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April 15, 2006

3 entries filed this day

Goodies

Guy Kawasaki · Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures · IT Management

I've been getting lots of goodies lately, and I thought I'd break the mold of my blog and provide some product reviews. (Before the conspiracy and conflict-of-interest folks ask, I don't have a monetary interest in any of these...

Filed at 1:39am

Muriel Spark, 1918-2006

Joel Spolsky · CEO, Fog Creek Software · Software Development

“‘You begin,’ he said, ‘by setting your scene. You have to see your scene, either in reality or in imagination. For instance, from here you can see across the lake. But on a day like this you can’t see across the lake, it’s too misty. You can’t see the other side.’ Rowland took off his reading glasses to stare at his creative writing class, whose parents’ money was being thus spent: two boys and three girls around sixteen to seventeen years of age, some more, some a little less. ‘So,’ he said, ‘you must just write, when you set your scene, “the other side of the lake was hidden in mist.” Or if you want to exercise imagination, on a day like today, you can write, “The other side of the lake was just visible.” But as you are setting the scene, don’t make any emphasis as yet. It’s too soon, for instance, for you to write, “The other side of the lake was hidden in the fucking mist.” That will come later. You are setting your scene. You don’t want to make a point as yet.’”

Filed at 8:18pm

ASP Free On Consuming CF Web Services In VB

Ben Forta · MX Senior Technical Evangelist, Macromedia · coldfusion

ASP Free.com is running a beginners tutorial on using Web Services in VB6 , demonstrating how t

Filed at 11:11pm

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