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Nice summary here of many internet-isms, including the meaning of maddening phrases like “i did it for the lulz” and “O RLY?” The original O RLY and YA RLY are here for your enjoyment:

If you are wondering whether or not you should read the whole long article, ponder the below LOLcats image. If you understand [...]

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Who Let The Blogs Out?, by Biz Stone, is a great introduction to the world of blogs and blogging. It starts off a little slow with a broad background into blogs and blog networks, it picks up with a lot of practical information about blogging. How to use HTML/CSS to style your blog, how to [...]

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Great article in The Journal of Defense Software Engineering written by 2 NYU PhD’s. Found it via subscription to Joel on Software, here.
I received a B.A. in Computer Science from Lehman College, a member of CUNY (City University of New York). When I first declared my major and started, computer programming courses were taught in [...]

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Thanks for the link Ryan.

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So about 3 weeks ago, my buddy Chris posts on his blog that he’s looking for alpha testers for a new website he’s building.
This morning, I’m reading my normal RSS feeds, and come across this post on Lifehacker.
I love to see Entrepreneurs in Action. Good show Chris!

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Ahh, the Internet. Happy Saturday!

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This is a good talk Andrew Keen gives at Google (not sure if its at the Googleplex). He discusses his book, The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture. I heard that he had criticism of where I work, but he didn’t mention it during the talk. I might have to [...]

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Wow. I’m on the Netscape Wikipedia listing. This after watching Code Rush, a documentary about the 1998 open sourcing of Netscape Communicator 5.0 and later sale of Netscape to AOL. It’s been a Netscape day for me. Well, I am the director of the group, so I guess it makes sense, but its all still [...]

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So I Google-stalked myself on a whim today. Things certainly have changed in the last year, working at AOL on Netscape, but have also changed the more I get involved with these newfangled social networks. So for those who are curious, this is what happens when you Google-stalk Tom Drapeau (not even in quotes):
1. LinkedIn. [...]

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