Does Thought Crime Pay ?

An entertaining and insightful look at some of the computer language landscape, by Gilad Bracha.

Go, for the curious

The transcript of a nice talk, that might make you curious about Go (the language).

Not your average intro ...

The talk DART for the language enthusiast is a quick introduction to Dart by a very capable speaker, that touches on a lot of interesting issues and provides perspective on the language, without dwelling on how to write "Hello World".

The Eagle Has Crash Landed

A very sobering read ... especially when you realize it was published in July 2002.
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Pax Americana is over. Challenges from Vietnam and the Balkans to the Middle East and September 11 have revealed the limits of American supremacy. Will the United States learn to fade quietly, or will U.S. conservatives resist and thereby transform a gradual decline into a rapid and dangerous fall?
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I think the answer to that question is now clear.

The trap of the performance sweet spot

A nice article outlining a "performance example" in Javascript.  The article might help answer the question why yet another language was needed, Dart, to address programming for the web.

Google Play Services

There is always a lot of talk at Apple events about Android fragmentation and the adoption rate of the newest Apple iOS version.  This article in arstechnica suggests Google have addressed this with Google Play Services.  It clarifies services and their dependent applications from OS capabilities (mitigating for instance the claim of others that a browser is an integral part of an OS).

Great advice on starting and running a business

A quick read with useful* advice on starting and running a business.

(*I have had a non-technology business for 7 years now)