Method R Newsletter: Awesome (!) App of the Day
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Awesome (!) App of the DayUsually I just complain about stuff. This week, I have a commendation. A few weeks ago, the door to our back yard stopped closing. When we’d swing it shut, the latch bolt wouldn’t do its spring-loaded retraction thing. It would hit the strike plate, not retract, and the door would bounce open defiantly. We could still close the door by turning the knob, but we’re not conditioned… See more › Tuesday ZoomEach Tuesday at 10:30am Central US Time (16:30 UTC), I host a weekly Zoom call where a small group of IT professionals spend 25 minutes discussing how to make life better for ourselves and the people we serve. You’re welcome to join us. This week, Toon Koppelaars talked about logic, SQL (a new universal quantifier operator that may be on its way into the Oracle Database), and—his life's work—assertions in the Oracle Database. The features that Toon talks about are what make the Oracle Database product the best database in the world for writing correct, fast applications. Toon will join us again on April 9 to talk about connection pool performance. How to Make Things FasterHow to Make Things Faster is now available as an audio book. This is exciting, because audio on long walks outside are how I enjoy books nowadays. Find it at Everand, Audiobooks.com, or wherever you find audiobooks. |
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Cary Millsap Weekly Newsletter A Lesson in Writing from 1944 This week’s featured article is one of my favorites from 2008. I watched the Presidential debate tonight. One of the candidates mentioned a pair of letters that General Dwight David Eisenhower wrote in 1944. He wrote one letter that he would use in the event of a victorious Normandy invasion, and he wrote another one that he would use in the event of a defeat. I… See more › Tuesday Zoom Each Tuesday at 10:30am CDT (3:30pm UTC), I...
Cary Millsap Weekly Newsletter The Sally–Anne Skill Why won't your customer take your advice? The Sally–Anne skill will help you understand. The Sally–Anne test is a test that helps psychologists gauge a subject’s social cognitive development. Here’s the test: This is Sally. Sally has a basket. This is Anne. Anne has a box. Sally has a marble. She puts the marble into her basket. Sally goes out for a walk. Anne takes the marble out of… See more › Tuesday Zoom Each Tuesday at 10:30am CDT...
Cary Millsap Weekly Newsletter The Dog Collar Incident This week’s article is about an important lesson my dog taught me. My family moved to an 80-acre farm when I was about 7 years old. My parents raised catfish as a side gig. Living on a fish farm gave me an opportunity to become a bounty hunter. My Dad paid me 25¢ for every cottonmouth water moccasin I killed. Cottonmouths are big black snakes that eat just… See more › Tuesday Zoom Each Tuesday at 10:30am CDT (3:30pm UTC), I host a weekly...