February 2010
24 posts
http://www.threeriversinstitute.org/blog/?p=454 →
Kent Beck has some intriguing insights into software design, particularly that it’s not rational.
“Nearly all blogs and books about programming are about how to do something, not...”
– Business Insider will probably add an inflammatory headline about Joel Spolsky or Jason Calacanis here, wherein Marco Ament says that everyone who writes about programming kicks kittens. I KID. He’s got a good angle worth thinking about.
“My dream setup involves a few different things. First, a studio with almost...”
– An interview with Adam Saltsman on The Setup. I’m not surprised he wants the ability to so tightly control his environment. The sound effects in Canabalt are perhaps my most favorite part of the game.
Dear Mr. Jobs →
A beautiful lineup of some apps that make OS X a delight to use.
I love this week’s installment of 52 Weeks of UX. Makers of Frames and The Power of Frameworks get into designing affordances, different modes of thinking and how we experience UIs. All without references to philosophy or The Matrix. Well played!
“A criticism with more weight is that American government is good at solving...”
– What’s gone wrong in Washington
Cheyenne Mountain →
I love reading about large military installations that are built out of sight. Gotta find an excuse to visit one someday.
The imperfection of our tools →
Warning: politics →
“We don’t want people who tend to ask “How can I contribute? What should I do?”....”
– Thoughts on an Open Source Company
“We should, as developers, excel at creating abstractions. This is our real job.”
– Developers, working to create abstractions
“Once one appreciates the difficulty of coordinating even small organizations,...”
– Coordination Is Hard
Arrivals | Development Status | Cultured Code →
Pretty strong awesome here.
Ymacs -- An Emacs-like editor for the Web →
WHUT. Pretty amazing.
