Tools for Democracy / Distributed Journalism —
On using the web to co-ordinate massive grass-roots efforts quickly.
tomayko.com
03:01
Watching people watch stuff at the Magic Kingdom —
One of the many interesting anecdotes waiting for you in Neil Stephenson’s “In The Beginning Was The Command Line”
tomayko.com
23:27
Is BoingBoing a Legal Honeypot? —
BoingBoing as tractor-beam for litigation. Xeni says I’m on crack.
tomayko.com
02:20
Weapons and Coding —
Wherein we predict that whoever decides to take dynamic languages seriously will win the interpreted bytecode market.
tomayko.com
00:25
Web Antipatterns —
A look at various ways people misunderstand the value of the web. If it’s not useful, don’t use it.
tomayko.com
23:02
java sucks —
let’s go back to ‘97
jwz.org
12:03
discuss.joelonsoftware.com
08:04
Everything Your Professor Failed to Tell You About Functional Programming —
“This leads to my point: In computer science, nothing [still] makes sense [even] if you violate the identity principle.” :)
linuxjournal.com
13:48
brevity.org
06:47
A del.icio.us study —
I need to read this a couple times when I get some times..
ideant.typepad.com
11:40
Quitting the Paint Factory - On the virtues of idleness —
I would love to read this but I’m too busy doing work. Let me know if it’s interesting. Work, work, work! ;)
web.ionsys.com
15:58
The Command Line In 2004 —
Neil Stephenson’s “In the Beginning was the Command Line” updated and annotated by Some Guy.
home.earthlink.net
00:17
Basic Critical Thinking for Software Developers —
AKA: “how to avoid the language war..” must read!
hacknot.info
20:06
The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism —
What “The Wizard of Oz” was really about..
amphigory.com
05:52
On the Relationship Between Python and Lisp —
Paul Prescod rebuttal to Paul Graham on the Python/Lisp connection. Good stuff…
prescod.net
10:39
Metaphilm - Fight Club —
Tremendous theory on how Fight Club is based on, and a continuation of, Calvin and Hobbes.
metaphilm.com
01:57
Best Software Essays of 2004 —
Joel Spolsky is putting together a book of the 30 best essays related to software development. This is a growing list of public nominations.
discuss.joelonsoftware.com
06:56
Good Bad Attitude —
Paul Graham on why hackers have “shitty attitudes” when it comes to topics of IP and removal of natural liberties. (Feynman’s safe cracking gets a mention, btw).
paulgraham.com
03:12
Strong Typing —
A piece on the difference between static typing and strong typing. Hint: static typing sucks, strong typing is valuable.
perl.plover.com
01:15
The Age of the Essay —
Paul Graham on how to write an essay.
paulgraham.com
12:54
Shirky: Situated Software —
Apps rarely need to scale, so don’t spend time making them scalable. The more specific software is to a problem domain, the more successful it will be. Software that tries to do too much usually sucks.
shirky.com
05:43
paulgraham.com
23:46
washingtonmonthly.com
07:18