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Close to the Machine (Excerpt)

by Automattic January 11, 2013October 19, 2022

The first chapter from Ellen Ullman’s 1997 book—a reflection on the life of a programmer: “Joel and I started this round of debugging on Friday morning. Sometime later, maybe Friday night, another programmer, Danny, came to work. I suppose it must be Sunday by now because it’s been a while since we’ve seen my client’s […]

Posted inMember Pick, Nonfiction, Story

How to Fail in Business While Really, Really Trying: The True Story of J.C. Penney

by heymarkarms April 2, 2014October 19, 2022

Jennifer Reingold | Fortune | March 2014 | 29 minutes (7,108 words) Download as a .mobi ebook (Kindle) Download as an .epub ebook (iBooks) When you find a savior, you don’t quibble over details. So it was that J.C. Penney, the long-stagnating mid-tier department store chain, announced in June 2011 that it was hiring Ron […]

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