The fastest growing industry in the US right now, even during this time of slow economic growth, is probably the patent troll protection racket industry. Lawsuits surrounding software patents have more than tripled since 1999. It’s a great business model.
Fixing E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600If you're reading this page, chances are that you're already well aware that E.T. for the Atari 2600 is one of the most reviled games ever made. I never understood why. As a child, it was one of my favorite games. I still think it's a good game. Apparently, I'm not alone.
The Quiet Revolution in ProgrammingAbout every ten years, it seems, we're told that we're on the precipice of some revolutionary development in computing: The PC revolution. Ten years later, the networking and client/server revolution. Ten years on, the Internet revolution.
Google parts ways with Apple over WebKit, launches BlinkIn a move that Google says will technologically liberate both Chrome and Safari, the company has begun its own offshoot of the WebKit browser engine project called Blink.
John Ratcliff's Code Suppository : So your teenager tells you they want to 'make video games' for a living...In the game of Monorail, it is a more valuable to be skilled at fixing broken solutions than skilled at deducing correct solutions. I made the iOS puzzle game Monorail. Before publishing the game, I thought I had figured out the best way to solve the puzzles.
How Getting Married and Having Kids Made Me a Better ProgrammerIt may seem counterintuitive to think being married with children could have a positive impact on your programming. Yet, that is exactly what has happened to me. First, there’s the obvious way. Motivation. It has been said that the world belongs to those who hustle.
Fallback HTML5 audio tags for a simple MP3 podcast are harder than you'd thinkI've been spending the evenings and weekends lately redesigning the blog and the Hanselminutes podcast site. I hadn't realized how cheesy looking the podcast site was all these years. I'd like to get the show expanded to a wider audience as I feel that listenership has kind of flattened lately.
My Least Favorite Interview QuestionThere is one type of interview question I see pretty frequently that drives me absolutely bonkers. I’ve never actually been given this queston myself, but I’ve worked at a lot of companies that like to ask it (I’ve been lucky).
The Rules of Optimization ClubThe first rule of Optimization Club is, you do not Optimize. The second rule of Optimization Club is, you do not Optimize without measuring. If your app is running faster than the underlying transport protocol, the optimization is over. One factor at a time. No marketroids, no marketroid schedules.
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.