Following my post Which language to learn next I picked up the pdf book Programming Erlang and have devoted and hour or two a day for the last week to learning Erlang.
One of the early concurrent programming exercises goes like this:
Write a ring benchmark. Create N processes in ...
I've loved learning new programming languages since I was a whipper-snapper with an XT and GW-BASIC on a floppy - how fondly I remember the simple pleasures of cycling the frequency on the PC speaker to play scales and arpeggios (sort of). I digress....
There are quite ...
I like readying Guy Kawasaki, even if I find his very occasional forays into evangelism of the Christian variety a little off-putting.
On the other hand this post - in which Guy runs some numbers from his startup Truemors - is a corker!
Friday night I very quickly read Bruce Tate's From Java To Ruby. By quickly, I mean to say I read it sitting in Borders because I sure wasn't going to part with the $55 (AUD) / $45 (USD) price Borders AU had whacked on a $29 (USD) book - the ...
A fun to read cautionary tale for every market leader - especially those named Google.
Link: Cringely: An inside job
Guy Kawasaki on getting your knickers in a twist before understanding the pitch.
Ignoring naysayers is just as important as knowing when to quit.
Link: Ignoring is bliss
Sayeth Arrington: It makes Flash/Flex look like an absolute toy.
Hmmmm. I watched some of the videos from Mix07 and there's not doubt Silverlight looks very cool. But does it make Flash/Flex look like an absolute toy? Not quite.
It all seems reminiscent of the hoopla when ...
I'm a great believer in the 10 minute test. That is, a given piece of technology has 10 minutes to make an impact - any sort of impact - or trigger some sort of emotional response. After about 10 minutes the marketability of the project/application/framework/whatever diminishes in ...
Picked this up via Scoble.
I think most of us would have seen enough of this in ourselves that we can't help feel anything but empathy. I hope he finds his path.
Link: Anxious Tec
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