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This Just Totally Rules

2008-05-29T11:22:00.001-07:00

Wow...I mean wow.

Superwall Eats Babies!

2008-04-03T11:55:00.000-07:00

I found this article to be a great analysis of the Facebook application model. Facebook has some odd notions of privacy settings and information disclosure.

I know his pain

2007-11-01T13:05:00.000-07:00

Don't do this. No standardized build process = nightmare.

Nice Analogy

2007-11-01T12:45:00.000-07:00

Software shops are like restaurants?

Hype-peedos Away!

2007-09-25T13:24:00.000-07:00

Move over Ruby, there's something trendier!

You should read this post...maybe later.

2007-09-19T15:01:00.000-07:00

A great post on, as he puts it "productivity pr0n," from Mr. Netscape himself, Marc Andreessen.

Software Interviewing Patterns

2007-09-18T13:44:00.000-07:00

Gone on an interview lately? I have experienced several of these before, but thankfully not recently.

Debugging is Magic!

2007-09-13T12:46:00.000-07:00

This is the best analogy for solving coding bugs that I have seen.

Headhunters 101

2007-08-30T13:08:00.000-07:00

This is a fabulous overview of recruiters and they tricks they sometimes play. I have experienced several of these myself.

Problems with the Future of Warfare

2007-07-30T12:27:00.000-07:00

This is an interesting take on the risks of the bleeding edge of our military technology.

Pretty Much Sums It Up...

2007-07-10T12:38:00.000-07:00

This chat log deconstructs the "hacker" stereotype from the movies. Totally awesome... I need to go hack my toaster now.

Behind the Curtain

2007-06-27T08:34:00.000-07:00

Here is Some insider info about the Google work environment for engineers, from a Microsoft engineer that worked at both Google and Microsoft. Interesting comparisons...

Pay for Play

2007-06-22T11:34:00.000-07:00

I found this post to be one of the better analyses of the current state of political affairs.

The Tale of J. Random Newbie

2007-06-19T12:22:00.000-07:00

Nice analysis here... I can't decide whether the alternative is any better.

Excellent Demo of Photosynth

2007-06-07T10:55:00.000-07:00

This video is a slick demo of the Photosynth application. I really wonder how automatic the process is...I guess I better dig up the papers our of the ACM Digital Library.

Selling Security Bugs?

2007-06-04T13:01:00.000-07:00

See now sleazy the security world is getting. This article confirms a suspicion that I have had for some time that the security/antivirus/antispyware industry no longer has users' best interests in mind.

Ze Frank Interview

2007-05-29T12:15:00.000-07:00

Here is an excellent interview with Ze Frank where he discusses the creative process.

The Linux desktop enviroment: SNAFU

2007-05-29T11:31:00.000-07:00

Apparently the Fedora project is going back to mixing and matching Gnome and KDE apps? Sigh... this mishmash of semi-effective GUI apps is why I got a Mac.

Big vs. Small

2007-05-24T13:16:00.000-07:00

This is a hilarious comparison of working at Google to working at Meetup. It's an excellent analysis of the Big Company vs. Little Company experience as well. I like the "socialization" undertone in the list as well.

Tanny Got SERVED!

2007-05-18T11:32:00.000-07:00

Rob Pike lays down the OS design smack on Andrew Tannenbaum.

The Upcoming Digital Media Clusterf**k

2007-05-18T09:51:00.000-07:00

Gizmodo has an excellent survey of the upcoming "diskless" future of digital movies. Eventually, a few players in the space will win out...at least we can watch the infighting while we wait for actual movies.

The Problem with CMM

2007-05-15T11:39:00.000-07:00

This is an interesting critique of the Capability Maturity Model. A few years ago, I was obsessed by the idea of making an organization hit level 5, now I think of it as being banished to limbo.

Picture me rollin'

2007-04-27T11:18:00.000-07:00

Stephen Hawking rode the vomit comet. Now if he will just rap about it.

Adobe Flex goes Open Source

2007-04-26T09:30:00.000-07:00

Abobe is making the toolchain for Adobe Flex available under the Mozilla License. Sweetness.
Adobe Labs has other coolness as well.

Greetings from Orbit

2007-04-26T09:26:00.000-07:00

After a long hiatus, I figured that it might be nice to create a little blog to track all of the weird links I run across from day to day. I can't guarantee any unifying theme other than what piques my interest.

Enjoy.