Comments on: Not on the Shelves (Version 3) http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/738.html Data is ones and zeroes | Software is ones and zeroes and hard work. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Third Bit » Blog Archive » More Sympathetic Magic http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/738.html#comment-754 The Third Bit » Blog Archive » More Sympathetic Magic Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:25:38 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/738.html#comment-754 [...] Michael Arrington, at TechCrunch, has updated his year-old list of companies he’d like to profile that didn’t exist at the time. His mojo must be stronger than mine: my “Not on the Shelves” articles have only ever led to a couple of books, but many of the companies he described so wistfully 12 months ago are now realities. [...] [...] Michael Arrington, at TechCrunch, has updated his year-old list of companies he’d like to profile that didn’t exist at the time. His mojo must be stronger than mine: my “Not on the Shelves” articles have only ever led to a couple of books, but many of the companies he described so wistfully 12 months ago are now realities. [...]

]]> By: tsmith http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/738.html#comment-753 tsmith Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:11:12 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/738.html#comment-753 I could probably put a dent into "Programming Small Devices"... and don't forget, a few hundred million small devices actually have garbage collectors - they just don't work that well :) You've written a couple books, Greg - what is the book-writing process like? How does one get started, and how does one get finished? I could probably put a dent into “Programming Small Devices”… and don’t forget, a few hundred million small devices actually have garbage collectors – they just don’t work that well :)

You’ve written a couple books, Greg – what is the book-writing process like? How does one get started, and how does one get finished?

]]> By: Thuan http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/738.html#comment-752 Thuan Sun, 03 Dec 2006 07:42:01 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/738.html#comment-752 I thought these books already existed and I was interested in taking a look at 'Programming Small Devices' until I saw your last paragraph. After I've had some experience programming a game for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance, say, I'll consider your offer :) I thought these books already existed and I was interested in taking a look at ‘Programming Small Devices’ until I saw your last paragraph. After I’ve had some experience programming a game for the Nintendo Gameboy Advance, say, I’ll consider your offer :)

]]> By: Alan http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/738.html#comment-751 Alan Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:27:05 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/738.html#comment-751 Earlier this year, Mike Godfrey and I wrote a paper titled “Architecture and evolution of the modern web browser” that had almost the exact goal that you describe for the first book (although for only one domain): grosskurth.ca/papers.html#browser-archevol That is, “lay out the key characteristics of the problem domain” (Section 2), “sketch a ‘reference architecture’ for a solution” (Section 4), and “dissect the chosen applications in detail, describing where, how, and why they differ from, or elaborate on, the reference architecture” (Sections 5 and 6). We looked at Mozilla, Konqueror, Epiphany, Safari, Lynx, Mosaic, and Firefox (Opera would have been nice, too, but it's not open source). There's also an earlier, shorter version of the paper: grosskurth.ca/papers.html#browser-refarch The project was inspired by Ahmed Hassan and Ric Holt's excellent “A reference architecture for web servers” (2000), which examined Apache, AOLserver, and Jigsaw: plg.uwaterloo.ca/~aeehassa/home/pubs/wcre2000.pdf Also see “Reference architecture for multi-protocol instant messaging clients” (2004) by Antonio D'souza, Kristina Hildebrand, and Gilad Israeli: www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~kdhildeb/cs746/project.pdf Finally, keep an eye on Grady Booch's forthcoming “Handbook of Software Architecture”: www.booch.com/architecture/index.jsp Earlier this year, Mike Godfrey and I wrote a paper titled “Architecture and evolution of the modern web browser” that had almost the exact goal that you describe for the first book (although for only one domain):

grosskurth.ca/papers.html#browser-archevol

That is, “lay out the key characteristics of the problem domain” (Section 2), “sketch a ‘reference architecture’ for a solution” (Section 4), and “dissect the chosen applications in detail, describing where, how, and why they differ from, or elaborate on, the reference architecture” (Sections 5 and 6). We looked at Mozilla, Konqueror, Epiphany, Safari, Lynx, Mosaic, and Firefox (Opera would have been nice, too, but it’s not open source). There’s also an earlier, shorter version of the paper:

grosskurth.ca/papers.html#browser-refarch

The project was inspired by Ahmed Hassan and Ric Holt’s excellent “A reference architecture for web servers” (2000), which examined Apache, AOLserver, and Jigsaw:

plg.uwaterloo.ca/~aeehassa/home/pubs/wcre2000.pdf

Also see “Reference architecture for multi-protocol instant messaging clients” (2004) by Antonio D’souza, Kristina Hildebrand, and Gilad Israeli:

http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~kdhildeb/cs746/project.pdf

Finally, keep an eye on Grady Booch’s forthcoming “Handbook of Software Architecture”:

http://www.booch.com/architecture/index.jsp

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