I've been a professional software developer for over a decade, all told: 2006 to present, plus an earlier stint in 2000 and 2001. I've written a ton of software and released or contributed to the release of numerous components, web apps, services, mobile apps (most of them internal Enterprise Deployments)
Our heroes are often fallible. How, then, should we react when—not if—they falter? I admire Ed Catmull. Yes, present tense, even after learning of his role in the anti-poaching, wage-fixing arrangements of several Silicon Valley and SF Bay Area technology and technology-related companies. I admire Ed Catmull for
A while back I casually stumbled into a metaphor war over "rape." An individual had described what he considered an aggressively, eye-searingly ugly web page design (ironically for an essay entitled, "Design is Intent") as "visual rape." You know what happens next. Let's cut to the chase: does anyone really
I rarely write about my personal habits, in any area of life. I share them liberally when asked, and post about them intermittently on App.net (the only "social network" I belong to—except Tumblr; maybe I'll write about that sometime), but my good friend Chris Krycho wrote about his
First, the most heartfelt thing about App.net I've read all week [http://pjb.io/2014/05/07/app-net-eulogy.html]. Thank you, Pete. :-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Continuing with my examination of viable business models for App.net, I think it's worthwhile to examine the questions of value and price. Pricing a