The Duct Tape Programmer
Another insightful post from Joel Spolsky: The Duct Tape Programmer.
Ariette Fux
This blog is run by Ariette Fux, a pal from Wallis in Silicon ValleyArchive for September, 2009
The New Monte Rosa Hut – Modern Architecture in the Swiss Alps
(via http://www.neuemonterosahuette.ch)
The New Monte Rosa Hut is opening its doors this weekend. The hut was build as a joint project between the ETH Zuerich, SAC, the ‘Hochschule Luzern – Technik & Architektur’ and EMPA. It’s a fascinating project in many ways: architecture, energy efficiency (90% of the energy is produced by the hut itself) and construction challenges (the hut is situated between three glaciers with no gondola to the hut).
Take a look at the pictures about the construction.
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Sporcle – Mentally Stimulating Diversions
If you like quizzes try out sporcle – they have tons of games to play.
The priority list – What should you do next?
Some reflective thoughts about your priority list from Seth Godin.
Great, Great, Great
What’s left of Apple’s keynote when reduced to adjectives……
I found this interesting article on ‘The Tagesanzeiger’.
CNN: Just imagine: City visions
This is about two architects (Ken Yeang and Ross Lovegrove) envisioning and designing ‘green’ buildings and cities.
About Determination
Truly insightful thoughts about The Anatomy of Determination from Paul Graham.
The Passionate Programmer
The Passionate Programmer – Creating a Remarkable Career in Software Development – from Chad Fowler is another excellent book from The Pragmatic Bookshelf series. If you are a developer you must read this book. It is the second edition of the book originally titled ‘My Job Went to India (And All I Got Was This Lousy Book): 52 Ways to Save Your Job’. I read the original book a few years back, but I was happy to learn that Chad released this new edition with a slightly different focus. This edition is more about career development and how to create a remarkable career. It’s less about how not to loose your job. I resonate with concepts such as ‘Daily Hit’, ‘How Good a Job Can I Do Today’, ‘Learn to Love Maintenance’ and many more. I also liked the new part about how you can market yourself. Chad talked a lot on how important the marketing and business side of our profession is and how you can act on these topics.
Even if you are not a developer it will give you many ideas on career development.
Like all of the ‘pragmatic’ books you can work through this book during a weekend. It’s a fun weekend read -:). For me it was Labor Day Weekend.
Seth Godin’s ‘Tribes’
I highly recommend Seth Godin’s book ‘Tribes – We need you to lead us’. It’s an uplifting book about leadership and how this time needs people with passion. The book is short and you probably heard most of the ideas before, but it is written very well and it’s an inspiring read.
(via http://www.sethgodin.com)