Monthly Archives: October 2010

Programming practice links for October 18, 2010

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Karl

mockyblog: “Programmers: how to make the systems guy love you” – common sense advice that you’d be surprised how many don’t follow. InfoQ: Abel-Avram: “10 Suggestions for the Architect of an Agile Team” – if you are practicing an agile-lite … Continue reading →

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On Visualizing Iterative Waterfall

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Karl

Go read Jon Moore’s latest piece “The Power of Visualizing Iterative Waterfall”: “the most powerful reason to start visualizing the flow is that it shows you exactly what parts of your process you should change, and when. There’s nothing like … Continue reading →

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I didn’t know who to go to for help – hunger in Philadelphia

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Karl

The Philadelphia Inquirer profiles the lives of families going hungry in Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District, home of a few of my old neighborhoods, Kensington, Fishtown, Frankford in Philadelphia: “A Portrait of Hunger”. There is no excuse for letting anyone go … Continue reading →

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John Scalzi: “Being poor and not feeling rich are not the same thing, don’t confuse the two”

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Karl

John Scalzi, in “Why Not Feeling Rich is Not Being Poor, and Other Things Financial”, reacts to those employing his powerful piece, “Being Poor” against the (in my opinion) lack of empathy Todd Henderson shown in his piece complaining about … Continue reading →

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Shozan Jack Haubner: “Mark my words, times are tough and the ground is fertile. That seed will grow.”

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Karl

Utne: “The Angry Monk”: Through each other we discover that if we have the heart–the willingness, the strength, the courage–we have the capacity to plant the seeds of kindness, compassion, forgiveness; seeds of a laid-back humor, a sense of letting … Continue reading →

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Data Journalism and Visualization with an Example

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Karl

Guardian: Paul Bradshaw: “How to be a data journalist” ProPublica: Jeff Larson: “The Rainbow Connection: How We Made Our CDO Connections Graphic” (tools mentioned: google-refine (formerly Gridworks), Raphaël, JSON)

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