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immerseyourselfincode: Some visual notes from a subject I’ve been pondering today. I was listening to the Stanford Programming Methodology lectures on my way in and the professor was very strongly advocating the idea that code ought to be written from the “top down” meaning that you start in the problem space defining abstractions which will…
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New MacBook Air doesn’t ship with Flash
New MacBook Air doesn’t ship with Flash infinite-style: You have to admire their conviction, the new MacBook Air doesn’t ship with Adobe Flash pre-installed. For those that don’t know Adobe Flash has come pre-installed with OS-X for as long as I can remember. You can of course still install it yourself. I wonder if this…
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Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic
Gates, Jobs, & the Zen aesthetic A key tenet of the Zen aesthetic is kanso or simplicity. In the kanso concept beauty, grace, and visual elegance are achieved by elimination and omission. Says artist, designer and architect, Dr. Koichi Kawana, “Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means.” When you examine your visuals,…