parents. Consider some of the big changes that have happened in my daughter’s life recently:
WTF? Patent troll goes after popular podcasters

Posted Feb 28, 2013 - 12:39 pm

It used to be that all you needed to put out a podcast was a microphone, a computer and some content. If one company has its way, that list may soon also include money to pay licensing fees
ACE Broadcasting Network, Adam Carolla
Without these tools, you might hate JavaScript a lot more

Posted Sep 26, 2013 - 06:00 am

Firebug, the popular web development debugging tool, was inspired by these utilities that came before it
Aardvark, Bill Murray
A lab without test tubes, but with Stinkyboards

Posted Sep 17, 2013 - 06:00 am

AbleGamers opens a lab dedicated to helping disabled gamers find the assistive technology they need
a11y, AbleGamers
Life lessons from Apple’s forgotten founder

Posted Sep 18, 2013 - 06:00 am

Ronald Wayne missed out on a $35 billion fortune and has a surprisingly good attitude about it that we can all learn from
advice, Apple
No, not THAT kind of apple picking [CARTOON]

Posted Sep 20, 2013 - 06:00 am

Make sure you and your spouse are on the same page when it comes to fall activities
Apple, apple picking
CERN wants us to surf like it’s 1990

Posted Sep 24, 2013 - 06:00 am

The birthplace of the web wants to preserve the first website, and the experience of surfing it
browser, California

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AMD pushes forward with new video cards and a few surprises

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Change Microsoft Office 2013's default search engine from Bing to Google

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See - and hear - what it was like to surf the web 20 years ago

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Valve completes its trifecta of announcements with the Steam Controller

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