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I've read books on electronic devices for many years now; the convenience of having a huge library with me while traveling makes up for the lower quality of the presentation. I've read books on a selection of Palm devices, an old OpenInkpot compatible ereader, my phone and, most recently, on my Kobo Aura .
How a thinker who hated trends & fashions became trendy & fashionable
I love hot dogs and I'm from Chicago so we knew this was coming
Here’s a breakdown of my year in game dev, the challenges I faced, and the key takeaways that’ll shape my 2025 projects.
Your life is the best story! Just start your blog today!
An interview with Keith Blount, the founder, director and lead developer of Literature & Latte.
A few of us at Basecamp were recently discussing how decisions get made to “green light” new projects, and I came to the conclusion that it boils down a simple rule: If you can make a decision and …
From The Archives: This article is one of the all-time most popular posts from my previous blog Graham Hacking Scala. I thought it worth updating and re-printing it here. It’s a pretty widely-accepted view that, as a programmer, learning new … Continue reading →
I’ve been trying to organize my thoughts about the iPad and the direction that Apple is taking computing along with it. It’s really an extension of the way they look at the iPhone, which I found unsettling at the time but with the iPad, we’re all finally coming around to the idea that they really, really mean it.
We use software for our everyday needs because we want to get something done. We have goals to achieve and things to do.
If we just see our task as documenting solutions that engineers have solved, it removes the creativity and critical thinking dimension from tech comm. The creative dimension in tech comm comes into play as we identify and solve tech comm challenges, such as devising ways to simplify complexity or otherwise improve the…
almost all interactions are repeat games
My experience with the (in)famous Nordic fermented fish.
The new year has started and I was once again looking for a simple calendar to do some yearly planning. I've tried to find something for this use …
Hieroglyphs where used for over 3000 years by the Ancient Egyptians. Luckily, they are still studied and researched today, otherwise I couldn't enlist others' help in my crazy follies.
As the anniversary of Sir David MacKay’s untimely death approaches, I think we should honour his memory by trying to update Sustainable Energy as a crowd-sourced project. I have made an initial attempt to suggest how we might develop the section on photovoltaics but others will want to suggest other
When a pursuit becomes a drag, here's some questions to help you figure out why, and what to do about it.
I'm creating an app that started as a simple note-taking tool but has now grown into a full-fledged project way beyond what I could have imagined. Let me tell…
AI is writing 90% of the code I was in charge of
