October 2009
19 posts
Engleby →
Finished Engleby by Sebastian Faulks.
Deep Economy: Economics as If the World Mattered →
Started reading Deep Economy: Economics as If the World Mattered by Bill McKibben.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly... →
Finished The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Simplicity is Complicated →
Complexity is like an air pocket trapped under a layer of airtight plastic. If you push it down it just pops up somewhere else. Most of our attempts to “simplify” software really amount to pushing…
Testable Java by Michael Feathers →
Never hide a Test-Unfriendly Feature within a Test-Unfriendly Construct.
“Unlike open source projects, customers needs/desires aren’t publicly...”
– Rails Underground: A Chat with Dr Nic
“The real tragedy with this story is that this competitor is not all that...”
– Startups: How To Build A Barrier To Entry With Inbound Marketing
“Your strategy shouldn’t be “go raise a bunch of money, then use that money to go...”
– Startups: How To Build A Barrier To Entry With Inbound Marketing
“One of the main fears, expressed repeatedly during the evening, was the sheer...”
– England’s libel laws don’t just gag me, they blindfold you | Simon Singh - Times Online
“I note your cowardly hosting company censored your homeopathy post. I am happy...”
– by the Positive Internet Company hosting company via England’s libel laws don’t just gag me, they blindfold you | Simon Singh - Times Online
“Ask yourself this: do you think Wikipedia ever hired an SEO consultant in order...”
– Optimisation by Jeremy Keith
“[…] an hour spent on SEO is worth so much less than an hour spent on...”
– SEO is Amway by Tom Morris via @beng
“[…] a rational viewpoint will serve you so much better, as a programmer,...”
– Giles Bowkett: Do You Believe In Magic?
“If you’re really not using the darkside, then you have no reason to be insulted....”
– Derek Powazek - Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists
“Worse than the hackers are the competent journalists and site creators that are...”
– Derek Powazek - Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists
“If you’re tricking people into visiting your site, those visits are going to be...”
– Derek Powazek - Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists
“The good advice is obvious, the rest doesn’t work.”
– Derek Powazek - Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists
“We work in small batches to avoid having to make decisions too early in the face...”
– Comment by Christian on Queueing Theory and Small Batches by Gareth Reeves.
“Reducing the batch sizes in your project is like ‘draining the...”
– counterflo.ws: Queueing Theory and Small Batches