http://www.artima.com/weblogs/ Artima Weblogs is a community of bloggers posting on a wide range of topics of interest to software developers. http://www.artima.com/images/artima88x33.gif http://www.artima.com/ http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=281754 Apparently the founder of Kayak.com does this, in an attempt to not only prevent poisonous people from destroying teams, but to go in the other direction and create exceptional teams. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=281528 Just over a year ago, James Ward & I published "First Steps in Flex." Our goal was to make Flex easy by creating the shortest examples and chapters we could, to give you just enough to get started. We've just finished making free screencasts of all the chapters in the book. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=281127 This essay is intended for Python programmers wanting to understand the concept of cooperative inheritance and the usage of super. It does not require any previous reading. The target is Python 3.0, since it has a nicer syntax for super, even if most of what I say here can be backported down to Python 2.2. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=281160 Scala pattern matchers with side effects can have unexpected results in for expressions. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=281005 I think my subconscious mind has been figuring this out over the past number of years. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=280996 The Java Posse Roundup Early-Bird pricing expires January 31 -- that's this Sunday. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=280869 We're cranking out MBAs 10x faster than we did 10 years ago. Is there any real value in an MBA, or is it just an irresistible money-mill for universities? I'm reading a book that makes a rather strong case that all management is built on illusions. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=279897 A short response to Tim Bray's recent blog post, Doing it Wrong. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=278900 This year's conference will be March 16-19, with a free "Alternative Languages Hackathon Day" on March 15. It's during ski season in Crested Butte, CO, and also during a spring break so register and get your lodging early! http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=278567 In a previous weblog a suggestion for reifying lambda types was given. The previous weblog give examples but no formal description of the process. This weblog gives a more formal description. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=278552 This year I'll be presenting two tutorials on building desktop GUI applications with wxPython. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=278550 There are only two days left to register at the early-bird rates. The rates go up after Wednesday! http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=276790 Malcom Gladwell's latest book is a selection from his New Yorker columns. The underlying theme is what I call "wrong correctness," which is fascinating because there are enormous possibilities to be mined, but only if we can learn how to create a new approach to business. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=277879 Recently, at Devoxx, it was announced that Java would get lambda functions (a.k.a. anonymous functions or closures). There are many ways of implementing these on the JVM. This post proposes that reifying lambdas is a good choice. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=276019 The story of my visit to Poznan, Poland, for the RuPy 2009 conference. Also, a link to my talk slides/script.