A few days ago I mentioned that my copy of Richard Gabriel’s Patterns of Software had briefly passed through my hands en route the next reader. One of the things that characterises a good book is the urge it places on the reader, the urge to delve into it again en passant, as it were, [...]
Four Pillars: On savouring knowledge en passant, and more on blogs as the opensourcing of ideas
May 24th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Four pillars , Uncategorized
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Four Pillars: On doubts and certainties
May 24th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Four pillars , Uncategorized
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
One of my favourite quotes.
Before my blog went walkabout, I had been working on the next “recap” of Four Pillars, and taking somewhat more time than I [...]
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