Keeping Secrets
Charlie Frank
July 31, 2004
s a kid, I was fascinated with secret codes. After seeing the movie, “The Miracle Worker” (every kid in the 60s and 70s saw that movie at school, I’m sure),
s a kid, I was fascinated with secret codes. After seeing the movie, “The Miracle Worker” (every kid in the 60s and 70s saw that movie at school, I’m sure),
common question I receive at the conferences and user group meetings I attend, is: “How do you find time to develop software with all your duties at CoDe Magazine?” My
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