Sean McGrath http://www.itworld.com/sean-mcgrath xx Programmers are people too http://www.itworld.com/networking/53818/programmers-are-people-too Whether the world likes it or not, programmers are people too. They eat, drink, sleep, dream and work just like everyone else. A programmer looking at the St. Louis Arch will almost certainly see something that is taller than it is wide – just like everyone else. Even when it is known that the arch is as wide as it is high, the eyes tell a different story. We cannot help the illusions we fall for. http://www.itworld.com/networking/53818/programmers-are-people-too#comments Development Networking Opinion Distributed Computing RPC Sean McGrath Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:17:46 -0400 Sean McGrath 53818 at http://www.itworld.com Better backups http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/53686/better-backups Terabytes of backup storage...and still the mess persists http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/53686/better-backups#comments Hardware Personal tech Opinion Backups NAS Storage Sean McGrath Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:51 -0400 Sean McGrath 53686 at http://www.itworld.com Where are the Stones? http://www.itworld.com/software/53503/where-are-stones Dual processor? Sounds good. Is it? http://www.itworld.com/software/53503/where-are-stones#comments Hardware Software Opinion Benchmarking Sean McGrath Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:58:10 -0400 Sean McGrath 53503 at http://www.itworld.com Only the cloud can scale http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/53445/only-cloud-can-scale The future is shared infrastructure. The future is the cloud. Not because it is trendy but because only the cloud can scale. http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/53445/only-cloud-can-scale#comments Development Offbeat Opinion cloud computing Sean McGrath Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:26:24 -0400 Sean McGrath 53445 at http://www.itworld.com Economic necessity is the mother of software reuse http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/53396/economic-necessity-mother-software-reuse Here is an assertion you are unlikely to see anywhere other than in this article: an economic recession right now would do the Web the world of good. http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/53396/economic-necessity-mother-software-reuse#comments Internet Offbeat Opinion Recession Internet Constraints Sean McGrath Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:04:43 -0400 Sean McGrath 53396 at http://www.itworld.com