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billweinman

  1. I, for one, welcome our new autonomous car overlords! ow.ly/aLbto #aucar
  2. @feliciaday there's gotta be a mockingjay joke in here somewhere.
  3. In anticipation of the imminent publication of my C/C++ Essential Training on #lynda.com: ow.ly/aAmBV
  4. Finished recording C/C++ Essential Training at lynda.com today! Expect to see it on the site in 30-60 days. Woohooo! #lynda #bw
  5. @allardice I'm looking forward to your OOP course! #lynda
  6. @allardice Bummer! I'll miss you this year. I know Scott the producer got one.
  7. Sometimes being a morning person is a real advantage! WWDC sold out in two hours -- but I got my ticket! ow.ly/avGlI #wwdc
  8. Recursion (n): See recursion.
  9. Recording of C/C++ Essential Training continues today with 2nd half of Functions chap and 1st part of Classes & Objects chap. #lynda #bw
  10. RIP Dick Clark. Today, the music died. #dickclark
  11. #lynda.com - bringing libraries into the 21st century: ow.ly/1Kyu9W
  12. Current GCC for Mac - ow.ly/agpp4 - I'm using it for C++11 support in upcoming #lynda.com title C/C++ Essential Training
  13. Why do I hate PHP with the fire of a thousand suns? This guy explains it pretty thoroughly: ow.ly/aeGDI #whyPHPsux
  14. @allardice Me too! We should have lunch in Phoenix one of these days.
  15. At this point I'm just assuming that G+ is intentionally designed to crash Safari on the iPad. #gplussux #provemewrong
  16. Excited to be traveling to #lynda.com to begin recording C/C++ Essential Training - #woohooo!
  17. World's largest Rube Goldberg machine. #awesomeness ow.ly/aaidX
  18. Recording "C/C++ Essential Training" at #lynda.com this week. Prep today and tomorrow. Recording begins Thursday.
  19. @alisanie - Current data-driven code works in iOS 5, just not with ARC. Update coming later this year.
  20. When I was your age, we had to carve our own computers out of wood! #wheniwasyourage