As discussed earlier, I've inaugurated a NaNoWriMo-style codemonth project.

On a related note, I found this Hallmarks of a Great Developer page - somewhat aggressive, but I can't say I disagree with any of it...

November is National Novel Writing Month, sort of a "group therapy for creative people" where people commit to writing 175-page (50,000 word) novels, from scratch, in one month; they've run for several years, and last year 3500 of the 25000 participants actually finished novels (one of whom has, a few rewrites later, not only been published, but ( Read more... )

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According to LinuxDevices,

Motorola has announced its third mobile phone based on Linux and Java software. The A780 is expected to ship in Q4, 2004, and will woo enterprise and home users with features such as a PDA-like quarter-VGA color touchscreen, claimed 240Kbps GPRS data download speeds, Bluetooth networking and synchronization, PDF and ( Read more... )

I finally finished Jef Raskin's book "The Humane Interface" and have promised enough people comments that I figured I'd just write a review - and livejournal turns out to be the most convenient place for me to put it up and get feedback, so here it is.

Jef Raskin's name has come up numerous times over the years, as a user interface design god - ( Read more... )