During my talk “The Quantum Physics of Java” at Oredev, @holly_cummins tweeted about the beer cache hierarchy. It is an analogy with which my former colleague, Richard Thompson, came up to describe the differences between memory access times. This tweet hit a nerve with more than 1.500 Retweets and more than 900 Favorites. It also inspired quite a few people to extend the analogy to other areas. Here are some of my favorites:
Search for a Domain Name
Soon I will kick off the development of my presentation tool and I spent the last week trying to find a domain name. With each project I launch, it becomes harder and harder it seems.
Chat with Cliff Atkinson
The other day I had a chat with Cliff Atkinson, author of the well known bestseller “Beyond Bullet Points”, about the presentation tool I am going to build. Here is a recording. Enjoy!
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5 Reasons why you should not use PowerPoint to create Presentations
Last week I started a crowdfunding campaign for a new tool to create better presentations. Since then I was approached by several people, who asked me what exactly I think PowerPoint et al. are missing. In this article I will explain my top 5 reasons.
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