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You Can Do It!

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Dillon Hawkins

Let’s be clear: there are not enough women with careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The flood of silver and black, LCD adorned, cookie-cutter garbage consumer electronics we’ll be drowning in this holiday season should be evidence enough … Continue reading →

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Cool Water on a Hot Day

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Dillon Hawkins

During my daily web-crawl, I came across a refreshing interview with Fred Brooks conducted by Kevin Kelly for Wired. I read Mr. Brooks’ book, The Mythical Man-Month when I was in college. What I learned has held sway (to one … Continue reading →

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Cutting Corners

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Dillon Hawkins

For the first time since April 20 of this year (107 days ago), the flow of oil resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling disaster has been contained in a manner that assures most people affected by the spill that … Continue reading →

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Hyperbole

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Dillon Hawkins

DJP is inundated on a daily basis with drivel. I’d bet that most of our readers are too. You know the junk: an eager-beaver tech journalist finds or is made aware of some unreported gem by an “analyst,” or bites … Continue reading →

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