This post is a re-examination of some topics I discuss in an older post. This one got long, so I broke into two. I am also going to provide some navigation links:
Adventures in Unicode SMSI remember one of my first weeks as an Engineer at Twilio, I tried to send Unicode chess pieces to my phone. I was disappointed to see the characters not come through to the handset.
Noda Time v1.0 releasedGo get Noda Time 1.0! Today is the end of the longest release cycle I've been personally involved in. On November 5th 2009, I announced my intention to write a port of Joda Time for .NET. The next day, Noda Time was born - with a lofty (foolhardy) set of targets.
The Birthday ParadoxYes, as soon as you have 23 people in a room the chances that two of them share a birthday are just over 50%.
Interop Vendor Alliance (IVA)dedicated to technical collaborative work to improve interoperability between Microsoft and non-Microsoft technologies
Psychology for Technical LeadersWhen I first moved into a position of leading developers I experienced a fair amount of good natured teasing that I’d do my best programming via Outlook and Omnigraffle.
The Optimistic ProgrammerImagine two developers — Alice and Bob — both fresh out of school and ready to take the software world by storm. Alice and Bob find themselves working on a large, legacy project. A project full of chances to learn, but not without difficulty.
NEW Intro to Agile Scrum in Under 10 Minutes - What is Scrum?For Scrum software, visit: http://www.ontimenow.com Get this content in a book: http://www.agilenotetaker.com Scrum Overview Diagram:: http://www.ontimenow.c...
Bart De Smet: Rx 2.0 RTM and RTWRx 2.0 is RTW! Get it here. I caught up with Bart at his whiteboard (of course) to discuss the significance of this release as well address some of the great additions to Rx as outlined below (many of the topics below have been discussed in depth in other Rx interviews with Bart.
Rx Workshop: SchedulersLearn about the use of schedulers to parameterize concurrency in Rx and to test applications using virtual time.
This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.
This list is compiled from my Pocket list.