Bill Gates on the Science of Success

Bill Gates wrote a short editorial for BBC News giving his view of the software industry and the factors that influence it. I find his view of software development as a social process, rather than a solitary one, both intriguing and encouraging. Also I would hope that more of our cultural and political leaders would … Read more

It’s Complicated.

This happened to me kind of recently (except for the “in bed” part). Totally hilarious.

Live your life that that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about his religion. Respect others in their views and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and of service to your people. … Read more

2GB Sweet Spot

A week or so back I put XP back on my machine and noticed how much faster it was compared with Vista on 1GB of RAM. Today I upgraded to 2.5GB and Vista is screaming. Not that different from XP, either.

Technical School?

Right now I’m in a program that is half general business classes, and half information systems classes. Most of the general business classes bore me to death (except management) and a fraction of the IS classes also drive me crazy (I like server technologies, web design, and database-driven apps, but not much else). I’m starting … Read more