Five Things You Don't Know About Me
Another casualty in the war against blog games.
Minimalism
Hilarious! What Mark doesn’t know is that much of my “minimalist redesign” was ripped directly from what he’s had in place for 2-3 years; “administrative debris” was just a convenient alibi.
My initial reaction to Google App Engine (in Simon Willison's comments)
I've since went to sleep and reawakened. I'm typically fairly curmudgeony when I wake up but I'm still having the same reaction.
InfoQ: Interview: Pete Lacey Criticizes Web Services
Wow, I'm flattered blush Turns out I do know something about SOA after all. Speaking of “Motherhood and Apple Pie” – I quite liked that essay but it was one of those that never really took off.
Dealing with marketing types...
Nice python-list thread with Paul Rubin challenging my ibm-poop-heads article and Andrew Dalke (and quite a few others) champions it. This discussion is worth more than the original article!