I could describe my terrible customer experience that resulted in me canceling my order, and purchasing a nice HP. But, I found a blog post that summarized it quite nicely… in mid-2007.
Entries Tagged as ‘say’
September 2, 2008
Functional over-engineering
It’s a simple and common problem:
You have a directory structure with files in it. You want to find all the files with certain extensions. “jpg”, “jpeg”, “png” and “gif” for argument’s sake.
The language for this exercise is Python.
It’s important to use the standard library. A search for something like “python directory find recursive” will lead [...]
June 17, 2008
Happy Key Revocation Tuesday
Almost one month ago, Florian Weimer on behalf of the Debian Security Team announced one of the worst security vulnerabilities in recent history. I won’t go into a technical description of the problem itself. But, it’s interesting to note how Debian both succeeded and failed, how this vulnerability broke the “patch to stay secure” model, [...]
May 8, 2008
I will never be a software architect
Disclaimer: this may be be a Seattle area phenomenon.
I have “software architect” on my resume, and it pains me. Wikipedia has a great article on what a software architect may or may not be. But, in my world, a software architect has the knowledge, insight and responsibility to make educated decisions about the scope and [...]
July 17, 2007
Leveraging piracy for dollars, pt. 1
The magic of the iTunes Store is its consistency. All the music you want is there. You know how much it costs. You know what the quality will be. The shopping experience is measurably more consistent and enjoyable than purchasing a CD or vinyl.
I’d argue building an experience is Steve Job’s magic.
The problem with [...]
