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wallingf

  1. "Engelbart's Violin" --> bit.ly/JYIxBn (via @fogus) 24 minutes ago via Tweetie for Mac
  2. New post: The State of JRuby bit.ly/LjDH1C #jruby 26 minutes ago via Tweetie for Mac
  3. Writing tip: When in doubt, delete. about 5 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  4. I concur: unqualified recommendation of @JerryWeinberg's The Psychology of Computer Programming ow.ly/b9rLw (link via @Morendil) about 6 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  5. On software dev. RT @Kurt_Vonnegut: Another flaw in the human character is that everyone wants to build and no one wants to do maintenance. about 6 hours ago via Tweetie for Mac
  6. "Getting Real" from @37signals is now free as a PDF buff.ly/KcROnx (via @studiofellow) 2:07 PM May 24th via Tweetie for Mac
  7. +1 RT @swannodette Richard P. Gabriel's Clojure/West slides are pretty amazing github.com/strangeloop/cl… 1:52 PM May 24th via Tweetie for Mac
  8. New post from JRubyConf 2012: Keynote Address on Polyglot Programming bit.ly/LdW9Zs 1:30 PM May 24th via Tweetie for Mac
  9. Color Scheme Designer colorschemedesigner.com (via @littlecalculist, who sez " Ooh, I'm liking") 1:07 PM May 24th via Tweetie for Mac
  10. New post: A Few Days at JRubyConf bit.ly/Jm6EdE 6:07 PM May 22nd via Tweetie for Mac
  11. RT @miketrap If you're using Dropbox but find it frustratingly easy, you really need Google Drive. (via @fablednet) 12:16 PM May 19th via Tweetie for Mac
  12. @Hawkee No, a rap song that was playing in the university gym. (They play students' pop music.) 2:37 PM May 18th via Tweetie for Mac in reply to Hawkee
  13. @Hawkee Agreed. That's a lyric from a song I heard, and the line jumped out at me. 1:59 PM May 18th via Tweetie for Mac in reply to Hawkee
  14. @MaryRadzinski Depends on whether you use it as a noun or a verb. 1:36 PM May 18th via Tweetie for Mac in reply to MaryRadzinski
  15. We love Jesus / but we seem to learn a lot from Satan 1:35 PM May 18th via Tweetie for Mac
  16. Trust me, I'm a Doctor, by @neilhimself journal.neilgaiman.com/2012/05/trust-… 1:12 PM May 18th via Tweetie for Mac
  17. The 7 stages of debugging bit.ly/Kw1PLA 12:13 PM May 18th via Tweetie for Mac
  18. An impessive line-up. Looking forward to it. RT @puredanger (Almost) complete Strange Loop program here: thestrangeloop.com/sessions 11:52 AM May 18th via Tweetie for Mac
  19. "Be known for something: it helps." RT @JohnDCook Advice for designers (or anyone else) ow.ly/b04GN 8:58 AM May 18th via Tweetie for Mac
  20. Honest advice from Steve's Awk Academy: Don't use awk unless the program is not expected to grow larger than 400 lines. bit.ly/u63ddm 8:53 AM May 18th via Tweetie for Mac
  • Name wallingf
  • Location Cedar Falls, Iowa
  • Web http://www.cs.uni...
  • Bio I'm a computer science professor at a medium-sized public university, interested in most things about programs, and most other things, too.
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