Monthly Archives: October 2013

Capitalism VS Progress

Posted on October 22, 2013 by eaangry

The tech world is filled with stories about lone inventors disrupting the status quo and bringing new technologies and new business to the world: Napster and Facebook were written in college dorm rooms; Apple and HP were birthed in garages. … Continue reading →

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Stream of I/O Consciousness

Posted on October 21, 2013 by eaangry

This doesn’t really surprise me that much: For instance, the IT guy—and they’re about three times more likely to be men than women—doesn’t necessarily have a computer-science degree. About a third come to IT with degrees in business, social sciences … Continue reading →

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Partisanship Prevents Open Source Government Projects

Posted on October 20, 2013 by eaangry

The failures of Healthcare.gov to launch properly have many parents and there are several ideas floating around to fix it. One of the most common is the idea of running government projects as open source projects; putting the code on … Continue reading →

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Death to the BA! or Let Developers Out of Plato’s Cave

Posted on October 17, 2013 by eaangry

Okay, so the title is probably a bit over the top, but how many times have you seen a version of this play out: Business Cust: This doesn’t do what I wanted BA: I’m sorry; the requirements were clear Dev: … Continue reading →

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HealthCare.gov and Privatization

Posted on October 12, 2013 by eaangry

Slate has an interesting look at what went wrong with HealthCare.gov Finkel described the data hub as the master switchboard for the entire sign-up and registration process. By integrating with “external information sources, such as government databases,” it would 1) … Continue reading →

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