--- title: "Writing" url: https://www.grahambrooks.com/tags/Writing/ --- # Writing - [Kilpse Blogging](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2021-09-11-kilpse-bloging/index.md) (2021-09-11): 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 running code is key. I was really excited when… - [Campaign for better IO](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2013-03-03-campaign-for-better-io/index.md) (2013-03-03): 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. In my… - [All truth](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2013-02-14-all-truth/index.md) (2013-02-14): “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](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2013-02-14-if/index.md) (2013-02-14): 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 treat those… - [Integrating GPUs in Application Development - From Concept to Deployment](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2012-12-24-integrating-gpus-in-application-development-from-concept-to-deployment/index.md) (2012-12-24): 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… - [AgileDC - Introduction to Continuous Delivery](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2011-10-27-agiledc-introduction-to-continuous-delivery/index.md) (2011-10-27): 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 Continuous Delivery and there were some really… - [Agile DC](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2011-10-25-agile-dc/index.md) (2011-10-25): I am really syched about talking at AgileDC tomorrow. The topic of my talk is an Introduction to Continuous Delivery - [asciidoc experiments](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2011-06-26-asciidoc-experiments/index.md) (2011-06-26): 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 whole family of plain text… - [Test Driven Talks](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-11-07-test-driven-talks/index.md) (2010-11-07): 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 idea is to… - [Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic?](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-10-06-eben-bayer-are-mushrooms-the-new-plastic/index.md) (2010-10-06): Fascinating TED video on using mushrooms to create materials with plastic characteristics. It looks like Nature got there first... - [Dallas geek night](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-08-18-dallas-geek-night/index.md) (2010-08-18): Last week I happened to be in Dallas for a client and was invited along to the Dallas Geeknight held at the ThoughtWorks offices there. The Dallas Geeknight is ‘oldschool’ which is not surprising since Paul Hammant informed me he… - [Using a local Wiki for personal knowledge management](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-08-03-using-a-local-wiki-for-personal-knowledge-management/index.md) (2010-08-03): For sometime I have been wondering how best to manage all the information that collects in my laptop. I don’t even have to try to collect data it just arrives in an irregular stream of emails, instant messenger and other… - [Performance testing web applications](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-04-25-performance-testing-web-applications/index.md) (2010-04-25): When performance testing a web application (as in raw operations per second) I have seem many people try to benchmark their new system against the agreed performance level right off the bat. The problem with this approach is that most… - [ReleaseIt partial review](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-04-10-releaseit-partial-review/index.md) (2010-04-10): I have been catching up on my reading recently and one of the books I have been trying looking forward to reading is ReleaseIt . I had heard very good things about the book and to my delight they are… - [Server Rebuild - Part II](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-02-25-server-rebuild-part-ii/index.md) (2010-02-25): So after having the server nicely set up and ready for configuration I could not resist just ‘getting on with it’. I had grand plans to plan it out and record everything (good practice) but each step seemed so simple… - [Age discrimination in technology](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-02-18-age-discrimination-in-technology/index.md) (2010-02-18): This article post ‘ The painful truth about age discrimination in tech ’ left me a little confused. Am I still considered a developer or have I given up the mantle and considered a statistic. Do I cut code? -… - [Screen casting](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-01-31-screen-casting/index.md) (2010-01-31): There have been a number of threads recently talking about screen/podcasting and the software required to do a decent job so I thought I would blog about the setup I am using. After trying a few applications I eventually settled… - [Wordpress theme update failure](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2010-01-30-wordpress-theme-update-failure/index.md) (2010-01-30): If like me you installed WordPress and added some themes before understanding that WordPress has a great way of adding themes through the UI then make sure that you have changed the ownership of the folders containing those themes. Otherwise… - [Subway reading](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2009-12-13-subway-reading/index.md) (2009-12-13): Over the last month I have been reading Prmodoro Technique Illustrated a fascinating book detailing a technique to apply real focus to problem solving and work in general. One problem I have with almost any kind of reading is finding… - [Prag Pro Wri Mo](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2009-10-31-prag-pro-wri-mo/index.md) (2009-10-31): I am going to take part in Prag Pro Wri Mo to find out if I have the inclination and capacity to write or if I am one of those people who would have liked to have written a book.… - [Another excellent talk on Ted](https://www.grahambrooks.com/post/2009-10-02-another-excellent-talk-on-ted/index.md) (2009-10-02)