Hans is riffing on Apple. Deservedly, most likely.
Archive for August 2001
Getting back up after your dot-bomb
Looking for work after your rocketing dot-com turned out to be a pershing missile? NetSlaves has a good article on how tech interviewing works.
More Reading: The Visual Language of Experts in Graphic Design
Though a programmer/architect by day, I actually have a degree in Graphic Design, and had the pleasure of working with some extremely good designers in my early career. So I'm adding The Visual Language of Experts in Graphic Design to my reading list. Fascinating so far.
OOD: filling the holes
I'm in the middle of the first largish-scale OOD project I've done. I'm a newbie to formalized design (UML et al) so I'm fascinated (and sometimes frustrated!) at the process.
Microsoft Scripting Strategy
Dave Winer on Microsft's Scripting Strategy, otherwise known as "All Your Syntax Are Belong To Us". The way M$ chews through this industry astounds me.
Who are you?
I looked at my membership roll today... wow. There's some people joining this site. Cooooool. Hmmm - all I have is your email addresses. I am steve@redmonk.net. Who are you? Here's a random sampling of email addresses that have joined my site (if this bothers you please let me know). I love seeing new members - email addresses are intriguing, seeing how people identify themselves in a form of limited communication...
OmniWeb 4.1 to include Mozilla JavaScript Engine
According to Omni guru Ken Case and Omni's road map, Mac OS X browser Omniweb 4.1 will use the SpiderMonkey C-based JavaScript engine - the same one used in the Mozilla browser. Cooool!
Scoble on HTTP Business Services
Hmm. Robert Scoble is touting HTTP Business Services. "His company is being kept afloat by building HTTP Business Services inside corporate firewalls. Makes sense, actually. Businesses have the money to spend on improving their processes and information systems."
Recipe for a Mindtrip
Listen to Nickelback covering Soul Coughing's Super Bon Bon while reading RageBoy.
Current Loop
Nickelback - This Is How You Remind Me, and Ben Folds Five - Rockin' The Suburbs. Favorite line from Rockin' The Suburbs: "some producer with computers fixes all my s**tty tracks". Geeks shall rule the earth...
Reading List
Not sure if this can really be considered "Life Outside the Web", but I'm forming a reading list. Current titles:
Hans Habenicht is H2
Hans has been busy lately, especially after updating his PHP-based weblog software. In his words: "you sure do post a lot to your weblog when it's easy..." You bet, mano. ;-)
Great post on some mailing list: In Defense Of Flame Wars. The author makes some really good points about the nature of public debate and communication in a textual, non-real-time medium. There are some web boards I've frequented that could benefit from some of this.
Goodbye @Home?
Excite@Home is facing a serious crisis, and may be @History. Watch those broadband use numbers tumble...
Steve: 0, Oreo: 1
Ugh. Last night I was eating an Oreo and lost a crown. So I sit her gap-toothed this morning waiting to go to the dentist. This is a really good way to ruin a perfectly good Friday. Ugh.
Why are WebObjects classes so expensive?
Aaron Hillegass, Cocoa Deity and WOGod, via the Mac OS X Dev list, on why OS X/WebObjects classes are expensive: