http://alwaysbecoding.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:11:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Support sites that let you see the question but ask money for the solution are in violation of the Hacker Ethic. You know who you are. http://alwaysbecoding.com/2008/08/18/hacker-ethic-foul/ I used to say it more often than I do now, but it's still true: On the Mac, configuration is the smallest part of the user experience. On Windows, configuration is the largest part of the user experience. On Linux, configuration is the user experience. http://alwaysbecoding.com/2008/08/15/user-experience/ Over on FLUSH BUFFERS, where I write specifically about the 4th Dimension Development Community, I have added a historical piece on my Autographed 4D v3 Key Disk. They seem like such a strange thing in today’s networked world, but only 14 years ago key disks were very important! http://alwaysbecoding.com/2008/07/03/autographed-4d-v3-key-disk/ Today my employer requested that I complete a “Corporate Biography.” By merely hearing the words, my Hacker Ethic was riled. The following is a portion of the result. Job Title Software Provocateur Job Description In my title as Software Provocateur, I have many roles: Customer Service Representative, Revolutionary, and Engineer. I view my activities ... http://alwaysbecoding.com/2008/04/19/software-provocateur/ Recently on Reddit I saw an article entitled “Who’s using Ada?”. Of course it made me immediately think of my good friend Dr. Juei Chang, who is the only person I know actually smart enough to write programs in Ada. Bravo, Ada! Bravo, Dr. Chang! http://alwaysbecoding.com/2008/04/01/ada-in-the-wild-this-one%e2%80%99s-for-you-juei-juei/ In September 2007 my colleague Matt Sainson and I visited the campus of Google for a special Engineering Open House. It was a rare look inside the Googleplex, and I took as many pictures of the event as I could. One of the best parts was viewing the Google Engineering Philosophy, ... http://alwaysbecoding.com/2008/03/31/photo-essay-google-engineering-open-house-september-2007/   I'm certain that I'm one of the last to notice the Google Maps Leprechaun this week. It's very cute, and worth noting. Normally Google Maps has a bland person icon for the Street View feature. You drag the person icon around the map, and it indicates which direction you're looking. This week, ... http://alwaysbecoding.com/2008/03/20/google-maps-leprechaun/ I’ve been a fairly regular member of the Sacramento Java User Group since 2004. I decided to take a few pictures at the March 2008 meeting, where Tim Schafer presented on Wicket. It was, as always, a lively time. http://alwaysbecoding.com/2008/03/19/photo-essay-sacjug-meeting/