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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.

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.

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?
Security, cartoon, cheating
Where in the world are GitHub users?

Posted Oct 02, 2013 - 06:00 am

Using the GitHub Archive to see what cities commit the most code
Cloud Computing, API, Austin
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
Virtualization, 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
Big Data, America’s Cup, cartoon
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
Cloud Computing, Aardvark, Bill Murray
The most WTF-y programming languages

Posted Sep 25, 2013 - 06:00 am

The GitHub Archive reveals which languages seem to baffle developers the most
Big Data, Adam Bard, BigQuery
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
Cloud Computing, browser, California
Wait - what are we waiting in line for again? [CARTOON]

Posted Sep 23, 2013 - 06:00 am

With so much cool stuff coming out all the time, you never know what people are waiting in line for
Mobile & Wireless, Apple, Apple Store
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
Mobile & Wireless, Apple, apple picking
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
IT Management, advice, Apple

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