In the final part (for now) of the series, here are some of the most interesting blog posts, essays, articles I read online (in English) during 2010. Maybe you find something interesting to read that you missed until now. Enjoy!
Engineering, hacking
Erik Naggum: S-exp vs. XML (the mother of all rants)
Linus Torvalds on why he prefers C to C++
Alan J Perlis: Epigrams on programming
Catalog of anti-patterns (from the wonderful C2 wiki)
Bruce Schneier: What is a hacker?
Steve Yegge about the features of great software systems (really long, but well worth the read)
Interesting quotes (mostly computer science related)
Steve Jobs interview from 1993
I have an idea, I just need a programmer
Larry Wall’s virtues of a programmer
Clay Shirky on why “semantic web” is missing the point
Shigeru Miyamoto on the design of Super Mario
The New Yorker article on Perelman and the Poincaré conjecture
Observations
“Too much time on his hands” – how to reply to possibly the most annoying comment (Cory Doctorow)
Eliezer Yudkowsky: The fallacy of gray
Addicted to fake achievement (observations about computer games and again, about the type of praise to give to children)
Conway’s law (an observation about organizations)
Motivation, useful tips
John Perry: Structured procrastination
How to vanish in America (some interesting tips, should you ever need them :) )
Useful writing tips from famous writers
The use of apostrophe in English (can’t be repeated enough)
Reddit AMA: from computer science to lumbering industry
How to afford anything (some nice tips on frugality)
Derek Sivers: This is only a test
Steve Pavlina: 10 reasons not to get a job (oldie but has some good points hidden there) and Tim O’Reilly’s more insightful Work on stuff that matters
Piotr Wozniak’s article about sleeping (in short: forget the alarm clock)
Funny
Microsoft humor skills (might be a meta-joke)
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This is a really nice bunch of links :) put to favorites, to read someday (hope)
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