On hiring programmers

Ovid, who is a rather famous Perl programmer himself, has a few tips about hiring programmers for companies who want to do so. Before reading the article, try writing your own ad for Perl programmer position available. Than see if you’ve got it right. The main thing you want out of an ad is for … Continue reading On hiring programmers

On BlogLines origins

I always find it fascinating how some people get an idea, develop it, implement it, and then turn it into a real success. Bloglines is a good example. Today I came across an interesting post that shows where from the Bloglines started: I looked at a couple of RSS aggregators the other day. These are … Continue reading On BlogLines origins