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"Semantic data is the future and always will be" - unknown author." - Pretty sure it was Peter Norvig

Yes, I agree. Like all things it's a balance. In looking to refine skills everyone will require tuning in different areas. A programmer may be great at writing code but often fails…

While reading helps to improve your understanding of what makes good writing, I feel writing regularly is more important. You need to learn to foster your own ideas through writing…

MindNode ( http://mindnode.com/ ) is not bad for Mac. I've also found FreeMind ( http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page ) pretty good in the past.

I'd also suggest a book to read on the plane: http://www.alaindebotton.com/the_art_of_travel.asp . A good read to explore some of the common, but not often openly discussed, feelin…

I agree, this was a good comment and a nice followup to the article. The use of the 'disagreeing with a commonly agreed concept' pattern, whilst useful, can be overused leading to …

"This strikes me as very true, but irrelevant" Not in the context of other people (specifically non-Americans) trying to understand feedback. I find I can say something to an Ameri…

Thanks! Nice work; looks tidy. I'll take a hunt around.

Anyone know whether they used a documentation tool to generate the 'example on right' style pages? E.g. https://stripe.com/api/docs?lang=python#delete_customer . It's very clean. T…

Where to start with a comment like this? '...REST always been a part of rails?' '...obsolete technology' How is REST -- a set of architectural principles and constraints -- obsolet…

You need to manage your risk. Without a risk management strategy, failure is likely to be worse. Obviously a pilot won't blindly seek failure to improve (I'll head for that mountai…

I agree, I find his material very good. I think he has good timing and his voice is in no way annoying; something I often find off putting with audio CD's. He has a good ability to…