::: {.Section1} Ray Ozzie’s “Clipboard for the Web” is also (partially) based on the premise that “cut and paste” / copying is something that is inherently productive. A microtrend? :::

::: {.Section1} [I have been very intrigued by Jonathan Edwards’ work on “Subtext,” a spreadsheet-like programming language that elevates “copy and paste” to be the primary means by which programs are constructed. He’s already put up some prototypes and casual discussions, but now he’s posted a draft of a …

::: {.Section1} This is a nice article demonstrating a programming style that has become possible in C# 2.0. Update: Fixed broken link. :::

This game perfectly captures how I feel right now:

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This article reports on Microsoft's rumored 'iPod killer' and is filled with enough details to make me think that this is a different project from Origami/UMPC. That's interesting, because when the rumors of an "XBoy" started a few months ago, I mentally said "Oh, that's the Origami." (Yes, I …

Apparently, DDJ has had a redesign (which doesn't necessarily mean new editorial direction, but could be...) and wants to continue the Jolt Awards going forward (although it's a little confusing, as the Jolts will apparently continue as a project tasked to CMP's Events groups).

Rosalyn Lum, SD's Technical Editor, is …

I've heard from several people that permalinks to this site fail initially, but if you reload the page, they work (but, of course, most people just click away at the first 404). The site is hosted with Gearhost, with whom I'm generally pleased, but I don't have access to the …

Joel Spolsky incorrectly read the announcement as SD taking over the Dobb's name. Dan Read  hopes this might mean a hybrid magazine that combines the best of both. At the risk of alienating my future potential editors, almost certainly not. So far, what we've got looks like the pro forma …

Eric Sink had an incredibly timely post on "The Eventual Death of Developer Magazines" in which he noted that print publications such as Dr. Dobb's, Software Development, and Visual Studio were becoming thinner and thinner. Things were even worse than he noted, though, since the magazines held a certain portfolio …

Oh well. The writing had been on the wall, but today it's official: Software Development magazine, which I founded in 1992, has been absorbed by Dr. Dobb's Journal and will cease publication. Ironically, SD was born when Dr. Dobb's absorbed Computer Language after Miller Freeman (now CMP) bought DDJ. Between …