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What I Learned About the Web in 2011 Terrence Dorsey13-Dec-11 10:11 Terrence Dorsey 13-Dec-11 10:11  You've come a long way, baby! Source: A List Apart 2011 In Retrospect: A Year of Writing F# Professionally Terrence Dorsey13-Dec-11 10:11 Terrence Dorsey 13-Dec-11 10:11  Best. Year. Ever. Source: Inviting Epiphany New programmer’s survival manual Terrence Dorsey13-Dec-11 10:10 Terrence Dorsey 13-Dec-11 10:10  "Cardio, seat belts, and ...a little sunscreen never hurt anybody." Source: The Endeavour Re: New programmer’s survival manual Slacker00714-Dec-11 2:50 Slacker007 14-Dec-11 2:50  good read. Just along for the ride. "the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011) "No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011) "It is the celestial scrotum of good luck!" - Nagy Vilmos (2011) TextMate 2 + rmate = Awesome Terrence Dorsey13-Dec-11 10:10 Terrence Dorsey 13-Dec-11 10:10  That's right: TextMate 2 is really here. Source: Ernie Miller What is the Higgs boson and why does it matter? Terrence Dorsey13-Dec-11 10:09 Terrence Dorsey 13-Dec-11 10:09  Life, the Universe and Everything. Source: New Scientist Rolling the dice: understanding how physicists hunt for the Higgs Terrence Dorsey13-Dec-11 10:09 Terrence Dorsey 13-Dec-11 10:09  "Missed it by *that* much." Source: Ars Technica iOS: A visual history Terrence Dorsey13-Dec-11 10:08 Terrence Dorsey 13-Dec-11 10:08  There's an app for that. Source: The Verge Trillion-frame-per-second video Terrence Dorsey13-Dec-11 10:08 Terrence Dorsey 13-Dec-11 10:08  Suuuuuuper slooooooo-mooooooo. Source: MIT Predicting Microsoft's Future by Examining the Past Terrence Dorsey13-Dec-11 10:07 Terrence Dorsey 13-Dec-11 10:07  Return of FoxPro!?! Source: Paul Thurrott Becoming a pale, pasty programmer Terrence Dorsey12-Dec-11 12:53 Terrence Dorsey 12-Dec-11 12:53  4 easy-peasy secrets to becoming the next Don Knuth. Source: Life in the Shell Why programming fits into our brains Terrence Dorsey12-Dec-11 12:53 Terrence Dorsey 12-Dec-11 12:53  Everyone has taken a shot at this question at one point or another. Here are some great links. Source: SD Times Writing an automatic debugger in 15 minutes (yes, a debugger!) Terrence Dorsey12-Dec-11 12:52 Terrence Dorsey 12-Dec-11 12:52  Understanding crashes in a .NET world. Source: TripleEmcoder Silverlight 5 released; will there be a Silverlight 6? Terrence Dorsey12-Dec-11 12:52 Terrence Dorsey 12-Dec-11 12:52  There may be Silverlight at the end of the tunnel. Source: Ars Technica The Barbarians are at the Gates Terrence Dorsey12-Dec-11 12:52 Terrence Dorsey 12-Dec-11 12:52  Is Clojure the language that will take us into the massively-multicore regime? Source: 8th Light Windows 8: Four Big Concerns (Based On What We Know So Far) Terrence Dorsey12-Dec-11 12:51 Terrence Dorsey 12-Dec-11 12:51  Let's Start with Metro... Source: PCWorld Homage to an old laptop Terrence Dorsey12-Dec-11 12:51 Terrence Dorsey 12-Dec-11 12:51  Putting it back together is the hard part. Source: Things Organized Neatly Computer Space and the Dawn of the Arcade Video Game Terrence Dorsey12-Dec-11 12:50 Terrence Dorsey 12-Dec-11 12:50  From Spacewar! to the birth of Atari. Source: Technologizer Good UI Begets Great UI Terrence Dorsey12-Dec-11 12:50 Terrence Dorsey 12-Dec-11 12:50  A big factor in favor of iOS is an API that makes building good-looking apps easy. Source: Allen Cheung Game Theory 101: Game Theory Made Easy Terrence Dorsey12-Dec-11 12:49 Terrence Dorsey 12-Dec-11 12:49  As seen on YouTube. Source: gametheory101.com What will an open webOS mean for Tizen? atbennett12-Dec-11 6:09 atbennett 12-Dec-11 6:09  Will an open source webOS mean reduced interest in Tizen, or will it ultimately not make a difference? http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/232415/what-will-open-webos-mean-tizen[^] Three views of Windows and Unix Terrence Dorsey11-Dec-11 11:34 Terrence Dorsey 11-Dec-11 11:34  Programmer-friendly vs. User-friendly. Source: The Endeavour The condescending UI Terrence Dorsey11-Dec-11 11:34 Terrence Dorsey 11-Dec-11 11:34  Maybe Microsoft's excellent "Metro" design language is the answer. Source: The Verge The key value store everyone ignored (Postgresql) Terrence Dorsey11-Dec-11 11:34 Terrence Dorsey 11-Dec-11 11:34  MySQL, NoSQL... let's all try PostgreSQL. Source: Ecstortive HP to Open-Source Its WebOS Mobile Platform Terrence Dorsey11-Dec-11 11:33 Terrence Dorsey 11-Dec-11 11:33  Put a git fork in it. Source: Wired

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