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May 15, 2007

The Eames Philosophy

Mark Nottingham, who uses a Charles Eames quote “Design depends largely on constraints” as his blog tagline, pointed to its original source (pdf). It is one of those interviews that makes you think, think hard about what you read, about what you know and about what you might not. I liked it a lot, maybe because I like to use the concept of constraints in everything software engineering. [Continue]

Dec 13, 2006

Reverse Salients And Innovation

Nicholas Carr discusses reverse salients and points towards his article on the weakest link and innovation. It is an article that took a couple of readings to fully assimilate it. Nick says One of the best ways to think about how such systems progress is through the idea of “reverse salients.” The great technology historian Thomas P. [Continue]

Oct 21, 2006

Constraints Are Good

Frank Sommers wants you to love constraints. I completely agree, constraints are what bring the software in the real world where it is useful and has value. Software development should respect the constraints by identifying them. [Continue]

The Eames Philosophy

Reverse Salients And Innovation

Constraints Are Good

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