Kilpse Blogging
Interactive web applications are always more appealing than static sites. This blog explores using the klipse plugin to add interactive code snippets to this blog. Very often seeing the output of …
Writing
Campaign for better IO
Over the last 30 years I have used a lot of computers ranging from teletypes to laptops. I have also visited a lot of offices and seen the standard keyboards that people are using on a daily basis. …
All truth
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 – 1860)
If
Quotes: Things that inspire and be remembered “If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And …
Integrating GPUs in Application Development - From Concept to Deployment
This post is a little overdue :( In June I presented at QCon NYC on using GPUs. It was a great chance to catch up on all the changes to C and C++ that I have missed out on in recent years. You can …
AgileDC - Introduction to Continuous Delivery
Yesterday I presented a talk entitled Introduction to Continuous Delivery at AgileDC. The audience was great and the room packed which is always a recipe for success. I really enjoyed talking about …
Agile DC
I am really syched about talking at AgileDC tomorrow. The topic of my talk is an Introduction to Continuous Delivery
asciidoc experiments
I have always been interested in text processing systems. This is probably rooted in the time that I discovered computing and programming. At that time the state of the art was ROFF (T)ROFF and a …
Test Driven Talks
Taking a leaf out of the XP book and in particular test driven development I have had some successes in using this idea when doing a presentation. I have dubbed the idea ‘Test driven talks’. The basic …
Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?
Fascinating TED video on using mushrooms to create materials with plastic characteristics. It looks like Nature got there first...