I've been reading Dreaming in Code lately, and I really like it. If you're not a dreamer, you may safely skip the rest of this post ;) In Chapter 10, "Engineers and Artists", Alan Kay, John Backus, and Jaron Lanier really got me thinking. I've also been thinking a lot about Minix 3 , Erlang , and the original Lisp machine . The ideas are beginning to synthesize into something cohesive--more than just the sum of their parts. Now, I'm sure that many of these ideas have already been envisioned within Tunes.org , LLVM , Microsoft's Singularity project, or in some other place that I haven't managed to discover or fully read, but I'm going to blog them anyway. Rather than wax philosophical, let me just dump out some ideas: Start with Minix 3. It's a new microkernel, and it's meant for real use, unlike the original Minix. "This new OS is extremely small, with the part that runs in kernel mode under 4000 lines of executable code.&quo
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I knew a guy growing up who was engaged three times and after the engagement was broken off the girl got married right away to somebody else. We always joked he ought to market himself as the cure for the single lady... Date me and you'll be married shortly after (just not to me)!
Darrin, that sounds like a good idea. However, if I decide to stay, it'll be a sure sign that your company isn't going anywhere ;)
http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/11/mochi-media-acquired-by-shanda-games/
"Google Buys Slide for $182 Million, Getting More Serious about Social Games": http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/04/google-buys-slide-for-182-million-getting-more-serious-about-social-games/
I interviewed at Slide years ago, and they made me a really solid offer. I decided to do something else mainly because I wanted to play around with TDD at a younger startup.
Ugh.