Al3xandr3

2012

lifespan of technologies is getting shorter and shorter. To master anything takes time(10y?) => We condemned to be forever newbies?

12 nature design ideas video - humankind is as graceful as a hippo dancing ballet when it comes to building sustainable stuff

being an ace isnt just be able to solve every problem you are given, equaly important is to know which problems are not worth tackling

if stuff seems obvious and people around you keep missing it, then likelly you lack imagination (& fail to see the other possibilities)

evolution says that the best fit end up doing better and more widespread, so if you find yourself being very unique and different, beware

my js api's lately get 2 arguments: hash & optional function. A hash for flexible variables, function for arbitrary execution. It hardly deprecates

RDFa augments web pages as standalone data repositories that #semanticweb can understand, doubling as normal web pages, imagine web scraping done right

Sharing data, in an agreed upon format, is an incentive for re-use and disincentive for wasteful duplication. #semanticweb

tagged up my blog with rdfa, im now officially linked to the #semanticweb, the homepage semantics: sparql.org/sparql?query=s

2011

data,data,data! a #semanticweb use case on Xmas: al3xandr3.github.com

Think we don't realize yet how much of flying blind we do at the moment compared to the data driven future in health education business etc

we can't really see all the variables - its called randomness

should use natural evolution learnings in digital world: version 1.0 is rarely any good, most things wont work failfast, competition matters

natural evolution is more than just a bit of textbook we have to memorize in school it actually shows up again and again

so many technologies came, go, change and evolve... is like watching a fast forward natural evolution of the digital world

speed not always better, an iphone game is better released earlier than later but i wont hurry up the design of #ruby, good things take time

how fast is an #agile snail? Faster than a non-agile snail but not as fast as the naturally agile hummingbird #tools

the 2012 reviewed edition of the 9 Unix precepts adds: #10 REST API(on Cloud) is the new shell & #11 JSON is the new plain text. 1st 9 http://bit.ly/9JS5CY

scalability demands decoupling

API design is like user experience(UX) design for programmers Should also use optimization techniques: track usage, ab testing, user testing

don't underestimate beauty, it sounds shallow but weighs in heavily

doing #agile without agile tools is like doing kung fu with sumo wrestlers. All you get is bad kung fu

just read the programming #semanticweb, wow this is big! like the esperanto for data schema's. Triples all the way down!

the Unix Way: http://bit.ly/qeA0lK lovelly Nine Precepts

LOOL, pyruby: http://bit.ly/jeuFzt allows to write ruby code inside python scripts. then i looked at the source code: http://bit.ly/jopDAl

revisiting old code(2-3y old) some cool bits but a lot of overcomplicated stuff. step 1: create unit tests, step 2: delete key full-on

"gambling is a tax on bad math" - i read somewhere

friday localized joke - @Safin: inventei 1 smiley, queres ver? @Alex: mostra @Safin: .) o sorriso de Camoes

Why hasn't #naturalselection made the mosquito noiseless? It would be so much more sucessfull

less is more: the delete key should be the biggest on the keyboard

Term Life Insurance and Death Probability, Understanding an insurance company's sense of my chances: http://bit.ly/iPWw4D from Khan

new favorite site KhanAcademy: http://bit.ly/dxdfom with theory(videos) + practice. Enables a data driven teaching. School 2.0 ?

Today a full on exercise in API design, keeping backward compatibility, keeping code clean, smaller simpler API and loads of unit tests

just discovered emacs flymake, v. nice, this could even allow for a custom lint tool to be used by all developers with emacs on same proj

just realized i'm a "data driven humanoid"

CoffeeScript is like a cleaner javascript, ruby & python influenced, talk: http://vimeo.com/20836767, underscore.coffee: http://bit.ly/fFNOxG

Little Riki(mini me) is now 1 year old, doing already some steps, has 3 teeth and says a couple of words(estonian only)

seems i'm kinda hot right now http://plixi.com/p/86836348

we don't memorize all things equally, we assign different fade away weights based on importance. Facts a google search away, fade quicker

