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An Unexpected Moment of Zen

Posted by Ben Jackson Fri, 25 Nov 2005 00:08:00 GMT

    public static function addMoment(now)
    {
      future = [];
      past.push(present)
      present = now;
    }

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On Graphic Design and Programming

Posted by Ben Jackson Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:44:00 GMT

Roger Johansson has a good take on some of the ideas behind my recent post on Object-Oriented Programming. He complains about the two extremes that he feels are out of his reach as a web professional trying to educate those at the fringes of the design/development camps:

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How to ruin a first impression

Posted by Ben Jackson Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:07:00 GMT

Just tried the new meeting arrangement website MeetWithApproval. My first test of the beta, to schedule a meeting with two coworkers, sent notification emails with blank subject lines and the return address "NoReply@MeetWithApproval.com". Needless to say they were nabbed by the spam filters. As a result neither of the recipients was impressed and I doubt they will go back for a second look.

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Explaining OOP without Mentioning Classes, Part 1

Posted by Ben Jackson Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:06:00 GMT

Update: for more fun, read Explaining OOP Without Mentioning Classes, Part 2: The Basics.

In a recent article, David Seah addressed the ridiculously technical Wikipedia entry on Object-Oriented Programming:

In, object-oriented programming, a class consists of a collection of types of encapsulated instance variables and types of methods, possibly with implementation of those types together with a constructor function that can be used to create objects of the class.

It goes downhill from there.

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