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I’ve been thinking a little bit lately about the notion of completeness in programming. I think it’s a valuable concept because those of us who write software have a hard time defining what the word “done” means with respect to our product. The old saw about model railroads is that they are never finished, and [...]

The New York Times had a little technology piece today about the waning popularity of voice mail, and it struck a chord with me. If voice mail isn’t the 8-track tape of the early 21st century communications industry then I don’t know why not. It should be. Voice mail is one of those strange devolving [...]