Notes

Unseasonably warm weather today meant I got one last day of driving topless, while listening to my extensive playlist of nothing but Carol of the Bells.

“Emails classified this session: 1036 spam, 217 ham, 109 unsure.”

Joel Spolsky makes a good case for why developing software products allows for more craftsmanship than IT project-oriented development.

And from the Wetness of Water Department: early adopters adopt technology earlier. Who pays for this stuff?

Jeffrey Zeldman ponders the appeal of travel as a reenactment of childhood.

(Part of an unfinished memoir about Istanbul. Found via Ryan.)