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Chapter-by-chapter coverage of Masterminds of Programming

By Andy Oram
September 24, 2009

Programmer Taran Rampersad planned all along to write a review of Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages--but his reading impressed him so much he ended up writing a review for each chapter.

Tips & Tricks for Living Green - Practical Advice from the Author of "Living Green: The Missing Manual'

By Mary Rotman
August 20, 2009

Nancy Conner, author of the newly released book Living Green: The Missing Manual, has made it her goal to show people just how easy it is to make your everyday lives just a little bit greener. In a recent conversation, we talked about the simple decisions we can all make which make a big difference, as well as some of her favorite tips & tricks from the new book.

PuffyTron recommends OpenBSD 4.5

By Federico Biancuzzi
June 15, 2009

OpenBSD 4.5 was release on May 1st. I had the privilege to collect some q&a with multiple developers about new features and improvements included in this release.

NetBSD WAPBL

By Federico Biancuzzi
May 18, 2009

WAPBL stands for "Write Ahead Physical Block Logging". WAPBL provides metadata journaling for file systems. In particular, it is used with the fast file system (FFS) to provide rapid file system recovery after a system outage. It also provides better general-use performance over regular FFS through less on-disk metadata updates - these are coalesced in the journal. WAPBL was developed by Wasabi Systems, and recently Wasabi contributed that work back to NetBSD. Wasabi has been using WAPBL in its storage products for about four or five years now.

Josh Clark on iWork '09: The Missing Manual

By Mary Rotman
May 6, 2009

I recently had a chance to catch up with Josh Clark, author of our newly released iWork '09: The Missing Manual. He had a lot to say about the new version of iWork, as well as a few tips & tricks to share to make the user experience even better. Click here to read our interview as well as Josh's favorite tips.

Stallman discusses Free Software and GPLv3

By Federico Biancuzzi
April 13, 2009

On June 29, 2007 the Free Software Foundation released the GNU General Public License, version 3. What happened since then? I had the opportunity to discuss many subjects with FSF's founder and president Richard Stallman. First of all, could...

Bryan O'Sullivan on the Power of Haskell

By chromatic
January 16, 2009

In 15 years, Haskell has gone from an academic, research-only language to a language usable for real world programs. Real World Haskell co-author Bryan O'Sullivan reflects on the changes in the language and its community when enable the rest of us to stretch our minds as we write software in the real world.

John Goerzen on Why You Should Learn Haskell

By chromatic
January 16, 2009

Haskell can be a mind-bending language to learn, if you come from a procedural/OO mindset. It's worth the work, according to Real World Haskell co-author John Goerzen. The concepts of purity, laziness, and type safety can help you write better software in whatever language you use.

The Evolution of Python 3

By chromatic
January 10, 2009

The Python core developers released Python 3.0 in December 2008, following closely behind Python 2.6. Python creator Guido van Rossum generously agreed to discuss the present and future of the popular programming language, as well as the history of the Python 3.0 revision.

Seeing New Possibilities in Existing Technologies: An Interview with April Allderdice of MicroEnergy Credits

By Joshua-Michele Ross
January 10, 2009

This interview is with April Allderdice, CEO and cofounder of MicroEnergy Credits. MicroEnergy Credits has developed a mechanism using microfinance institutions and GPS cell phones to allow carbon credits to reach small households in the developing world. Until now the relatively high transaction costs involved in set up and verification of a carbon trade has made the market available...

“Technology is the 7th Kingdom of Life” - A conversation with Kevin Kelly

By Joshua-Michele Ross
November 24, 2008

Kevin Kelly doesn’t need much in the way of introduction to Radar readers. He is a big thinker looking at the intersection of biology, technology and culture. Kevin gave a great High Order Bit at the Web 2.0 Summit and I caught up with him afterward. This interview covers: The impact of the web on our recent elections The rich...

How Techies Can Improve Democracy and Governance

By chromatic
October 30, 2008

Silona Bonewald is an established technologist as well as an experienced political consultant who believes that well-designed and well-applied technology can improve communication, transparency, and governance in political systems -- and state legislators are listening. Here's how you can help her improve democracy.

