22 Mar
2008

Review: Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenburg

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I recently finished reading Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenburg; I requested it for Christmas last year because I thought it would be an inspiring story of a successful software project. Heck, I want to learn about the nirvana of what it would be like to live the dream. Who wouldn’t? At the very real […]

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14 Aug
2007

Agile2007 Day 2

The Absolute Worst Keynote at a Technical Conference. Ever. Today’s keynote was the the longest 90 minutes in my recent memory.  That’s 1.5 hours of my life I will never get back. The keynote address for the Agile 2007 conference was given by Susan Ershler who spent my precious 90 minutes saying things like, “Rah, rah” and “You […]

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13 Jul
2007

The Ten Laws of Simplicity

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I am working at home today and listening to Friday’s Talk of the Nation on NPR, which is the Science Friday edition.  Today’s guest is John Maeda, author of the Laws of Simplicity, and founder of the Simplicity Consortium at the MIT Media Lab. John has published these 10 laws that are not only worthy […]

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12 Jul
2007

Irritating Behavior on iGoogle Bookmarks

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Google Bookmarks is a no-brainer application.  To have all of your bookmarks available via your Google Toolbar is great because you get the same set of bookmarks from one browser to another and even one computer to another. Taking that to the next level, you can include the iGoogle Bookmark gadget on your iGoogle page. […]

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