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by petermurrayrust 12y ago
This is really great and is fully complementary to our Content Mine (contentmine.org). Its' very similar to what I proposed as "the World Wide Molecular Matrix" (WWMM) about 10 years ago ( http://en.wikipedia.org&#x
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by petermurrayrust 12y ago
From nhshackday.com: Geeks who love the NHS NHS Hack Days are weekend events that brings together doctors, nurses, developers, designers, and other "geeks who love the NHS" to create disruptive solutions to problems in the health
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by petermurrayrust 12y ago
I have always looked ahead - used to read a lot of near-future sci-fi - Arthur Clarke, Asimov, Gibson, Stephenson, Bradbury. Much of what they envisaged is reality - earphones, networks, knowledge-based AI. It use to be hard to do computin
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by petermurrayrust 12y ago
Culture is difficult to build - either from scratch or from an established base. I have practised mutual respect - a meritocracy. Although formally I was a "group leader" or "supervisor" I regarded my colleagues - whethe
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by petermurrayrust 12y ago
If you get a chance go on a Software Carpentry [1] course. I went on one 4 months ago and it changed my whole outlook. Greg Wilson take you through the psychological aspects of programming - why you should break every hour - the difference
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by petermurrayrust 12y ago
I've been through 50 years of "programming" with a major change each decade. The key thing is to be in the company of young people. It's harder to learn new things because you have to unlearn earlier ones. My Java starte
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by petermurrayrust 12y ago
Greetings to HN! I am very proud to have been featured in HN at least twice. I take inspiration from a quote last year from Nellie Kroes - European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda. She's an iconic fighter for Openness - goes on Spa