Monthly Archives: March 2010

25 Years Ago

The Secret Origin of Windows

Tandy Trower …. was the product manager who ultimately shipped Windows 1.0, an endeavor that some advised him was a path toward a ruined career. Four product managers had already tried and failed to ship Windows before him, and he initially thought that he was being assigned an impossible task. In this follow-up to yesterday’s story on the future of Windows, Trower recounts the inside story of his experience in transforming Windows from vaporware into a product that has left an unmistakable imprint on the world, 25 years after it was first released.

Via Slashdot

Vaccines and autism: Collected links

At the breakfast table this morning this subject came up, so I decided to put together this collection. It did not take long:

This is not an academic issue for me and mia_mcdavid.

Also, I have a big personal issue with the idea that anecdotes and media fluff are the same as real science: Back in the ’90’s somebody who followed that stuff once suggested that I had abused my children.