5/4/2007

No games today, but hopefully some interesting links just the same.

* When distorting information actually improves its understandability: This is especially the case for subway/mass-transit maps because the question is not where x is in relation to y, but can you get to x from y. http://tinyurl.com/3x3t27

* There is good money in open source! MySQL AB, a company whose core business is developing and supporting the open source database server, MySQL, hit $50 million in revenue last year – a 50% increase from 2005. http://tinyurl.com/3xxcol

* DRY process philosophy (Don’t Repeat Yourself). “The philosophy emphasizes that information should not be duplicated, because duplication increases the difficulty of change, may decrease clarity, and leads to opportunities for inconsistency.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don’t_repeat_yourself

* The Gentle Art of Saying No. “You can never be productive if you take on too many commitments – you simply spread yourself too thin and will not be able to get anything done, at least not well or on time.” http://tinyurl.com/22wmw2

Enjoy!
Peter


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