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Peter Bolton

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Peter Bolton lives in the New York City metropolitan area and enjoys the thought of kicking the occasional annoying stranger on the street. Being an experienced software engineer over several decades, Peter Bolton has seen and worked on a fair share of diverse technologies, and he's also shared the company of outright lunatics. He enjoys small software projects and looks forward to writing more about the imminent demise which awaits him in older age.

"Peter Bolton's ebook (Blowing the Bridge) satires dev stereotypes and situations. Oddly familiar and funny."
- Rob Malda, Founder of Slashdot and Chief Strategist of Trove

"I wrote this book, and the person quoting me here is taking credit for it."
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Average rating: 3.88 · 25 ratings · 8 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Blowing the Bridge: A Software Story by Peter Bolton (Goodreads Author), Marlana Kendall (Illustrator) 3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 4 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
	Tales from the Sixth Borough: The Mysteries at the Dark Fringes of New York 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 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
	Deep Thoughts of a Corporate IT Monkey: When Software Development Goes Bad by Peter Bolton (Goodreads Author), Marlana Kendall (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 2 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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Peter Bolton's Blog

When Reality Imitates Art

Remember when I wrote about Google Poo? Ha ha ha…that was funny wasn’t it?

…What do you mean that this is no longer a joke? People are actually calling for that?!

Peter’s Quotes

“It’s so much fun to fight the odds, but it’s so draining to fight stupidity.”
― Peter Bolton, Blowing the Bridge: A Software Story

tags: humor

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“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
― Clive James

tags: logic, psychology, science

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