Archive for November, 2008

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

SlickEdit Macros for Everybody

I ran across a great blog the other day “SlickEdit Macros for Everybody“.  The blog is written by David Hicks, a self-proclaimed SlickEdit devotee, who enjoys “Squeezing as much functionality as possible out of his editor of choice.” He created the site because he likes working with Slick-C and felt there was not enough Slick-C code [...]

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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

“Please” and “Thank You” Macro

Though I now work as a programming manager I have been a programmer for many years. Programmers typically share many characteristics in common. Among them, a certain inpatience with inefficiency. I’m not sure if that trait was there before we became programmers or whether it is something we learn through years of coding. Perhaps we [...]

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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Our Nation’s First CTO

The press is abuzz with news items about President-Elect Obama’s search for a CTO and the possibility that he could make this a cabinet-level position. This is a great idea! Technology is so prevalent in our society and in our government that it’s impossible to conceive of a plan for effective government that is not [...]

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