Posts in March dAmerica/Chicago 2009

Reading Life & Death Go problems
Saturday, 14-March-2009

“Tell me, I’ll forget
Show me, I’ll remember
Involve me, I’ll understand”
- Chinese proverb
Some weeks ago I borrowed a baduk (Go in Korean) book from my Go teacher. It’s part of a collection of books by Lee Chang Ho (이창호), written in Korean, so I can just understand the diagrams. Luckily this book speaks about […]

Sixth Sense
Thursday, 12-March-2009

In my previous work I enjoyed when some coworkers tried “visual things” using a webcamera and a soft to recognize hands, fingers and such. This morning I saw a video with the last research on the field… impressive:

Link to the video
Which technology will win in the input world? Cameras or multi-touch screens?

Feeling as a senior programmer
Tuesday, 10-March-2009

Here it is a morning conversation with my new Hindi junior coworker. He is in New Delhi, working for us remotely, and I’m teaching him quite a lot of things, and love to discuss about programming problems…
Me - have you read about Composite Pattern?
He - i use to say to my friends that am good […]

La Maison en Petits Cubes
Sunday, 1-March-2009

Perhaps, the only interesting detail to look at the winning Oscar list of each year is the short animation section nominees. Some years this Oscar goes to a western author, but I love when it goes to an Asian author… then I try to find the short on Internet, expecting a beautiful flow of images, […]