alancfrancis

Mar
29th

Tue

I consider myself to be JustaProgrammer. I am certainly very conversant and even somewhat capable in methodology, management, administration and so on. I’ve done it all, and could do it again, could do it again. But what I like to do, and therefore do best, is hang with small groups of bright people and help them develop software. Coach, mentor, manager, leader … yeah, sure. I just help people get software out. Right now it says “Computer Scientist” on my card. I think I’ll change it to JustaProgrammer. Come to my talk at SmalltalkSolutions and ask to see one. — RonJeffries

— Wiki: Justa Programmer

Mar
23rd

Wed

Mar
22nd

Tue

That’s right, my software development methodology will be: programming, motherfucker.

How will we solve problems? By programming, motherfucker. How will we do testing? By programming, motherfucker.
How will be complete tasks on time and under budget? By programming, motherfucker.
How will we make sure the programmers are happy and doing their jobs? By programming, motherfucker.

Obviously there’s some details to this so let’s lay out how you do this amazing new process:

— Oppugn.us: Where The Rants Go

Mar
11th

Fri

Here’s what I hope: Lots of families will see this. They won’t have a single thought about its being in 2-D. They will pay ordinary ticket prices. They will love the bright colors and magnificent use of space. In a few weeks, they’ll go to a 3-D movie and wonder, why did we have to pay extra for this?

— Rango :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews

Jan
29th

Sat

@kristinhersh in Waterstones, Glasgow

Dec
8th

Wed

ajdesign:

difted:

10 years (by brett jordan)

Wow

Aug
3rd

Tue

David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails in 1995

Jul
16th

Fri

No caveats now: Windows Phone 7 is a waste of time and money. It’s a platform that no carrier, device maker, developer, or user should bother with. Microsoft should kill it before it ships and admit that it’s out of the mobile game for good. It is supposed to ship around Christmas 2010, but anyone who gets one will prefer a lump of coal. I really mean that.

— Windows Phone 7: Don’t bother with this disaster

We had a lot of fans when Warner were paying for radio play, and people would say to us ’you fell off our radar’, which actually meant ‘I only pay attention to what people tell me to pay attention to’. I don’t need those people. I need the people for whom this is valuable to the point of necessary.” — Kristin Hersh

— Muse in a material world - The Irish Times - Fri, Jul 16, 2010

I don’t think you can devalue real music, but it was only a matter of time before the CD itself was devalued – it’s just a piece of plastic. It’s not a valuable object in itself, because music can only be measured in terms of its impact. I embraced that by giving music away, but many people want a shareable, tangible object they can hold. For me, it has to be intrinsically valuable, and a book still can be.” — Kristin Hersh

— Muse in a material world - The Irish Times - Fri, Jul 16, 2010

Jun
16th

Wed

And so continues one of the biggest constants in software development: the unerring sense among developers that the level of abstraction they’re current working at is exactly the right one for the task at hand. Anything lower-level is seen as barbaric, and anything higher-level is a bloated, slow waste of resources. This remains true even as the overall level of abstraction across the industry marches ever higher.

— http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/copland-2010-revisited.ars/2

May
16th

Sun

ART && CODE Symposium: Hackety Hack, why the lucky stiff

Feb
16th

Tue

TED: Gordon Brown

TED: David Cameron