Fourteen years ago yesterday, I left Starbase Corporation to found MyST Technology Partners, Inc., with fellow ex-Starbase software guy, Bill French. That anniversary, together with yesterday’s announcement that Microsoft intends to acquire LinkedIn for a staggering $26.2 billion in cash, got me…
Category: Software
My Latest Project: Open Source Newspaper and Newsletter
Recognizing a Software A-team
I just read a thoughtful article, Revisiting XP: be a thoughtful programmer by exercising more collective ownership. The article discusses various recommendations for building, and being part of, a high-quality, high-performing–and highly-enjoyable–software development team. This is what I call a “software A-team”.…
Pattern Matching using Mensa — A Quick Overview
Open Source Java–Mensa: Dictionary String Matching
It’s All About Abstraction
I started writing a new post this morning about one of my favorite topics: levels of abstraction. While looking for references, I ran across this post I wrote for Google+ on January 6, 2012. So, with the author’s permission, I’ll…