Quick Take Cryptonomicron
Cryptonomicron
24 May 2005
Neal Stephenson really is a jolly good writer, isn't he? He must be - he can churn out more words than aphids on a bed of roses
Jon Collins
Word weaver, tale teller, singer of songs, baker and candlestick maker. Pattern whisperer. Distiller of clarity from complexity. Professional focus on software delivery, with all that enables it.
Craft or Science? Software Engineering Evolution
24 May 2005
(c) Jon Collins, Alcatel, 1994
Abstract
The last thirty years of the technological revolution have seen the development of a number of high-technology industries. The computer industry saw an explosion
Walking the Dog
Walking the dog, across open fields with the sun breaking through the haze of morning. From the jukebox walkman (for a change - I usually like the peace), come the opening bars of
Marillion - Invisible Man
It is the evening of what has been a fine, sunny yet breezy day, one of the first that could really call itself Spring. The sun is holding a steady position on the
The pastures they beckond
The pastures they beckon'd, the fields did await
The birds and the buds and the blooms all conspired
With sunrise and sunset; all sufficient bait
To draw e'en the