Communications of the ACM
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April 2011
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Platform Wars Come to Social Media
The world can absorb more social media sites, but how many?
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Coder's Block
Programming is a creative endeavor, and therefore there is such a thing as coder's block. What does it take to clear the blockage?
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Asymmetries and Shortages of the Network Neutrality Principle
Since the beginning of the debate on network neutrality, and perhaps as an inheritance of that beginning, the controversy has been restricted to fixed broadband networks.
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Managing Global IT Teams: Considering Cultural Dynamics
Successful global IT team managers combine general distributed team management skills enhanced with cultural sensitivity.
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Building Castles in the Air
Reflections on recruiting and training programmers during the early period of computing.
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Q&A: The Chief Computer
Kelly Gotlieb recalls the early days of computer science in Canada.