Refactoring for factuality
A great quote from Patrick Logan’s blog: Refactoring for factuality, I think he means something more like…
View ArticleJob Search 2.0
Looking for a job has certainly changed since the last time I actively searched for a job. My entire job search consisted of this blog post, and this tweet on Twitter. (Ok, I did send a couple of...
View ArticleRetry: Dynamic Languages for Desktop Apps
Apparently, I wasn’t very clear in my previous post, because almost all of the commenters seem to think that I was talking about using a dynamic language to script parts of a desktop application....
View ArticleGrowlified Tweet is working again
I’ve updated the Growlified Tweet script to deal with some changes in the Twitter API. Enjoy!
View ArticleSun Folks on the loose: Sara Dornsife
Crack marketing person Sara Dornsife is looking for a new position. But I bet she won’t be. I’ve known Sara for several years. I think that we first met at an ApacheCon, but we kept running into each...
View ArticleThoughts on WWDC
Some thoughts on yesterday’s announcements: MacBook Pros The laptop refresh was a surprise to me. I wasn’t expecting anything until Intel’s Nehalem based laptop CPU’s and chipsets hit the market late...
View ArticleJob Search Insights
One interesting part about looking for a job is that you end up talking to lots of people and companies. As I’ve been doing this, I’ve noticed some interesting patterns. Companies “Services” are more...
View ArticleWhat I am going to do next…
On Monday morning I’ll be down in Burbank, CA at the Walt Disney Studios getting ears fitted for my new job. I’ll be working in the Disney Interactive Media Group as Director of Advanced Technology....
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iPad = Newton 3.0
On Saturday (iPad day), I had a brief twitter exchange with someone comparing the iPad to Newton 2.0. Of course, this was inaccurate, because the Newton Operating System actually reached version 2.1....
View ArticleThanks, Steve
Yesterday, Steve Jobs resigned as the CEO of Apple. This wasn’t really a surprise, because Steve has been sick for some time. Nonetheless, it was a shock to me, and judging by Twitter, to many other...
View ArticleClojure Conj 2011
Last week I was in Raleigh, attending the second Clojure/Conj. The last time that I attended a Lisp conference was the 1986 ACM Conference on Lisp and Functional Programming. I am a Lisp guy. I took...
View ArticleSolid 2014
Two weeks ago, I had the chance to go to the inaugural O’Reilly Solid conference. Solid was billed as the Software / Hardware / Everywhere conference. The “Internet of Things” is a big buzzword right...
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