Word: shreveport
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...around the clock, along with his childhood obsession with games like Pac-Man and his Bill Gatesian decision to drop out of college to write software, are traits Romero shares with many top-notch programmers. He met Hall and the two Carmacks at a company called Soft Disk in Shreveport, La., in 1989, and within two years the four had launched id, settling by 1992 in a Dallas suburb called Mesquite...
...MCCRERY (R) District 4 (Northwest--Shreveport...
BORN: Sept. 18, 1949, Shreveport EDUCATION: Louisiana Tech U, B.A., 1971; Louisiana State U, J.D., 1975. FAMILY: Wife, Johnette; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer; congressional aide POLITICAL CAREER: Candidate for Leesville city council, 1978; U.S. House, 1988- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 4650, Shreveport...
That's old enough to pass for a veteran in this industry. Romero, and twentysomethings Tom Hall (programmer), Carmack and the taciturn graphic artist Adrian Carmack (oddly, no relation), formed id in 1991. A year later, they moved from Shreveport, Louisiana, to Mesquite, neither of which will be mistaken for Silicon Valley...
...other state and local programs receiving the award are GENESIS: Healthy Young Families, in Boulder, Colorado.; the Hillsborough County Health Care Plan in Florida; Competition and Costing in Indianapolis, Ind.; City Work in Louisville, Kentucky.; the Hamilton Terrace Learning Center in Shreveport, Louisiana; the Center for Technology in Government in New York; the Civil Enforcement Initiative in New York City; and Project QUEST in San Antonio, Texas...