10 Latest News, Blogs, Tips, and Reviews that I find Interesting and Useful:
1. Your Desktop Is Not a Destination
I'm of two minds on the desktop.
If you're really using your computer, your desktop should almost never be visible. Your screen should be covered with information, with whatever data you're working on. I can't imagine why you'd willingly stare at a static background image-- or even a background image covered with a sea of icons. Unless you consider your computer a really expensive digital picture frame, I suppose.
More @ CodingHorror
2. Evidence Based Scheduling
Software developers don’t really like to make schedules. Usually, they try to get away without one. “It’ll be done when it’s done!” they say, expecting that such a brave, funny zinger will reduce their boss to a fit of giggles, and in the ensuing joviality, the schedule will be forgotten.
More @ JoelonSoftware
3. About the Google Education Summit
Since the dot-com bust in 2000, many colleges and universities nationwide have seen a decline (oftentimes quite dramatic) in computer science program enrollments. Many factors have been cited as possible causes including economic troubles in the high-tech sector, job off-shoring, the perceived image of computer science, and the growing complexity of programming.
More @ Googleblog
4. Speaker as a microphone
More @ HackaDay
5. Why the iPhone Will Beat the Blackberry
I was chatting the other day with Brad Burnham, with whom I'm on the board of Wesabe. He saw my iPhone, and asked if I'd ever had a Blackberry. No, I haven't. Brad said that he'd tried an iPhone, but soon switched back. "Everyone who's never had a Blackberry loves the iPhone," he said, "but if they've used the Blackberry, they're just like me. They try it, and then go back."
More @ OreillyRadar
6. Geeks, Robots, the Pentagon and Big Money
This year, computer-controlled cars must pass a driving test in a setting made to look like a city. Using only its computer brain and sensors, each vehicle must carry out mock supply missions by navigating a 60-mile obstacle course. The vehicles will be graded on how well they flow with traffic, heed stop signs, maneuver traffic circles and avoid accidents.
More @ LinuxInsider
7. Researcher: Handheld supercomputers only 10-15 years away
One nanotechnology researcher said supercomputers small enough to fit into the palm of your hand are only 10 or 15 years away.
More @ ComputerWorld
8. Inevitably, the PolyStation 3
More @ Engadget
9. Microsoft open source may be good for open source
It seems we’ve arrived upon Microsoft open source. In the last couple of years, whenever there was discussion of Microsoft’s open source projects and efforts such as CodePlex or Port25, there was typically the standard open source response: it’s not OSI-approved; it’s not real open source.
More @ The451Group
10. How To Stop Blame And Find Your Personal Power
Warning: You will be shocked.
These next three stories will make your jaw drop to the floor in total bewilderment that these absurdities actually happen in real life.
More @ BoSanchez
I'm of two minds on the desktop.
If you're really using your computer, your desktop should almost never be visible. Your screen should be covered with information, with whatever data you're working on. I can't imagine why you'd willingly stare at a static background image-- or even a background image covered with a sea of icons. Unless you consider your computer a really expensive digital picture frame, I suppose.
More @ CodingHorror
2. Evidence Based Scheduling
Software developers don’t really like to make schedules. Usually, they try to get away without one. “It’ll be done when it’s done!” they say, expecting that such a brave, funny zinger will reduce their boss to a fit of giggles, and in the ensuing joviality, the schedule will be forgotten.
More @ JoelonSoftware
3. About the Google Education Summit
Since the dot-com bust in 2000, many colleges and universities nationwide have seen a decline (oftentimes quite dramatic) in computer science program enrollments. Many factors have been cited as possible causes including economic troubles in the high-tech sector, job off-shoring, the perceived image of computer science, and the growing complexity of programming.
More @ Googleblog
4. Speaker as a microphone5. Why the iPhone Will Beat the Blackberry
I was chatting the other day with Brad Burnham, with whom I'm on the board of Wesabe. He saw my iPhone, and asked if I'd ever had a Blackberry. No, I haven't. Brad said that he'd tried an iPhone, but soon switched back. "Everyone who's never had a Blackberry loves the iPhone," he said, "but if they've used the Blackberry, they're just like me. They try it, and then go back."
More @ OreillyRadar
6. Geeks, Robots, the Pentagon and Big Money
This year, computer-controlled cars must pass a driving test in a setting made to look like a city. Using only its computer brain and sensors, each vehicle must carry out mock supply missions by navigating a 60-mile obstacle course. The vehicles will be graded on how well they flow with traffic, heed stop signs, maneuver traffic circles and avoid accidents.
More @ LinuxInsider
7. Researcher: Handheld supercomputers only 10-15 years away
One nanotechnology researcher said supercomputers small enough to fit into the palm of your hand are only 10 or 15 years away.
More @ ComputerWorld
8. Inevitably, the PolyStation 39. Microsoft open source may be good for open source
It seems we’ve arrived upon Microsoft open source. In the last couple of years, whenever there was discussion of Microsoft’s open source projects and efforts such as CodePlex or Port25, there was typically the standard open source response: it’s not OSI-approved; it’s not real open source.
More @ The451Group
10. How To Stop Blame And Find Your Personal Power
Warning: You will be shocked.
These next three stories will make your jaw drop to the floor in total bewilderment that these absurdities actually happen in real life.
More @ BoSanchez
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