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Richard H. Hardy

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Richard H. Hardy was born in Glasgow, Scotland, during a week of relentless bombing raids just before the close of World War II. The day he was born an incendiary bomb fell on the church across the street from where he lived, so he is fond of saying that he entered the world with a big adrenaline rush.

His family later moved to England and then on to America.

After college Richard bounced through a series of temporary jobs as he traveled around the country, wanting nothing more than to write fiction. A job driving a library van allowed him free time to write several short stories and work on a novel.

He and his wife moved to New Hampshire, where he took an entry level job at a software company. He was soon promoted to the technical writing d ...more

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Homo Programmatis

When Gutenberg invented the printing press, a lot of people thought it was going to ruin everything. What would happen to peoples’ memories if they could just look things up in a book? And besides, common people should be kept in their place. If they wanted information, they should be obliged to go to their master or their priest.

We face a similar attitude today when it comes to the Digital Cultur Read more of this blog post »

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