Posts Tagged ‘software’

Thoughts on mobile musicmaking

In General, Music on 3 February 2010 tagged ambient, app, generative, mobile, multi-touch, musicmaking, software

Since posting my first impressions of the Apple iPad, I’ve been thinking a lot about its possibilities. Given the din of naysayers and doubters (which does seem like Future Shock), I wanted to post some thoughts on mobile musicmaking:
This DIY interface (YouTube) is impressive, but it just seems like buttons and sliders [...]

Review: Dreaming in Code

In General, Reviews on 31 March 2008 tagged books, code, coding, computing, design, history, innovation, programming, project-management, software

I recently finished Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software by Scott Rosenberg. It covers the development of Chandler, an open source, cross-platform personal information manager (PIM).
A project of the Open Source Applications Foundation and led by Mitch Kapor, Chandler was meant to revolutionize desktop [...]

Currently Reading: 'The Starfish and the Spider' & 'Dreaming in Code'

In General on 2 March 2008 tagged books, code, decentralized, development, organizations, programming, reading, Reviews, software

I’ve switched gears to reading non-fiction and resumed The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations, which I intend to review shortly. Also, Scott Rosenberg was kind enough to send out copies for review of Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software, and [...]

My favorite things from 2006

In General on 28 December 2006 tagged 2006, favorite, games, movies, Music, online, software, TV

While other sites are unveiling their exhaustive, best-of-the-year lists, I thought I’d offer a few of my favorite things from 2006*, in no particular order: