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Informative reading

Computer Stupidies: Operating Systems -- this (and other pages on the site) offer an informative guide to how ordinary people perceive computers and what pitfalls we need to avoid in terms of user interface, design and terminology.

The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security -- some useful information about security

Psion file structure -- reverse-engineered specification of the format of files under Psion EPOC, a lightweight system for embedding multiple data fragments in a single file, such as the different formats and parts of the clipboard data (the clipboard lives in a file) and OLE, one fragment per object.

The AskTog Bughouse -- a read through some of the bugs here gives very, very sound advice as to how not to design an OS, from the highest to the lowest levels.