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The things I’ve installed on my MacBook. Perhaps useful to someone.

"... is a workshop that reinforces a long existing link between code and architecture. Many fine buildings can be reduced to a few lines of code, and a quick glance backward in time shows that is a consequence of architectural theory." (Via ChrisDodo.)

"I'm editing a new book: a collection of the best software essays published anywhere -- on the web or in print -- during 2004. Nominate essays by posting a new topic here."

"Good fiction doesn't just happen, it is designed. [...] In my day job, I'm a software architect designing large software projects. I write fiction the same way I write software, using the 'snowflake metaphor'." (Via Matt Webb.)

(Via Jason Kottke.)

"However, in spite of the simplifications made in What is the optimal shape of a city? by Carl Bender et al, their results provide food for thought for supercomputer designers and Sim Mayors." (Via Michael Williams. Thanks!)

On how we can learn from "the way we manage complex human settlements in the real world" in designing "intranets" (via Andrew Otwell).