My author copies arrived from No Starch today - the culmination of two years of not-an-inconsequential amount of effort.
If you happen to have ordered a copy, here's hoping it arrives in time to stuff the Christmas stocking.
Continue reading...Scratch the Kindle
I had thought that, at some point, I would consider buying a Kindle. If this Boing Boing story proves to be true, I'm not so sure. Certainly, in a feature-by-feature comparison with the competitors, it's something to bear in mind...
Ref #1: http://boingboing.net/2012/10/22/kindle-user-claims-...
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On iOS Maps
One interesting thing I've noticed with the new Maps app in iOS 6 is that (unlike Google Maps) there's no longer an English translation for streets in Bangkok (or if there is I haven't found how to switch it on yet). I've tried searching for the common English spellings for some streets and it appea...
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TRS-80
The TRS-80 is the computer that got me started (over 30 years ago). It's funny that even up till now, I hadn't realised that the "TRS" (pretty obviously) stood for Tandy Radio Shack.
Please Don't Call It Trash-80: A 35th Anniversary Salute to Radio Shack's TRS-80
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Learning to code?
Back in 2006, author David Brin lamented the lack of a good way to get kids into programming (Brin's article was actually my impetus to start writing an e-book for teaching small humans to code): Why Johnny can't code.
Compare with the situation now...
John Naughton thinks kids should be taugh...
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