Thank you, Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez has written a very nice blog posting about my latest Web 2.0 update (”Ed Yourdon - Web 2.0 Mind-Map Updated!“) I can’t find his email address anywhere, so I’ll just have to thank him publicly here. In return, let me recommend that you take a look at Luis’ elusa blog; it’s a terrific […]

Old computer geeks never die, they just become Iranian weightlifting coaches

I’ve always wondered what I would do if I couldn’t find any legitimate work in the computer field. Now I know: according to a recent article, “9 Iranian weightlifters fail doping test,” all I have to do is (a) call my long-lost relative Yourdon Georgy Ivanov, (b) apply for Bulgarian citizenship, and (c) move to […]

I think they’re a little confused, but it’s still an interesting idea

Surfing around the Web yesterday, I stumbled upon a blog posting by European Capital Partners (EUCAP), entitled “Is Google Hiring Hackers or Software Engineers?” which culminated with the statement that
“Ed Yourdon, one of the inventors of software engineering, visiting digg.com observes that web2.0 startups will need software engineers as the service grows. Hackers will not […]

Naymz: an intriguing startup identity aggregator

I had an interesting discussion yesterday with Brian Pontarelli, the Director of Technology at a Chicago-based Web 2.0 startup called Naymz. I had heard of Naymz at the Web 2.0 conference I attended a couple weeks ago in Amsterdam, and when I found that I was going to be attending a conference just a few […]