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On becoming a programmer Mike Lee: “I often say that anyone can learn to program, but you have to be born a programmer.” There are, roughly, two types of programmers. One type was in the computer club at high school and got a computer science degree (or two or three). The other type, well, didn’t—they were English majors, college dropouts, busboys, artists, odd-job-doers. (Cue Captain Renault: “That makes Rick a citizen of the world.”) My advice to young people is to get a computer science degree, if for no other reason than you can avoid those odd jobs and get right to the programming. And it also gives you an early chance to find out if you were, in fact, born a programmer. But one of the things I love about developing software is that nobody asks for your education background before trying your software. If they like it, cool, and if not, not. Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:08:48 GMT

The Delicious Generation Rogue Amoeba: “I dubbed this new school ‘The Delicious Generation.’ Many of the design and marketing ideas of this new school seem to be derived from the successes of Delicious Library, and I’m sure many members of this generation would readily and happily list it as an influence.” Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:02:40 GMT

RSS Spec Moves to Berkman, Advisory Board Formed UserLand has transferred ownership of its RSS 2.0 spec to the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. The spec is now licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike license. An advisory board was formed to support and advocate RSS. Its initial members are Dave Winer, Jon Udell, and Brent Simmons. Dan Gillmor: RSS Moves a Step Forward. Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:21:08 GMT

Breaking into the Business: An Interview with Michael Matas O’Reilly: “He’s the graphic designer who helped Dan Wood create the great look for Watson and who’s now designing for the Omni Group, as well as creating graphics and icons for other Mac OS X software developers. Michael works exclusively in Mac OS X, and mostly in Photoshop 7. Oh, and one more thing, he’s 16 years old and a junior in high school.” Tue, 05 Nov 2002 00:23:44 GMT