Electronic/hard copy of The Art of ‘Ware [version 2.0] now available
Due to multiple requests, I have taken the current draft of The Art of ‘Ware [version 2.0] and made it into a PDF file (573 KB, 104 pages), which you can now download, distribute, print, and so on. As...
View ArticleSwamped, but here’s a bit of fresh meat
I’m finishing up an expert report for a patent case that I’m working on, so I haven’t been able to push forward with PMSE. However, I am posting a PDF of Chapter 2 from the original Pitfalls of...
View ArticleStarting to post pitfalls
I’ve begun the process of updating and generalizing the original pitfalls (in Pitfalls of Object-Oriented Development) for Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering (or PMSE). Just scroll past the...
View Article“Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering”: an update
One of the books I’m currently writing is Pitfalls of Modern Software Engineering, a greatly expanded and updated version of a book I published back in the 1990s. I’ve been posted new and revised...
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Writing a new online column
I’ve been hired by Ziff Davis Enterprises to write a weekly column on IT Management for the online version of Baseline. The column itself will be based on materials I’m writing for my (forthcoming)...
View ArticleTruth set to music
One of the proudest accomplishments of my adult professional life is that I actually supported myself and my family for a few years solely by writing. That was back in the late 1980s, when it wasn’t...
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The long, slow death of news magazines
I grew up in a family that always subscribed to Time magazine, and I started reading it at a fairly young age. But when I went off to college in 1971, I decided to conduct an experiment. At that time,...
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Henderson Genealogy and Family History
Ruins of the Henderson farm at Rhian, Caithness Folks who know me understand that I have been very proud of my Father’s Scottish heritage. For the past several years I have been working to discover...
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Whither this blog?
OK, so I was (and am still) dismayed by the outcome of the elections, and all that has happened during the two months since has done little to alleviate my concern. Given that plenty of other blogs...
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Behold the Pulp-O-Mizer!
Thanks to io9, I ran across the Pulp-O-Mizer site. This is enough to inspire me to post the first chapter of Sundog: Frozen Legacy, once I finish it up. Stay tuned. ..bruce..
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In memoriam: Jerry Pournelle (1933 – 2017)
I met and got to know Jerry Pournelle — and his sweet wife Roberta — over 30 years ago, when I started writing for BYTE Magazine. I already knew of Jerry because of his SF novels (“Lucifer’s Hammer”...
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The Vance Integral Edition: A (New) Review
Back in 2006, I started what was intended to be a review of all 44 volumes of the Vance Integral Edition. I didn’t get beyond my introductory post, which I have largely reproduced below, with some...
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SECRET LUNAR WARS: update #1
Abandoned nuclear test site in Nevada A few stories have come in, and I’m quite pleased with them. I think this is going to be a great, entertaining anthology. In the meantime, someone posted this...
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