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Saturday, 24th March 2007

Dave Thomas on Writing a Book. A series of articles on writing a technical book, from Pragmatic Programmer Dave Thomas.

# 2:53 pm / dave-thomas, writing

When I write a new book [...] I plan to throw away something like the first 30 or so pages. And, because I know I'm going to do it, it doesn't worry me. I no longer have writer's block.

Dave Thomas

# 3:05 pm / dave-thomas, writing

TweetyPy. A Python-based CLI client for Twitter, by Stuart Colville

# 4:47 pm / python, stuart-colville, tweetypy, twitter

I just cut my thumb opening the clear plastic Fortress of Solitude in which you've packed the cordless presenter. [...] You forced me into stabbing your product with a carving knife. Is that really the sort of "initial user experience" you were hoping for?

David Weinberger

# 5:04 pm / david-weinberger, funny, packaging

Commodore 2.1-20070321 (via) Without a doubt the best WordPress theme ever.

# 5:07 pm / commodore, wordpress

Adobe Apollo: beyond the hype. Niall Kennedy explains Apollo.

# 7:10 pm / adobe, apollo, niallkennedy

Most Apollo applications will likely be repurposed web pages running inside a specialized environment. [...] Imagine your heavy, always-open web apps leaving your browser tab and creating an application-like presence in your taskbar.

Niall Kennedy

# 7:11 pm / apollo, niallkennedy