Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Smyslov passes away
ChessBase.com - Chess News - World Champion Vasily Smyslov dies at 89
Sad news. One of the all-time greats. A quote from the ChessBase page.
"Smyslov was always known for his positional style and his extraordinary
endgame
abilities. He was also a great combinational player, and in his games
we find
many spectacular tactical shots. In the opening he made important
contributions
to the English, Grünfeld, Ruy Lopez and Sicilian."
Sad news. One of the all-time greats. A quote from the ChessBase page.
"Smyslov was always known for his positional style and his extraordinary
endgame
abilities. He was also a great combinational player, and in his games
we find
many spectacular tactical shots. In the opening he made important
contributions
to the English, Grünfeld, Ruy Lopez and Sicilian."
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Technical Documentation
Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories: Inside Macintosh
This story gives 2 examples of technical writers. The second writer is a very good example of what an excellent technical writer should be. Besides just documenting, in trying to understand this writer challenged the developers to develop a much better product!
This story gives 2 examples of technical writers. The second writer is a very good example of what an excellent technical writer should be. Besides just documenting, in trying to understand this writer challenged the developers to develop a much better product!
Mac Folklore documented
Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories
Some fantastic stories about fantastic, dedicated people, and all things Mac!
Some fantastic stories about fantastic, dedicated people, and all things Mac!
The early days of computing ...
The Secret Origin of Windows
Interesting story. Elicited some interesting comments as well ... "A wonderful CYA article that totally omits the known thefts and copying done by MS." & "... Microsoft, while there are plenty of things I can say about it, was not the only one doing the thieving or the copying."
Interesting story. Elicited some interesting comments as well ... "A wonderful CYA article that totally omits the known thefts and copying done by MS." & "... Microsoft, while there are plenty of things I can say about it, was not the only one doing the thieving or the copying."
"Real Artists Ship!"
Why Apple doesn’t do “Concept Products”
The difference between creating concept products to capture the market's imagination (i.e. imply that you are the market's thought leader), or actually creating a shipping product that spawns new markets and desires (i.e. become the actual market, new and sometimes the old as well, leader).
The difference between creating concept products to capture the market's imagination (i.e. imply that you are the market's thought leader), or actually creating a shipping product that spawns new markets and desires (i.e. become the actual market, new and sometimes the old as well, leader).
Real life use of Clojure
hackers-with-attitude: How a Clojure pet project turned into a full-blown cloud-computing web-app
Pretty interesting. This is a full-blown enterprise level type of application, and not just a toy app. Presentation is quite through in explaining the motivations and reasons behind the choice, and how to integrate easily in to the Google-scape.
Pretty interesting. This is a full-blown enterprise level type of application, and not just a toy app. Presentation is quite through in explaining the motivations and reasons behind the choice, and how to integrate easily in to the Google-scape.
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