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Abigail Gervase in “What Are Computers?” and Other Questions Abby Has

Apr 23, 2019

Reading 09: Birth of a Nerd OS

Okay, so I was snooping through my classmates’ blogs trying to find inspiration for something to write about when I stumbled upon Grace’s use of one of my favorite John Mulaney reaction gifs. This made me think about the bit John Mulaney does in Kid Gorgeous at Radio City…

Abigail Gervase in “What Are Computers?” and Other Questions Abby Has

Apr 27, 2019

Reading 10: King of the Ball

When I took the class “Building a High Tech Startup” junior year, one of my big takeaways (along with the fact that I do not want to build a high tech startup) was that the two most important parts of making a successful startup was building a good team and just sheer dumb luck…

Abigail Gervase in “What Are Computers?” and Other Questions Abby Has

Apr 7, 2019

Reading 08: The Magic Cauldron

Listen, I don’t know any more, okay? I don’t understand economics. I’ve tried. It hasn’t worked. Money is fake, we all know this, but we can’t accept it because then everything goes down the toilet and we’re screwed.

Abigail Gervase in “What Are Computers?” and Other Questions Abby Has

Apr 1, 2019

Reading 07: The Noosphere

Shockingly enough, as someone who has never felt a really strong drive to contribute to open source, I don’t really know what drives people to contribute to open source. I don’t mean that in the same way I’d say “I don’t really know why some people dislike ice cream.” I think it’s…

Abigail Gervase in “What Are Computers?” and Other Questions Abby Has

Apr 1, 2019

Reading 06: The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Since I’ve never really worked on an open source project before, I can’t say for sure that I’ve gotten the full experience of the bazaar. But also I feel like since my internships so far have had a very startup-y feel to them, with producing working products…

March 2019

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