Software Development Process and Industry Analysis by the former Editor of Software Development, Computer Language, and Game Developer Magazines
Archive for 18th December 2004
Mike Torres discovers how quickly kids catch on to Tablets. Agreed. via
[Incremental Blogger]+1. My nieces and nephews love my Tablet. I’ve seen a concept drawing from Microsoft on a Tablet ruggedized for child use (tethered pen, ability to survive a drop, etc.). Probably hard to make profitable, but kids really do “get it.”
Kevin Schuler and Drew Robbins have compiled a list of dozens of the best VSTO blog entries in 2003 across seven categories ranging from architecture to troubleshooting. Via [Marquee de Sells: Chris's insight outlet]
Every year for the past several, I’ve thought that Office programming was about to flourish. It still hasn’t happened (I mean, there are people who program Office, but there’s not nearly the industry you’d expect for The Most Used Software That Isn’t An OS).
Singularity is a cross-discipline research project in Microsoft Research building a managed code operating system. This technical report describes the motivation and priorities for Singularity. Other technical reports describe the abstractions and implementations of Singularity features. Via [Microsoft Research Publications]
Singularity is a cross-discipline research project in Microsoft Research building a managed code operating system. This technical report describes the motivation and priorities for Singularity. Other technical reports describe the abstractions and implementations of Singularity features. Via [Microsoft Research Publications]
My Developer Evangelist Thom Robbins has laid down the Code Camp Manifesto. This is yet another proud example of the NE Area Community leading in the world of .NET and Microsoft related community activities. Bravo. BTW, here is the Code Camp site.
via [Sam Gentile's Blog]
Hmmm…I wonder if I could organize something like a Code Camp in Hawaii. The Geek Cruises seem to have done alright for themselves, maybe there’s room for a land-based code-and-tan conference.
Hmm, David Ansen of Newsweek is starting a monthly moderated discussion of his favorite movies. Ansen isn’t my favorite movie critic, so I’m not particularly interested in the particulars of his group, but it does seem to me that the explosion of interest in blogs, wikis, and podcasts has, perhaps, changed the sorts of ‘moderated discussions’ that one could have.
Might be an interesting way to get feedback on my writing…
Singularity is a cross-discipline research project in Microsoft Research building a managed code operating system. This technical report describes the motivation and priorities for Singularity. Other technical reports describe the abstractions and implementations of Singularity features. Via [Microsoft Research Publications]
My Developer Evangelist Thom Robbins has laid down the Code Camp Manifesto. This is yet another proud example of the NE Area Community leading in the world of .NET and Microsoft related community activities. Bravo. BTW, here is the Code Camp site.
Hmmm…I wonder if I could organize something like a Code Camp in Hawaii. The Geek Cruises seem to have done alright for themselves, maybe there’s room for a land-based code-and-tan conference.
Christopher Hawkins takes on Joel Spolsky. Stands up for independent consultants. Via [Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger]
Apparently, Joel pooh-poohed 1-person consultancies, saying “It’s just having a job. Another job like everyone else. You’re not independent…” Really? Gee, I took six weeks off this year while I moved to Hawaii. How many companies would let you do that?
Ellen Simonetti: I was fired [from Delta Airlines] for blogging. Michael Gartenberg reacts. via
[Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger]Gartenberg’s reaction boils down to the fact that (a) it’s not as simple as that – Simonetti’s firing seems to have more to do with her apparently “semi-provocative” photos of her in her Delta uniform, than blogging per se, and (b) blogging is helping people get hired, too.
Blogging is a public act and, like any lengthy piece of writing, involves a persona – the “narrator” who has a personality and point of view and style of writing. You have to accept responsibility for the consequences of that public persona, for good or bad. It is nonsense to believe that your blog persona will or should be viewed as non-judgmentally as the way your personal behavior in your own home or the home of your friends will be judged.
