I was going to put this in the previous thoughts article, but there's enough here to warrant it's own posting.

Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystem's CEO, in his latest article discusses the recent ticker symbol change from SUNW to JAVA. One particular sentence stuck me while reading his posting:

First, I …

predelusional: Empowerment

"Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex and intelligent behaviour. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple and stupid behaviour." -- Dee Hock

Slashdot | Hear No Evil, See No Evil — E-mail Kills the Phone

I can completely relate to the findings on this. I've found I can get more work done via e-mail than any other media. And don't get me started on blogs- they've turned one of my co-workers into a fucking …

Coding Horror: Thirteen Blog Clichés

I know I'm guilty of many of these clichés on this blog, and even this post is an admission of that guilt, but I think these should be adopted as the Miss Manners of blogs. I can't name how many blogs I've stopped reading because …

I'm doing a review of a GTK+ book for Slashdot. When trying one of the examples from the book, I realized that I didn't have the libgtk2.0-dev libraries. Curious, I thought I had installed / used those in the past. GTK+ is pretty core to doing any GNOME development. In …