February 27, 2008 - ElegantCode

27 Feb

2008

Want My 17" MacBook Pro?

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: Apple:8 Comments

That’s it, I’ve had it. Remember this: I Just Bought a MacBook Pro? Well, I can’t live with the keyboard anymore. Can’t do it. I love the form factor, and I love the lightness, and I love the display, and I hate the keyboard layout. Guess what? It wans’t made for Windows. Weird, eh? You […]

27 Feb

2008

Be Careful of Your Passion

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: Architecture and Design, Widgets of Wisdom:4 Comments

Many developers categorize themselves when describing their areas of passion or specialty. Often this sounds like, “I’m a data guy,” or “I like middleware.” Occasionally you hear a passion for user experience or UI expressed as, “I like making GUIs.” Most of us got into this business because we liked making computers do things we […]