Inheritance is merely a hack…
Favorite quote of the day:
In a strongly typed language, such as C++, inheritance is crucial. In an untyped language, such as Objective-C, inheritance is merely a hack that saves the developer some typing.
- Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X (3rd Edition)
Clay Shirky on the Cognitive Surplus
I really enjoyed this speech. It is a very insightful commentary about web 2.0 and the shift away from passive entertainment (i.e. TV) towards pastimes that require active involvement (e.g. editing Wikipedia, playing WoW, etc.).
High Morale Makes Creativity Cheap
Lesson Five: High Morale Makes Creativity Cheap
The Quarterly: It sounds like you spend a fair amount of time thinking about the morale of your teams.
Brad Bird: In my experience, the thing that has the most significant impact on a movie’s budget—but never shows up in a budget—is morale. [what’s true for a movie is true for a startup!] If you have low morale, for every $1 you spend, you get about 25 cents of value. If you have high morale, for every $1 you spend, you get about $3 of value. Companies should pay much more attention to morale.
http://gigaom.com/2008/04/17/pixars-brad-bird-on-fostering-innovation/
