May 2005 Archives
On Flexibility and Reuse - A Conversation with Erich Gamma, Part II.
The I18n G.A.L. : Weblog - Interesting stuff on internationalization & localization.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius, and a lot of courage, to move in the opposite direction.
---Albert Einstein
(Via /\ndy's Weblog.)
How to Use Design Patterns - A Conversation with Erich Gamma, Part I.
Because buying new running shoes is more fun than actually running:
My concern is that there’s a big difference between buying new running shoes and actually hitting the road every morning. Big difference. One is really fun and relaxing while the other requires a lot of hard work, diligence, and sacrifice.
Ultimately, the tools that we choose for any purpose will only be as useful as our ability to use them effectively and to understand what their improved quality means to the way we approach our work (as well as the challenges that led us to seek out these new tools). You can buy a successively more costly and high-quality series of claw hammers until you’ve reached the top of the line, but until you learn how to use them skillfully, you’re going to keep making ugly bird houses.
Amen.
Write Sweet-Smelling Comments. Excellent overview by Mike Clark.
...a great reference on the PrinciplesOfObjectOrientedDesign.
Very cool: GTDTiddlyWiki & TiddlyWiki.
(Via Ted Leung on the air.)
Excellent read.
...in New York.
