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Russell Ovans

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in Chilliwack, Canada

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http://www.amazon.com/Russell-Ovans/e/B005JKE7RI/

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Computers & Internet, Business & Investing, Biographies & Memoirs

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Douglas Coupland, Jonathan Franzen, Irvine Welsh, jr. frederick p. bro ...more

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Russell Ovans was the founding CEO of social game studio Backstage Technologies. He was born, raised and educated on Canada's west coast, including a Ph.D. in computing science from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Before starting Backstage, Russell was the senior software engineer responsible for leading a team of developers at two successful Internet startups. Dr. Ovans has taught computer science at Camosun College and software engineering at the University of Victoria. His conversational writing style is peppered with humorous anecdotes, particularly about himself. A pop culture junkie and trivia buff, he is a self-proclaimed expert on early '80s British synth-pop. ...more

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	Lord of the Files: Essays on the Social Aspects of Software Engineering 3.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lord of the Files

I started this blog after failing to generate any interest for a book proposal I submitted to a myriad of publishers specializing in either academic or technical publications. This was back in 2007, after returning to North America from four months living and traveling through sub-Saharan Africa. That jarring experience motivated me to try taking a couple of papers I had published in Software Read more of this blog post »

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