Soon-to-be-on-vacation
In four and a half hour's time my four week long summer vacation starts. Needless to say I'm quite happy about it. I may or may not post new entries during that time, our vacation plans are still rather unclear. To make up for my possible upcoming passiveness I found two mammoth sized articles as summer reading for my equally impressive readership...
They just don't make 'em like they used to
Dan Bricklin of Visicalc fame has written an excellent piece titled Software That Lasts 200 Years, identifying many of the criteria necessary for what he calls Societal Infrastructure Software. Dan writes:
This is the software that keeps our societal records, controls and monitors our physical infrastructure (from traffic lights to generating plants), and directly provides necessary non-physical aspects of society such as connectivity.
It'a a very good read, and I think many of Dan's ideas could well be applied for many other types of software as well.
The Deadliest Sin
This is one of those days when I'm glad to exercise regularly. You have to read The Deadliest Sin by Jonathan Shaw. You Have To.