One of the well-touted advantages of living in Silicon Valley is that it is a crucible of talent. Along with colleagues, conferences and unconferences, there are many regular user groups in the valley, of which I’ve attended several. This past week, I decided to check out the local SF Perl Mongers and BayPIGgies (Python) which
Filtering Popular Mailing List Discussions with DateTime
Discovering Information via Better Browsing A great way to get into the thick of a new software project you want to learn or need to use is to check out popular mailing list discussions. Typically these will have detailed answers and multiple points of view. Recognizing this, Grokbase was designed to sort many things by
A Tribute to Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
Thinking Differently Steve Jobs has passed away and the world has lost someone that showed what could be accomplished with a singular and distinctive vision. His was an approach that fused usability, appearance and functionality into a cohesive whole. I’ve read many of the tributes and articles and two of which that stood out from
Why We Say “Performance Is A Feature”
Singing the Praises of the Unsung Hero The phrase “Performance is a Feature” has been growing in popularity. Lately, it’s importance for me is underlined by the fact the most common response I get from showing off my early-stage mailing list archive, Grokbase, is that “it’s fast.” I first heard this idea similarly phrased in
So You Want To Be A Coder
Self-Directed Job Enlargement This article is dedicated to my friends and colleagues working in non-coding technical roles that wish to make a transition or at least increase the amount of coding in their work. The Dilemma In software development teams above a certain size, there are often software engineers and systems engineers (including testing, support,
