a weblog of thoughts and ideas about software, with a slight bias towards strongly typed languages http://www.stronglytyped.com
Here's one for Simon:
"There's much more to 802.11b spec than that teeny little "b" indicates. 802.11b is not just the downstairs apartment of 802.11; it's a whole new world of wireless possibilities." [oreillynet]
"Santos Hernández was born in Madrid. According to Rene Vannes' Dictionnaire Universel des Luthiers, he was the son of a tinsmith, who hoped that he would enter that trade. At the age of 10 he spent two years as an apprentice making gold wire (or, by some accounts, in a shop selling ceremonial dress for the Catholic liturgy) before becoming an apprentice with a guitarrero called Viudes, part of a well-known Madrid instrument-making family. He worked for several other makers, becoming an accomplished craftsman, joining Manuel Ram’rez in the 1890s, after army service. He was to become Ramírez's chief craftsman, staying with him for 20 years or more." [The Guitars of Steve Kahn]
What would the software world be like if the knowledge and tradtions of software development were passed via craftsman/apprentice relationships? I'd imagine the guitar making world probably doesn't change as much as the software world. But if you boil down the traits of a great software developer I'd imagine they would carry over quite well.
When talking to folks who "Get It" or who are "Lit" as software "craftsman" there's a distinguished feel that walks in front of them. Their thought processes progress quickly and clearly. The approaches that formulate seem to stear clear of technical obstacles. Yet the quality that makes them true craftsmen is pure simplicity. You can always tell the work of an experienced developer: It's much more elegant.
At VSLive I had the opportunity to have lunch with Chris Sells. He possessed those qualities. I was so blown away by his intellect.
Now just imagine being an apprentice of someone like him.
hahaha.....too funny....
I feel the same way about this:
"Anyone else just find themselves pushed over the edge with Amazon's forty-five-zillion cross-selling schemes? It's like, uh, "Enough already guys... " [thoughts on business]
I'm know I'm a little slow, but has anybody seen this?
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Weblogs/
John Lam is talking about code generation with a tool called GSLgen. It looks interesting.
I've been following John's work for about a year now. I really appreciate his contributions. He does well with both sides, the academic/research side and the production/real world side, but shines where the two overlap. He's effective in bridging those two worlds. For example, the AOP work he did. He introduced a new paradigm in a way that was applicable. New ideas where matched up with real examples.
Keep up the good work John!
Regarding my last post "But I have one request, the ability to load multiple BlogThis plugins.": I guess one can build a BlogThis plugin that renders a menu to call other BlogThis plugins, effectively allowing SharpReader to load multiple plugins. =)
I'm working on a BlogThis plugin called "SaveThis!". It's a utility you can use to save blog posts. There are times where I would like to save a post for a follow up or to read at a later time. SaveThis! will keep a small database of saved posts. Refer back to it for reading at a later time.
I'm still working on its features. As soon as it's ready I'll post it for downloading.
I'm using SharpReader to run the SaveThis! plugin. But I have one request, the ability to load multiple BlogThis plugins. I may be wrong but I appears to only work with one plugin.
FogCreek software has announced a public beta of CityDesk 2.0. Here's a listing of what's new. Joel also posted a demo of the new features. Neat!
The feature I'm most excited about: Automatic Publishing
That's a big feature. Automatic publishing from CityDesk was something I've been looking forward to.
Richard Caetano is a dairy boy turned musician after hearing the late great Miles Davis. Richard plays bass for a few local bands and dabbles with guitar and piano as well. While music is his main passion, programming has been an interest since his preteen years. He has had success with many projects, both locally and throughout the United States. The opportunity to help develop 8tracks married both of Richard's loves: music and creative programming.
