May 2011
“At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software - Lion, the...”
– Apple - Press Info - Apple to Unveil Next Generation Software at Keynote Address on Monday, June 6
Software! Software! Software! Software!!!!
“Clutter is the disease of American writing. Our national tendency is to inflate...”
– William Zinsser in On Writting Well (via patrickrhone)
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Camera+: Best way to capture a whiteboard →
I’m a very visual guy so I always like to brainstorm with my whiteboard.
Photos of whiteboards never produce a great result; they look blurry, unreadable, dark, and you can be seen in the reflection.
Playing around with Camera+ I came across a nice setup which makes whiteboard photos look fantastic, even with the fact that I have an iPhone 3GS and small handwriting.
Take a look:
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Resign Patterns →
A brilliant set of software patterns we all know too well when dealing with legacy software.
One of my favorite:
2.5 Fromage
The Fromage Pattern is often full of holes. Fromage consists of cheesy little software tricks that make portability impossible. The older this pattern gets, the riper it smells.
One of my main goals as a developer is to try not to write code which will become...
Given our current technology and with the proper... →
Very thorough and interesting answer by Mark Hughes, a screenwriter.
The genius of Batman is that it pretends to be realistic, it lets us convince ourselves that with enough money and training, we could become Batman, too. But it’s still fantasy, it’s just a fantasy that is more compelling and convincing and thus more fun. Mark Hughes
“Not all who wander are lost.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien (via laceofpearls)
Top 10 Programming Fonts →
Facebook gets into music and movie streaming →
(via programmista.com)
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Code for Today, Design for Tomorrow →
Some short thoughts about software development and change I wrote on my new tumblelog programmista.com.
There I intend to write my views, ideas, thoughts and wishes about whatever (tech and software mainly).
“It’s the concept that they [Microsoft] can take a proprietary, undifferentiated...”
– ‘The Zune Strategy’
“The faster your industry moves, the more likely others are willing to live...”
– Seth Godin
WatchThis TED talk might not be as inspiring to watch as others are but the ideas and technologies presented have huge implications. Basically these neuroscientists are able to “hack” into a neuron’s DNA encoding and change it so it produces these proteins which absorb light and transform it to electricity. By doing this, the scientists can trigger these neurons with light or shut...
Tea with Dr. Andrew Weil and Kevin Rose: Royal... →
How God is managing the 2011 rapture - The Oatmeal →
He had to use Windows…
“What’s the most ignored paradox in software development? Every time you add...”
– Flashback: Every time you add something you take something away - 37signals
“the scarce resource is knowledge and insight, not access to data.”
– Seth Godin
Final Fantasy Tactics supposedly coming to iOS... →
!!!! This is my most awaited game since summer of last year.
I hope they do release it this time.
“The best designers and the best programmers aren’t the ones with the best...”
– It just doesn’t matter - 37signals
Amazon Kindle: Most Highlighted Passages of All... →
Interesting page where you can see the most highlighted passages on Kindle books. On the side you can also check the most highlighted books of all tome or recently.
How software companies die →
Here’s the problem that ends up killing company after company. All successful software companies had, as their dominant personality, a leader who nurtured programmers. But no company can keep such a leader forever. Either he cashes out, or he brings in management types who end up driving him out, or he changes and becomes a management type himself. One way or another, marketers get control.
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