What developers should know about IP

By Kathryn Barrett
August 12, 2008

Author Van Lindberg is both software engineer and practicing attorney. His new book, Intellectual Property and Open Source tackles the slippery subject of intellectual property. In this interview, Van explains why intellectual property law is so important to developers—any developers—and shares his most important tips for developers starting out in the world of open source. Read more.

David Heinemeier Hansson talks Simplicity, Process with UIRC

By RJ Owen
August 11, 2008

I was fortunate to be part of an interview with David Heinemeier Hansonn, or DHH, co-founder of 37Signals and inventor of the popular Ruby on Rails framework. The interview happened a few weeks ago for the User Interface Resource Center and covered a variety of topics - everything from simplicity to software development process to the best way to create custom experiences.

How to Write Your Own Facebook Applications

By Mary Rotman
August 7, 2008

I recently had a chance to ask Jesse Stay, author of FBML Essentials a few questions about his book and just why it's so important right now. His book revolves around the fundamentals of the Facebook Markup Language--Facebook's version of HTML--which makes it easy to develop applications specifically for Facebook. If you can think of a niche that hasn't yet been filled in the Facebook application world, but don't quite know how to build one yourself, then this book is for you. Keep reading to see why Jesse wrote this book, as well as how you can win your own copy of this essential reference.

Bestselling Author David McFarland Gives Clear, Concise, and Entertaining Answers to JavaScript Questions

By Mary Rotman
July 28, 2008

With the recent release of JavaScript: The Missing Manual, I asked bestselling author David McFarland a few questions about his new book.

Bestselling Author David McFarland Gives Clear, Concise, and Entertaining Answers to JavaScript Questions

By Mary Rotman
July 28, 2008

With the recent release of JavaScript: The Missing Manual, I asked bestselling author David McFarland a few questions about his new book.

Inside Iron Man: an interview with visualization supervisor, Kent Seki

By RJ Owen
July 14, 2008

I was privileged to be a part of an interview with Kent Seki last week. Kent was the visualization and HUD effects supervisor for Iron Man, and our conversation with him was one of the most interesting and inspiring I've had for a long time. The full interview along with a few clips of the audio and some other cool stuff is up on the User Interface Resource Center, who arranged and sponsored the interview. In this entry I talk a little about the lessons we can learn from the movie as interface designers and developers, and a little more about why the interview was so inspiring to me.

Karthik Ramachandra Talks about Erlang, Thoughtworks and the Tech Scene in India.

By Sara Peyton
July 11, 2008

ThoughtWorks programmer Karthik Ramachandra talks to Craig Smith, an editor for O'ReillyGMT, about his work and the tech scene in Bangalore, India.

Karthik Ramachandra Talks about Erlang, Thoughtworks and the Tech Scene in India.

By Sara Peyton
July 10, 2008

ThoughtWorks programmer Karthik Ramachandra, in London recently for Erlang eXchange, talks here to Craig Smith, an editor for O'ReillyGMT, about his work and the tech scene in Bangalore, India--Silicon Valley of the Sub-Continent O'ReillyGMT covers tech culture from Iceland, Russia,...

Why Charles Broskoski Read 356 O'Reilly Books in 400 Days

By Sara Peyton
June 24, 2008

How many technology books do you read in a single year? Twenty or thirty? Perhaps a book a week? When it comes to reading geeky volumes, Charles Broskoski, a student of NYC's Parsons School of Design, thinks big. In fact, he read 356 O'Reilly books in 400 days.

Interview with Harold Davis

By Harold Davis
June 7, 2008

Suprada Urval has started a series of weekly interviews with photographers on her blog. I am her third interview subject. My interview covers a wide range of topics from how I got started in photography through night photography and more. I've never been asked about my image titles before. Suprada's question made me stop and think: SU: How do you...

Google App Engine = More Hosting Options for RIAs

By Andre Charland
April 14, 2008

Last week Google released a very interesting hosting environment for web developer, Google App Engine. It's a quick and easy to deploy and host your web app on Google's infrastructure. It's Python only for the time being but that will change soon enough.

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