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Reading for Thursday, 1st of February 2007 :
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An interesting view on software versioning, and the problems that can occur when a new branch comes out with a bumped version number. “Attempting to force differing approaches onto a numeric and ordered scale increases social friction.”
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I’m still a little sceptical about some speed-reading claims, but this seems like a practical start.
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Comparing mindmaps and linear notes for learning.
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It gives good stats, but Google Analytics delivers a surprisingly woeful user experience. This is just one small example of why.
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Reading for Tuesday, 30th of January 2007 :
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Complex sensor-based features are turning up in cars, though it seems there’s a way to go yet.
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Anti-patterns are classes of commonly-reinvented bad solutions to problems.
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Reading for Sunday, 28th of January 2007 :
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I’m looking forward to doing a few user studies.
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JavaScript is being taken seriously again as a truly capable language, but as seen here there is years of detritus left over from the days when it was mostly hacked together.
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Eventually I will need to rewrite all of my own tutorials for these reasons.
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Reading for Tuesday, 23rd of January 2007 :
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Nice experiment in plotting social networks, and an illustration of the difference your choice of tool makes.
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“It is often easier to not do something dumb than it is to do something smart.”
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Reading for Thursday, 18th of January 2007 :
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The next generation disc format anti-piracy battle looks like it’s going to be a hopeless endeavour.
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Reading for Wednesday, 17th of January 2007 :
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An old review, but tremendously well-argued and very constructive.
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Neat personalised visualisation of your network traffic.
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Reading for Tuesday, 16th of January 2007 :
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There’s a week’s reading in this list alone.
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Reading for Friday, 12th of January 2007 :
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Reading for Thursday, 11th of January 2007 :
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UCD Library’s tips on performing a literature review, which I’ve decided I need to start again.
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An interesting viewpoint: “A thesis is like a peacock, its purpose is to strut around showing off how many books you’ve read.”
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Reading for Wednesday, 10th of January 2007 :
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Interesting video of Steve Jobs delivering some very difficult news at one of his keynotes in 1997.
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Ronald Baecker’s visualisation of various sorting algorithms from around 1970.
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Modernised visualisations of sorting algorithms with many more added.
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Reading for Tuesday, 9th of January 2007 :
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“Say it loud, say it plowed.”
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Looks like this could take off.
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How you feel after implementing GTD.
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A terrifically dense presentation.
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Excellent overview.
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I need to stop watching this. Brilliant.
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- ¶ Almost eleven years after Mark Weiser’s classic paper, we’re beginning to see some real implementations of some of his suggestions. (0)
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- ¶ Animator vs. Animation and its sequel, are both wonderfully imaginative pieces of Flash animation. (0)
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- ¶ Coming in 2003… Windows Longhorn. What’s strange about this tech demo is that it looks really, really impressive; far beyond what Vista is shaping up to become. (0)
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- ¶ Richard Dawkins writes convincingly about the improbability of, well everything. (0)
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