Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2013

16 Oct 2013, 23:19 p.m.

Idiosyncratic Troubleshooting Tips

Yesterday I tried to diagnose and fix a bug in an open source project. I got discouraged because of a few factors, so I'm noting down a few things I ran into, for future Sumana …

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09 Oct 2013, 22:43 p.m.

Programming Jokes

The Hacker School application form asks you to provide some code you've written so the faculty can look at it. I wrote a game: "Where on the Oregon Trail is Carmen Sandiego?" It is a …

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06 Oct 2013, 12:00 p.m.

What They Don't Know

Or: you are an expert if you can save people time. Late in 2011, I found out that one of my colleagues, a whip-smart and infinitely organized administrator, wanted to know more about how the …

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06 Oct 2013, 10:41 a.m.

Net Work

I saw Apollo 13 when it came out in theaters in 1995, and I don't think I'd seen it again until the other night, when Leonard and I rewatched it. Leonard and I both thought …

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19 Sep 2013, 8:28 a.m.

My Talk From Open Tech NYC, 30 March 2013

Sumana Harihareswara at Open Tech NYC 2013 from Coalition for Queens on Vimeo. Sumana Harihareswara introduces you to your Open Tech neighbors. Who's making open source software, open data, open hardware, and open culture? And …

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30 Aug 2013, 9:20 a.m.

Current Reading

Just read Jo Walton's Among Others, and then of course the spoiler thread on her LiveJournal. I absolutely see why it won the Hugo and Nebula. It's about how the love of speculative fiction can …

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28 Aug 2013, 13:05 p.m.

Accepted To Hacker School

If you've read my past posts on Geek Feminism, you've seen me thinking about how I learn. I have worked 15 years in the software industry as a tech writer/salesperson/tester/manager. And I have about 25 …

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28 Aug 2013, 11:50 a.m.

Place And Perspective

Telecommuters already know this. It's the first thing they tell you. The power of place. Don't work from the same couch or bed where you watch TV, relax, or sleep. Train your brain to associate …

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21 Aug 2013, 10:45 a.m.

My Family And The Ada Initiative

Please join Leonard and me in donating to the Ada Initiative. Why? Let me tell you a story, and then a surprise. My parents came to the US from Karnataka, in south India, in the …

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18 Aug 2013, 22:53 p.m.

A List You Could Click Through

I've been really enjoying Rachel Kroll's blogging at Rachelbythebay. I got kind of addicted to reading her archives yesterday. My favorites, in no particular order: Bug reporting and sociopath developers Headphones, situational awareness, and even …

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