Links for 2009-07-07
- Simply Scheme: Introducing Computer Science - The entire 'Simply Scheme' book online. This is an excellent book for the beginning schemer.
- Tom Williams: Hired by Apple at 14. His full story. | Derek Sivers - I was recently in Vancouver Canada for a week, considering moving there, when my friend Ariel Hyatt said, “You have to meet this amazing guy Tom Williams. He got hired by Apple when he was only 14. I think the company had to, like, legally adopt him to do it. He’s a go-getter like you. Plus his wife, Jessie is an awesome country artist.” I met Tom for dinner, loved his story, and wanted to share it with everyone. Especially in this environment of 10%-25% unemployment, his story and philosophy have some inspiring lessons about how to get a job or make huge deals despite a lack of experience. So I recorded a phone call and let him tell his tale in his own words:
- A Comparison of Open Source Search Engines « zooie’s blog - Later this month we will be presenting a half day tutorial on Open Search at SIGIR. It’ll basically focus on how to use open source software and cloud services for building and quickly prototyping advanced search applications. Open Search isn’t just about building a Google-like search box on a free technology stack, but encouraging the community to extend and embrace search technology to improve the relevance of any application.
This is a collection of links I have bookmarked on del.icio.us for the date 2009-07-07
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