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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.

NEWS FLASH: Software engineers make good money

Posted Oct 22, 2012 - 11:51 am

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Mama, let your babies grow up to be software engineers ITworld/Phil Johnson
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Apple, engineers
The right ways and very wrong ways to recruit female developers

Posted Jul 23, 2013 - 06:00 am

Companies and developers share thoughts on how to recruit women programmers, while one company demonstrates how to definitely not do it
Blazing Cloud, career
Mice that didn't make the cut

Posted Jan 30, 2013 - 12:47 pm

The inventor of the computer mouse, Doug Engelbart, turns 88 today. Here are some mouse prototypes that never saw the light of day
Apple, Bill English
The Weekly Hash - March 29, 2013

Posted Mar 29, 2013 - 11:29 am

Having some fun at the expense of this week’s top tech newsmakers, this week featuring astronauts having a quick rendezvous, a Google exec having a midlife crisis and one teenager having a very good week
Yahoo, Apple
Why women are good for startups

Posted Oct 09, 2012 - 11:40 am

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Leah Busque of TaskRabbit and Brit Morin of Brit & Co., two women who've had startup success REUTERS/Stephen Lam
Business, Circle of 6
Previewing Drupal 8

Posted Dec 05, 2012 - 11:07 am

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Drupal creator Dries Buytaert and friends have been hard at work on Drupal 8
API, blocks
How to get better bug reports from users without resorting to threats, bribes or tears

Posted Jul 10, 2013 - 06:00 am

Software developers weigh in on the best ways to get users to give them the information they need to fix problems
Automation, bug
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
award, Beyonce
How to search for Vine videos and kill even more time at work

Posted May 29, 2013 - 06:00 am

Making Vines is easy. Searching for them outside of the app? Not so much. Here are some solutions
Android, 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

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Unified Communications Month

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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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