Friday, October 28, 2005
Book Excerpt: The Innovator's Dilemma
Got a link to this book excerpt from the innovator's dilemma. It is an interesting read that provides a perspecitive on the reasons companries rise and fall. Though the discussion was about hard drives, it can easily be related to software.. Enjoy
Sunday, October 23, 2005
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
Monday, October 10, 2005
What is Web 2.0?
Came across the Result of a "What is Web 2.0?" brainstorming session at FOO Camp 2005. Thought I'd share...
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Received My iPod Nano
It recently arrived and it is a work of art. The packaging was soo apple-isous too... Hats off to the apple designers...
-Ofun
I got a reference to -Ofun from a friend. It was an interesting read. In particular, the author's discussion of the importance of the source control and build systems. I strongly agree with this, the heart beat and tone of a multi developer project is strongly set by the source control and build env.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Folksonomy
New buzz word Folksonomy...this refers to a group of people cooperating spontaneously to organize information into categories.
Worse is Better
As I was reading Java has lost its aura of invincibility it reminded me of the classic article Worse is Better. As a user of a number of frameworks it really kills me to see the vast over engineering behind them. It almost seems there are revolts (mostly occurring through open source) that are providing alternatives. E.g. PHP, Ruby, Spring, Hibernate, etc. At the end of the day these battles are ultimately decided by where the innovation occurs.
OldComputers.net
Came across OldComputers.net. It was a fun exercise looking for machines I recognize.. I was happy to see machines that I have actually used..
Apple IIc
Commodore 64
Amiga 2000
Sinclair 1500
Apple IIc
Commodore 64
Amiga 2000
Sinclair 1500
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