Several people have asked me what it was like to write a tech book so I thought I’d describe the overall process for the benefit of others who are considering it.
Getting the Gig
The deal came about in a roundabout way. My friend Nick had written a proposal for a general computing book for novices. He […]
When I was in High School, I did pretty well in AP English, but it wasn’t entirely deserved. Much of the class involved reading something and writing an interpretation. Every time our teacher (the extraordinary Doc Taylor) would tell us the correct interpretation of something, I would be stunned. The poem in question didn’t seem […]
Working as a UI developer for four years at an XML Security Company doesn’t make you a security expert. But somehow, it does make you notice bad security when you see it. Today, I bring you four examples of ridiculous security policies that I have recently experienced.
Ridiculous Security Policy #1: Washington Mutual
Some time last year, […]
