Writing code is like flying a helicopter…sounds like the start of a bad, or only slightly dirty joke. I’ll have to think of a good punchline.
Orthogonality and the DRY Principle: “We’ve all worked on systems where you make one small change over here, and another problem pops out over there. So you go over there and fix it, but two more problems pop out somewhere else. You constantly push them back?4like that Whack-a-Mole game?4and you just never finish.”
Nice to see JPMC/Bank One getting on the F/OSS train.
It should surprise no one to see financial services companies getting on board new technology – they have the need and the resources to use all the good tech.
If only this fable were a children’s book so I could jump start the indoctrination of my unborn children
Got myself a gmail account – yes I am a lucky bastard, and yes, it is cooler than whatever email service stepped up to 1gig+ this week.
Gotta say it though, seems like google is keeping this beta/invite only thing alive as a marketing gimmick – surely it is stable enough to launch by now. That said, it is all too human to feel superior because I have some ice cream, and you don’t got none, na na-na na naa-na
Plone
My current obsession – I’m working furiously to use it for project management and repository at work. Python makes me happy.
plone.org – Welcome to plone.org: “What is Plone?
Plone is easy to use. The Plone Team includes usability experts who have made Plone easy and attractive for content managers to add, update, and maintain content.”