Making programming pay

Sunday, April 21, 2013

There is no such thing as society. Lets make lots of money!

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I want to blog about something that has been bothering me for a while. As members of a community what do we owe each other if anything? What...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Newtown School Massacre - Why?

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What makes a young man feel so disconnected from others that walking into a school and killing a whole bunch of infants becomes a legitimate...
Saturday, July 02, 2011

Building trust and unlocking the IT/ Business relationship - Show me the Working Software!

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Hoping to keep this one short. I've been reading a lot of Gerald Weinberg recently, and I must say that he as an exceptional way of cutt...
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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Scala Bowling - A better Java or a Research Project?

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A short post in the hope that I'll get some input about Scala. I first looked at Scala when it first came about, around 3 years ago now ...
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Monday, May 03, 2010

Pull is the new Push

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Just finished watching the video of Kent Becks keynote speech at the recent Lean Startup Conference. First thing to say is that I've go...
Sunday, May 10, 2009

Popularity and Success are not the same thing

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After my last post, I went back and read through Giles blog post again. I missed his main point, and I dismissed what he had to say far to...
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What Killed Smalltalk: Sometimes Balls can be Useful

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Uncle Bob, has been his usual charismatic and entertaining self in his keynote speech this year at Rails Conf . He presented a dire warning...
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Sunday, March 15, 2009

The road to mastery - Practice, Practice, then Practice some more...

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The craftsmanship movement has hit the ground running. First a conference in London organised by Jason Gorman. Looking through Jason's...
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Paul Beckford
I'm a Programmer, and I've been programming professionally since 1990. My background is in embedded systems, telecommunications and C/Unix. Over the years I've done several jobs including project/line management. I first picked up Smalltalk as a way of learning OOP, back in 1993. I struggled trying to learn OOP through C++, so decided to take a look at 'pure' OOP. I was an early Java adopter and championed the use of Java in 1997 - but since then I have become somewhat disillusioned with Java. In recent times I've picked up new languages like Ruby and Lisp, and I have gained an interest in Programming Languages in general. I now work as a freelance Consultant and Agile Coach
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