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Don Knuth at the IET

Posted on March 18, 2011 by cpjobling

Don Knuth, another of my heroes, recently gave the 2011 Turing Lecture at the IET in Savoy Place using an interesting approach: “Ask me Anything!”. I wish I’d been there. Turing Lecture 2011: An evening with Don Knuth – all … Continue reading →

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Heroes: Sir Tim honoured (again)

Posted on June 14, 2007 by cpjobling

Announced on the W3C news site yesterday (13th June) and just today spotted while trawling my RSS feeds, is the news that Sir Tim Berners-Lee (TBL) has been appointed as a member of the Order of Merit by H.R.H. Queen … Continue reading →

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Another Hero: Ward Cunnigham

Posted on May 28, 2007 by cpjobling

Another hero on video. This time Ward Cunningham, the inventor of the WikiWikiWeb, interviewed by John Gage of Sun Microsystems at the Computer History Museum. As well as Wiki, Ward discusses other key developments, such as Class-Resources-Collaboration (CRC) cards, Software … Continue reading →

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My Heroes Collection: TiddyWiki Author Jeremy Ruston

Posted on May 28, 2007 by cpjobling

While doing some vaguely formulated research today (it is a Bank Holiday so vagueness is allowed!), I did a search for Wiki on Google video today and came across this video of a presentation by Jeremy Ruston (developer of TiddlyWiki) … Continue reading →

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