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March 5, 2011

Cleaning the house today, my wife found the directions to the NaNoWriMo afterparty where we first met going on nine years ago. I almost didn’t go because I had just come back from Thanksgiving in San Diego and was really tired. She almost didn’t go, either – look at all that driving! Also, “I didn’t know anyone.” Ya, I barely knew anyone either :-)

January 20, 2011

'I should have a right to use it for evil!'

From a 2009 lecture by Douglas Crockford describing the genesis of JSON comes this anecdote involving Crockford's "no evil" licensing scheme (for related software). Someone mentioned the tale this morning in a book interview; I first saw it months ago but still get a kick out of it. I think the "minions" bit is what really seals it.

Ryan Tate

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