March 2007 Archives

The Omni Mouth:

"Here’s the question I’ve been asking myself this week: am I too old to understand the appeal of Twitter, or not cool enough?"

I’m not sure I like the answer either way.

Software by Rob: Advice on How to Become a Programmer:

What made me a good programmer was not my knowledge of each language, but my desire to understand and refine concepts like D.R.Y., the broken window theory, and code re-use.

Here's a nice write-up on Adobe's Apollo project: Why Apollo?.

Here's a fantastic introduction to Forth.

Forth, you may ask? Yes, Forth. Used in Open Firmware, for example.

I sure like drastic metaphors when talking about software development, but it looks like I have a long way to go: Keep 'em clean, boys..