The Social Graph is Neither (Pinboard Blog)
november 2011 by randombit
We have a name for the kind of person who collects a detailed, permanent dossier on everyone they interact with, with the intent of using it to manipulate others for personal advantage - we call that person a sociopath.
culture
design
social
november 2011 by randombit
Locals and Tourists - a set on Flickr
june 2010 by randombit
Blue points on the map are pictures taken by locals (people who have taken pictures in this city dated over a range of a month or more). Red points are pictures taken by tourists (people who seem to be a local of a different city and who took pictures in this city for less than a month).
visualization
photography
maps
design
culture
awesome
june 2010 by randombit
RFC 5218: What Makes for a Successful Protocol?
july 2008 by randombit
The Internet community has specified a large number of protocols to date, and these protocols have achieved varying degrees of success. Based on case studies, this document attempts to ascertain factors that contribute to or hinder a protocol's success.
ietf
rfc
protocol
design
networking
july 2008 by randombit
It Can Be Done
july 2008 by randombit
Finally Andre took his neat final pencil copy to a terminal and typed the whole program in. His first compilation attempt failed; he corrected three typos, tried again, and the code compiled. We [...] tried it out, and it worked the first time.
people
history
computing
awesome
design
july 2008 by randombit
BON method
january 2008 by randombit
The BON method for analysis and design of object-oriented software was developed 1989-93 by Jean-Marc Nerson and Kim Waldén as a means of extending the higher-level concepts of the Eiffel programming language into the realm of analysis and design aided b
book
design
analysis
lang:eiffel
january 2008 by randombit
15-612 Spring 2001 Non-Textbook Reading List
october 2007 by randombit
Several hard to find articles here
papers
design
distributed
systems
october 2007 by randombit
Great Hackers
october 2007 by randombit
It's pretty easy to say what kinds of problems are not interesting: those where instead of solving a few big, clear, problems, you have to solve a lot of nasty little ones. The distinguishing feature of nasty little problems is that you don't learn anythi
architecture
design
essay
productivity
october 2007 by randombit
Bookpool: Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models
february 2006 by randombit
Looks sort of interesting, but the TOC makes it sound painfully dry
c++
book
patterns
design
february 2006 by randombit
Saltzer & Schroeder - The Protection of Information in Computer Systems
december 2005 by randombit
A classic paper of computer security
security
computers
design
december 2005 by randombit
Essay: Python Is Not Java
december 2005 by randombit
Some interesting observations on a Python app written by developers using the Java worldview
java
design
python
december 2005 by randombit
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