Viewing profile — concretecode

"Login with your facebook account" Yeah. That's not going to happen.

Things are somewhat better, but far from the speeds we see in the more developed parts of Asia. I'm in Wellington, and get 3.5 M.bits/second downstream, with a 50 GB monthly usage …

I'm disheartened by the trend towards tea over the last few years. The solid kick in the pants that a cup of coffee brings is something I'm reluctant to live without.

I enjoyed your Django and OpenID talks at Webstock in 2008 - they fit the conference and audience perfectly. However Webstock is a 400 person conference hosted in a remote part of …

He didn’t have a bad word to say about Microsoft. He was more concerned that I not write anything negative about the company than anything else. This guy's a class act. That level …

OK. You've gotten that out of your system. Now go read this: http://xkcd.com/322/ and go back to Reddit.

Interesting. I'd tie de Botton's with Liz Gilbert's talk ( http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html ) for first. For those that haven't seen it, it's really worth …

I'd like to see more of this type of thing. When learning a new language, I don't need an introduction to the if statement or while loops, yet in the interests of completeness many…

Short answer: Yes. Throw me into a fresh install propagated with dummy data for a fake company. Make starting the demo a one click operation. When getting people to try things, you…

It always amazes me how the best social commentary comes from those who have the least to lose. Without the artificial constraint of professionalism (or, I guess, the need to be fa…

I've become a fan of Merlin's writing since he posted this last December. If you enjoyed this, go read Real Advice Hurts http://www.43folders.com/2008/12/03/real-advice-hurts which…

It's a reaction to the Erlang overload earlier this week. Just the universe balancing itself out.

I hate to sound cynical, but we've all seen this before. Anyone can inspire and captivate with a flashy video, but these prototypes rarely get brought to market. The automotive ind…