Weekly 7
Ideas are worthless
A great follow-up on my article Ideas are a Dime a Dozen
National debt of the United-States
Another graph of the debt, but this time it also includes the total debt (and lists which president were in office), as well as being adjusted for inflation.
Matching design sketches to the desired level of design feedback
The evolution of designing a computer screen from the initial picture to the final polished product.
Stop Rolling Your Own CSV Parser!
A phenomenal example of how a simple common programming concept can quickly escalate into a massive endeavour!
What I’ve learned from failure
Great article showing many of the ways companies and projects fail. Lots of great lessons here that are very applicable.
The Parable of the Two Programmers
This is all too common…
Ebay Bid
The market always amazes me. All it takes to create a market for a product is for someone to figure out how to market and sell it and find at least one interested buyer.