Monthly Archives: May 2009

The planning behind Django

PyCon: blip.tv: Designing a web framework: Django’s design decisions

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“Amusing Ourselves to Death” a comic by Stuart McMillen

Thought provoking, conversation starting, and probably controversial counting upon who you are, check out the whole single page comic.

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“Are we in control of our own decisions?” – Design for a better world

TED.com: Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our own decisions?

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The most important moment is now

TED.com: Kaki King rocks out to “Pink Noise”:

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Programming Links for May 27th, 2009

InfoQ: Bruce Eckel on Python, Java, Flex, and RIAs O’Reilly: Dreaming of Rails as the Next Microsoft Access It’s Only Software: 5 Minute Guide to Spring and JMX Yet Another Java Blog: 5 Part Series: Intro to Caching,Caching algorithms and … Continue reading

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A shout out to Mike – from heart attack to thanking the EMS

Every few days there’s a new post at Mike’s blog or on his Facebook profile documenting his terrific progress. Dude – it will be great to see you. You’re an inspiration man.

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Why it’s expensive to be poor

Reddit: Why it’s expensive to be poor – 1024 comments so far Hacker News: Why it’s expensive to be poor – 193 comments so far. Metafilter: You have to be riche to be poor – 230 comments so far And … Continue reading

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CMS links for Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

CMSWire: SharePoint vs Alfresco: A Platform Perspective CoPress: Building a Django CMS for the Spokesman Review J. Boye: A new CMS every 3 years? CSMonitor: Monitor changes: What’s a Content Management System anyway?

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Hope you had a good Memorial Day

We spent Memorial Day Spring cleaning, Emma, Richelle, and now me, dealing with some nasty sniffles and coughs. As the day wound down, Emma’s Grandparents came by for some hamburgers and hot dogs, and I got the opportunity to tell … Continue reading

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Getting rid of ‘social media’ and ‘social software’ tags here

The terms ‘social media’ and ‘social software’ may have been useful for educational purposes a few years ago when development or business leaders were not versed in the changing nature of media or online tool sets, but no longer. Both … Continue reading

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