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We are folks who may have once been inspired by Ward Cunningham but who have now taken his ideas, applied new technology or fresh thinking, and have thereby amplified his contribution to the world.

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Bernard D. Tremblay (ben)

Self-discosure

I joined this Ning quite pre-occupied by the comment I had added to one of Phil Jones' posts, "Live Together, Die Alone". Rather than quibble with the title (I think one of the many gifts of true community is that one can pass away in good company.) I responded to something else he had there written, i.e. "I went looking for peer-to-peer computing projects that looked likely to do some good." (NB:… Continue

Posted by Bernard D. Tremblay (ben) on March 9, 2008 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Ward Cunningham

Science discovers that mastery comes from practice

Science Magazine reports that a study of young chess players found that although the best did score well on IQ tests, there ability correlated most significantly with the amount they practiced.

Need I remind you that pair-programming is a great way to practice programming. If you want to be great, give it a try. -- Ward

Science 21 September 2007 317: 1657 [DOI: 10.1126/science.317.5845.1657d]
(in Random Samples)

Posted by Ward Cunningham on September 29, 2007 at 12:53pm — 1 Comment

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Bacteria Designed Computers

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Programming in Wiki / A WikiIDE

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Is it better to be a starter or a finisher? 11 Replies

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News about Ward

Gee selected for Australian titles - Mackay Daily Mercury


Mackay Daily Mercury

Gee selected for Australian titles
Mackay Daily Mercury
... Ray Glasser (Gold Coast); Geoff Williams (Bundaberg), Kerry Flint (Gateway), Barry Ward (Cunningham), Geoff Hawken (Gold Coast); John Lang (Cunningham), ...

The Open Source Open Source Conference - EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet


The Open Source Open Source Conference
EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet
... to attend and present, including--but certainly not limited to--Ward Cunningham, the inventor of the Wiki, and Rasmus Lerdorf, PHP's original creator. ...

Business: It's good to wiki - Building Sustainable Design


Building Sustainable Design

Business: It's good to wiki
Building Sustainable Design
The first wiki was developed by Ward Cunningham, an American computer programmer, who installed it on his software consultancy's website in 1995. ...

Yob jailed for Leeds bowling green attack - Yorkshire Evening Post


Yob jailed for Leeds bowling green attack
Yorkshire Evening Post
... off worst in the fight with Jack Ward. Cunningham then picked up a tree branch and thrashed out at another man, Stuart Barker, hitting him in the face. ...

Portland downloads two new open source conventions - OregonLive.com


Portland downloads two new open source conventions
OregonLive.com
Those include wiki creator Ward Cunningham, who speaks at Open Source Bridge on Thursday, and Linux inventor Linus Torvalds, who speaks at LinuxCon in ...

 
 

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