- InfoQ: Guy Steele Interviews John McCarthy, Father of Lisp
The godfathers of Lisp speak. But dare I disagree with John McCarthy here…? "I don't have any objection to the content and generally I don't have any objection to things being added to Lisp, because you can always not use them." (interview lisp languages )
- InfoQ: Bruce Eckel on Python, Java, Flex, and RIAs
"InfoQ interviews Bruce Eckel to get his thoughts on the RIA landscape and to find out what he has been up to, as Bruce recently released a book he coauthored titled First Steps in Flex." Particularly interesting to me, as I've been playing with both JavaFX and Flex in the last few days. (flex java python rias )
- BlackBerry Overthrows Apple iPhone in First Quarter of 2009
"Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphone leapt past the Apple iPhone to become the best-selling consumer smartphone in the United States for the first quarter of 2009, according to the research firm The NPD Group. RIM’s market share increased by 15 percent to nearly 50 percent of the market in the quarter, buoyed at least in part by a Verizon Wireless promotion." (blackberry iphone business data )
- MF Bliki: SmutOnRails
Martin Fowler dissects what happened (and in general what happens) when a presentation at a Ruby Conference was illustrated with sexist material. (sexism ruby martin_fowler presentations culture )
- John Naughton: Control freaks don't get it: the web works best in a free-for-all | Media | The Observer
(social_media internet article )
- YouTube – Sundance Shakedown with James Gandolfini and the In The Loop company
Possibly the worst interview ever, including this gem: "And you're the producer the film?" "No, I'm Mimi Kennedy, I'm in the film, I play the Assistant Secretary of State…" And by The Los Angeles Times, too. (video in_the_loop interview )
- Official Google Blog: Adding search power to public data
"We just launched a new search feature that makes it easy to find and compare public data. So for example, when comparing Santa Clara county data to the national unemployment rate, it becomes clear not only that Santa Clara's peak during 2002-2003 was really dramatic, but also that the recent increase is a bit more drastic than the national rate [...]" (google data search government )
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