Sudo. Missed business opportunities department: housing for O'Reilly fans. "Considered Harmful" Essays Considered Harmful. It is not uncommon, in the context of academic debates over computer science and Web standards topics, to see the publication of one or more “considered harmful” essays. These essays have existed in some form for more than three decades now, and it has become obvious that their time has passed. Because “considered harmful” essays are, by their nature, so incendiary, they are counter-productive both in terms of encouraging open and intelligent debate, and in gathering support for the view they promote. Docs. A collection of my writing on technical topics, as collected over the years.
If what you're looking for isn't here, it's probably on my blog. Chances are one of the tags like "computers" or "nscp" will help you narrow your search. Remember in the 90s when web sites would pop up little Javascript dialogs trying to better "engage" you, and it was about as pleasant as having a little hammer pop up and whack you in the face every time you clicked their link?