Universal Rule

Book Reviews

Tuesday, December 2, 2003

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Release 4.0: "I'm sitting here in a conference room on the second floor of the Marriott Grand in Moscow, enjoying the hotspot... [...] It's a pleasure to see the development in this country...even as the political tides continue to go in and out... I remember when it was a challenge to make a phone call here, and now I'm using WiFI...!!"

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Craftsmanship and design in programming: "Writing code is not production, it's not always craftsmanship (though it can be), it's design. Design is that nebulous area where you can add value faster than you add cost. The New York Times magazine has been raving about the iPod and how Apple is one of the few companies that knows how to use good design to add value. But I've talked enough about design, I want to talk about craftsmanship for a minute: what it is and how you recognize it." [Joel on Software]

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Neil Postman quote: "The television commercial is not at all about the character of products to be consumed. It is about the character of the consumers of products..." [onfocus.com]

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Digital sundial: passive timekeeping through new materials:

"...the device is purely passive - it operates without electricity, and has no moving parts. Instead, the sunlight is cast through two cleverly designed masks in the shape of numbers that show the current time of day. [...] The display updates every 10 minutes, and gives a remarkably accurate record of the time during the daylight hours." [Boing Boing Blog]