Colbert trashes GWB to his face

Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert ripped into George Bush while he sat there before him at the White House Correspondents dinner.

Why aid doesn't work

Ever wonder why, ater all the money spent on trying to help impoverished nations, they're no better off than before? Well, here's a well-reasoned conjecture.

While he does a good job of pointing out the problems, his solution isn't really much better. This one is.

The future of gaming

Legendary computer game creator Will Wright presents the grand unified theory of game design using his new game Spore as an example.

People decide whether they like or hate a web page in the 1st 20th of a second after they see it

This means that slow-loading or ugly websites are doomed from the outset.

Excellent essays about software development

These are the online sources for a collection of pieces on software development that Joel Spolsky selected to be the best of their kind.

The real reasons you're working so hard

A BizWeek article analysing the causes of overworked professionals in large US corporations.

A new blog is born

I've decided to create a new blog on which to post random links I find. It'll probably suck but who cares.