Adaptive Web Sites http://bit.ly/dHwDbQ, thats the right direction and in fact applies to all Human–devices interactions http://bit.ly/g8PUdC

stomach flu, no traveling for me today

unfortunately calm, soft & nice personality doesn't work well most of times in biz.. gotta watch more Sopranos, and learn some Tony's moves

RT @patio11 Minor heresy: "Reverse a linked list" doesn't test ability, it tests for cultural fit in a programming community which likes pointers

scrum looks funny, one guy calling out ticket numbers then people raising up point cards for estimations. Just missing someone say BINGO!

refactoring done, lessons learned: functional programming allows more flexible and shorter code, unit testing saves your ass many times.

working on a web analytics tracking javascript api today, thriving for simpler, smaller, more flexible api w/ a bit of functional magic

30 is the new 20, right?: Well i surely hope so, as i just turned 30

Weight Loss Predictor: Got for 2010 Xmas a very cool book called the "4 Hour Body"(thanks Jose Santos) written... http://bit.ly/fugcNE

when you find out that your shirt is inside out while already at the office, then FYI most likely you are not a morning person

keep forgetting to slow down, avoid multitasking and keep it simple. so stopping for a minute to write a tweet and remind it.

2010

I wonder if rounded number birthday years make for more action packed years. Hope not my 30th bday is coming up next year...

very action packed year, hope 2011 will be easier on me. Wonder if rounded number(10,15,20) years make for more action packed ones...

note1: weather has its own agenda and it does now follows the homo sapiens calendar. note2: you shall not ignore weather forecasts

really nice to meet up with interesting people

wonder if tina turner was aware of the marketing pov when making the "simply the best" song. Its perfect for promoting her Best Of albums

avoid car door dents, by parking between 2 much more expensive cars than your own #safeparkingrules

On the way home saw a guy in the street eating an ice-cream... It's -10 degrees outside... Weirdo

Geekiness of the day by Safin: if(!kill) fat++; its a Portuguese saying :)

RT @brunomlopes hey, @al3xandr3, you just pushed me into learning R with http://bit.ly/drGolW. any recommended books?

got stopped by police yesterday and, to my surprise they asked: "Why were you driving so slow?" - say Whaaat? that i didn't expect...

AB testing productivity, going on a information diet: no rss feeds, less of twitter, more of emacs. (Rescue)Time will tell.

30+ years old text editor that keeps on amazing me [http://vimeo.com/13158054](http://vimeo.com/13158054), talk about good software design... #emacs

Hocus Pocus at work, madness pure madness

Just finished reading the lady tasting tea. Loved it, it's almost like an historical novel about statistics. Many many usefull insights.

gotta love those slime messages: Connected Alexandre. This could be the beginning of a beautiful program! #clojure

new blog: http://al3xandr3.github.com/ is a better platform for writing longer texts, minimalist design.

Emacs(aquamacs distribution) is now my main development tool. For a few months now. And I just can't live without org-mode anymore... :)

2009

Functional Programming lectures by Erik Meijer: Very much enjoying these lectures

Functional: Here's a few articles by Slava (on www.defmacro.org) that i enjoyed reading:.. http://bit.ly/2OpTe0

Sneeky lazy evaluations in Clojure, making me chase my own tail.

As Bjork would say: Its all so peaceful and quiet until you open the MAIL, bam boom, you blow a fuse and the sky up above is caving in

simpler, lighter, faster, cleaner, cheaper, leaner, lesser.

cat ownership tip: be sure to pay attention to what your cat brings back into the house. You might find yourself with a couple of new pets.

Sun went on vacations. Please inform his manager that Rain is not proper replacement. Rain temperament is just not suited for Sun's tasks.

very geeky: done my first Clojure macro! Soon(a couple of days) will show up in blog.

watching SICP lecture 6b. streams & their sneeky delays