Eliminate error messages from your system. Always turn an error into an opportunity to help. Don Norman: /tag/in_praise_of_good_design/ #yam
Rereading The Little Schemer after 20…
Rereading The Little Schemer after 20 years. The evens-only*&co exercise needs a little more explanation… #scheme
Specs Without Tests Are Meaningless…
Specs Without Tests Are Meaningless (Bruce Eckel): www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp
Dojo’s skimpy documentation continues…
Dojo’s skimpy documentation continues to vex. Can’t do anything non-trivial without delving into the source.
semicolonblog The more I use Dojo, the…
semicolonblog The more I use Dojo, the more I like jQuery.
Joe Clark is writing a book about…
Joe Clark is writing a book about copyright. But it looks as if he doesn’t have much of a clue. joeclark.org/cranky/
Sunny Disposish
Any time the thunder starts to rumble downDon’t let hope tumble downOr castles crumble downIf the blues appear just make the best of themJust make a jest of themDon’t be possessed of them Continue reading
RT @trebilco: Aha, http://www.waveprotoc…
RT @trebilco: Aha, www.waveprotocol.org, the Google Wave Federation Protocol for sharing between Wave providers. Ok, now I’m exci …
Don’t do “the simplest thing that could…
Don’t do “the simplest thing that could possibly work”. Do the simplest thing that will *definitely* work. #xp
90% unit test coverage sounds good, but…
90% unit test coverage sounds good, but it really means “10% untested code”. Delete that 10% and your unit tests will still all pass. Scary.