Programming is tricky stuff. Programming in Java, C, and other languages requires real skill and diligence. Programming in machine language requires an even more intimate connection between machine and programmer.  But programming in 1’s and 0’s?  Here’s what Steve Wozniak told me - in his own words:
“If you wanted to write a computer program like the programs [...]

Please join me for a free Safaribooks Webcast on March 16, 10 a.m. PST.  I’ll be discussing some of favorite ideas from “Making it Big in Software”
 
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During the interviews I did while writing Making it Big in Software, I had the privilege of speaking with some of the world’s great visionaries, innovators and business leaders.  None of them were as fast as a speeding bullet or leaped tall building in a single bound. It turns out that celeberities (even executives) are people too. [...]

Polymorphism is an object oriented model that allows objects within a class to have theor own versions of a method (function).  It’s an elegant mechanism that has some positive benefits, and some serious detriments that few in the OOP community like to discuss. 
For example, you can imagine a base software class called “data”. This may [...]

After a recent talk on “Making it Big in software”, one of the attendees sent me a link to an article by the Harvard Business Review about breakthrough ideas for 2010. The top idea was an article by Amabile and Kramer about what really motivates workers. Their thesis was that people are motivated by “progress” [...]

JavaRanch’s Jeanne Boyarsky reviews Making it Big in Software: Get the job. Work the org. Become great.
Jeanne gave the book a 5 star rating on Amazon.com and a 10/10 rating on JavaRanch, calling it  “Several great career books all in one place”
Thanks Jeanne!
Here’s the review:   http://bit.ly/9AszRJ