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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.

The $200,000 software developer: We can build him, we have the technology

Posted Jun 13, 2013 - 06:00 am

It’s unusual for a software developer to make $200,000 per year, but not unheard of. Here’s some advice about what it takes to get there
Bloomberg, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Will the FCC's free WiFi plan bridge the digital divide?

Posted Feb 05, 2013 - 12:56 pm

Are powerful, free WiFi networks coming soon to your neighborhood? Maybe, but don’t hold your breath
AT&T, broadband
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
Christmas Eve in the North Pole IT department

Posted Dec 24, 2009 - 11:29 am

What happens when the Naughty or Nice server goes down?
cartoon
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
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
The day a software bug almost killed the Spirit rover

Posted Jan 24, 2013 - 12:48 pm

The Spirit rover’s Mars mission almost ended before it really got going due to a DOS-related software bug, which wasn’t caught due to a rushed development schedule
bug, computers
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
The only thing programmers have to fear is... all of these things

Posted Jul 02, 2013 - 06:00 am

From being outsourced to getting bored to hurting somebody with a bug, software developers find lots of things to worry about
Apple, bug
In the line of duty

Posted Oct 16, 2009 - 03:21 pm

Getting pulled over on the on-ramp to the information superhighway.
cartoon

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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