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“The hard work you do on one program is put in on all programs.”

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Karl

A great quote, from a great post, from a great blog, “Knowing and Doing: Commas, Refactoring, and Learning to Program”.

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How poor information design led to Waterfall

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Karl

I just took part in a great 3 day training session with Uncle Bob Martin on TDD and healthy software design. One of the tidbits Bob shared was the history behind the Waterfall methodology that some of us older folks … Continue reading →

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Wisdom in 7 minutes from 40 movies

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Karl

YouTube: “Reel Wisdom: Lessons from 40 Films in 7 Minutes”: via Laughing Squid, via Dave Rogers

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Queen and Heroism

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Karl

slacktivist: “The terror of knowing what this world is about”: Nothing new here — nothing novel or innovative or unusual. But worth repeating, I think. In any case, it was something I needed to repeat after firing up the computer … Continue reading →

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Ever see the “Mother of all Demos”?

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Karl

In 1968 Douglas C. Engelbart, along with a team of 17 researchers at Stanford, in a 90 minute taped demonstration, showed us what was then the future – which is now the present (and soon to be the past?) – … Continue reading →

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2011

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Karl

Emma came home from school with a pamphlet and homework assignment on Dr. King the other day and it gave me the opportunity to speak a little about someone I consider a hero and what he challenged us to do. … Continue reading →

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On spreading fear for righteousness

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Karl

A Star Trek clip with a lesson straight out of “To Kill a Mockingbird” (one of my favorite books BTW). YouTube: “Lessons in Humanity: Habeas Corpus”

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The Twelve Doctors of Christmas

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Karl

Tor.com ran a great series of essays on each of the Doctors titled “The Twelve Doctors of Christmas” that has some good reads. My favorite essays out of the bunch: “The Third Doctor” “Born to be an Alien” “Shifting into … Continue reading →

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Two talks from TED to watch *today*

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Karl

TEDXToronto: “Neil Pasricha: The 3 A’s of awesome”: TEDXHouston: “Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability”: Related: “1000 Awesome Things” Presentation Zen: “We don’t seek your perfection, only your authenticity” This post brought to you by Dave Rogers whose latest post … Continue reading →

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David Shenk: “Our abilities are not set in genetic stone.”

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Karl

BBC: David Shenk: “Is there a genius in all of us?”: It would be folly to suggest that anyone can literally do or become anything. But the new science tells us that it’s equally foolish to think that mediocrity is … Continue reading →

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