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I really hope you will be an example for many of us wasting premium time with our family for less important work stuff.
Commented Feb 7, 2012 on Farewell Stack Exchange at Coding Horror
Farewell Stack Exchange
I am no longer a part of Stack Exchange. I still have much literal and figurative stock in the success of Stack Exchange, of course, but as of March 1st I will no longer be part of the day to day operations of the company, or the Stack Exchange sites, in any way. It's been almost exactly 4 ...
I use SEN to practice my writing skills. Practicing writing also improve your working memory. Working memory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory) is essential for the programming task. Here is a nice article about positive effect of writing on working memory: http://cogprints.org/3246/1/Olive_Euro_Psy.pdf
Commented Feb 4, 2011 on How to Write Without Writing at Coding Horror
How to Write Without Writing
I have a confession to make: in a way, I founded Stack Overflow to trick my fellow programmers. Before you trot out the pitchforks and torches, let me explain. Over the last 6 years, I've come to believe deeply in the idea that that becoming a great programmer has very little to do with progr...
Aaron Em: The card is only your username. You still have to enter the password. If you want to stay anonymous like Waoo suggests, don't use it. I would like to use it for everything, I'm a big fan of SSO (And OpenId since it's exactly the same concept)
Commented Nov 26, 2010 on Your Internet Driver's License at Coding Horror
Your Internet Driver's License
Back in summer 2008 when we were building Stack Overflow, I chose OpenID logins for reasons documented in Does The World Really Need Yet Another Username and Password: I realize that OpenID is far from an ideal solution. But right now, the one-login-per-website problem is so bad that I am wil...
In Belgium ID cards are being progressively replaced by eID cards.
With it, we identify ourselves online and use a wide range of gov services, but also anyone who wants to supports it. There is an API for that: http://eid.belgium.be/nl/binaries/eID_Developers_Guide_tcm147-63130.pdf
One ID for everything (administrative gov stuff, banking, club membership, online logins, ...) is our future!
Commented Nov 24, 2010 on Your Internet Driver's License at Coding Horror
Your Internet Driver's License
Back in summer 2008 when we were building Stack Overflow, I chose OpenID logins for reasons documented in Does The World Really Need Yet Another Username and Password: I realize that OpenID is far from an ideal solution. But right now, the one-login-per-website problem is so bad that I am wil...
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