Verity Stob
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Verity Stob is the pseudonym of a British satirical columnist. Stob is an anonymous software developer, the author of humorous and satirical articles about information technology, particularly software development.<ref name="morris"/> Since 1988, she has written her "Verity Stob" column for .EXE magazine, Dr. Dobb's Journal, and Template:As of The Register.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="apress"/> Stob was described as "the author of the longest-running satirical column on computer programming"<ref name="longest"/> by her fellow columnist, Andrew Orlowski.
CareerEdit
Stob has been a computer and web programmer since 1984, mostly using Delphi, C++, and PHP.<ref name="morris">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 1988, she started her pseudonymous "Verity Stob" column for .EXE magazine (now defunct). Later, she moved it to Dr. Dobb's Journal. Since 2003, her column has appeared in the British technology news and opinion website, The Register.<ref name="apress">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="longest">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
She lives and works in London, United Kingdom.<ref name="apress"/>
ReferencesEdit
BibliographyEdit
- Stob, Verity (2005). The Best of Verity Stob: Highlights of Verity Stob's Famous Columns from EXE, Dr Dobb's Journal, and The Register, Apress LP. Template:ISBN.
External linksEdit
ArticlesEdit
- "How to survive a code walk-through" (originally from .EXE Magazine) at JSquared
- List of Stob articles at The Register (since 2003)
- List of Stob articles at Dr. Dobb's Journal (some articles require subscription)
BooksEdit
- The Best of Verity Stob at Apress (publisher)
- The Best of Verity Stob at The Register (review)