Red Squirrel Reflections
Dave Hoover explores the psychology of software development
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Red Squirrel Reflections
Dave Hoover explores the psychology of software development
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Fri, 18 Nov 2005It's been too long since some new material was made available. I've been having way too much fun lately at work, adding to the list of things (marathon, kids, ajax, etc.) that have had a negative impact on my writing. It's a good problem, no doubt. Ade and I stole Wear the White Belt from Zen Guitar and Mastery. The pattern is beginning to capture my understanding of beginner's mind. As always, feedback is encouraged via the comment system.[/craftsmanship] permanent link Thu, 10 Nov 2005I've been studying the Zen concept of beginner's mind in order to better understand what it is I'm trying to write about. I was reading Zen Guitar on the train today when I arrived at a small chapter entitled "Mastery":You have to persist, and out of the sheer frustration of what you've been doing or you haven't been doing you just come out on the other side. Of course, when you come out the other side, you find that there's an even bigger hill to climb than the last one. --Allan Holdsworth As I read this book, I keep wondering whether I shouldn't just give up on my writing and point people to read Zen Guitar instead. So much of what I want to convey is in there already. But no, rather than giving up, I believe that this book will help me regain my momentum to write From Apprentice to Journeyman. [/craftsmanship] permanent link Fri, 04 Nov 2005Way back in April, Stefano wrote up a nice post about the significance of Firefox supporting the <canvas> tag in 1.5...Can a little <canvas> tag kill Longhorn? of course not. But this little new HTML tag is a sign that the ecosystem is now moving and that somebody with a 5% market sees enough value in this movement that can boldly scream "screw you" jumping on the Darwin bandwagon. Thank you, little <canvas> tag, you'll be teaching a lot of lessons to a lot of people and you'll be making my rich-webapp-developer life easier.via Obie |
