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Another IT truth

Paul Boutin — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT

"If there's one thing all engineers love to do, it's create APIs. It's so awesome because you can draw on a whiteboard and feel like you put in a good day's work." — The Register's Ted Dziuba on the proliferation of software platforms no one uses.

Elite journalism school offers scholarship for programmers

Owen Thomas — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:40:00 EDT

Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, is offering to pay the tuition for hackers who want to turn themselves into hacks. "Are you a skilled programmer or Web developer? Are you interested in applying your talents to the challenge of creating a better-informed society? Do you want to learn how to find, analyze and present socially relevant information that engages media audiences?" More to the point, is your startup running short on funding? The official deadline has passed, but the school takes late applications on a space-available basis. Quick, grab this alternative financing before Ted Dziuba, the supremely sarcastic Pressflip cofounder who has a column in The Register, snaps it up.

Uncov blogger wins America's CTO contest

Paul Boutin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:20:00 EDT

Narrowingly beating out Hans Reiser in a tight reader vote, The Register's newest columnist, Ted Dziuba, has won the IT snark site's poll for CTO of America. Yeah, it's stupid. But after reading all those bloggers who seriously expect Barack Obama to come to them for sage counsel, I needed a break.

Uncov blogger lands column with The Register

Paul Boutin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:30:47 EDT

Ted Dziuba — don't ask me how to pronounce it — was the brains behind Uncov, the blog that ruthlessly shadowed TechCrunch by bashing the technology of Web 2.0 startups. Ted's secret weapons: A math degree, a brief stint at Google, and a unique, hilarious writer's voice. I tried to get him to write for Valleywag or Wired, but it didn't happen. Instead, Ted will post every other week at UK-based IT infotainment site The Register. He'll make a fine American foil to The Reg's equally cynical Andrew Orlowski. We can't really call this a scoop, because we're sure Ted knew that mentioning his new gig in IRC was as good as posting it on Digg. Screengrab below.