Herb Bowie

Author and software developer, writing and publishing at

[Herb Bowie @herbbowie]

@tottinge This is why I wrote The Big Ideas in Software Development, available at https://t.co/Ef1fprKL9S.

[Herb Bowie @herbbowie]

Notenik (FOSS, PKMS) version 14.4.0 is out and available from the Mac App Store, with a handful of nice improvements, including improved parsing of YAML metadata: https://t.co/G9xholfnmJ

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@Johnubacon So much good music produced during that era -- it's just mind-boggling.

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To honor Robbie Robertson's life, and to mark his recent demise, I can think of no better words than these, that I wrote some little time ago, and published at the Lexicon of Song: https://t.co/fmvVKt7tVa.

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@Johnubacon "Loyalty to one's partner is, in this game, irrational. This particular assumption of rationality implies that the only possible outcome for two purely rational prisoners is betrayal, even though mutual cooperation would yield a greater net reward." (2/2)

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@Johnubacon This latest conference repackaging is also a very costly demonstration of The Prisoner's Dilemma. What I don't quite understand is why the NCAA is staging it. To quote Wikipedia: (1/2)

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@Johnubacon But when UW plays U-M on some random Saturday, it's just another Big Game, disconnected from any larger context.

[Herb Bowie @herbbowie]

@Johnubacon Everything just becomes another spectacle, to attract as many spectators as possible. When UW plays U-M in the Rose Bowl, it's a time-honored tradition, a way for people to feel connected to past and future generations.

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Notenik 12.0.0 just released. Available in the Mac App Store. All the info at https://t.co/JFsUlRtJ1T. https://t.co/zX1IGfSKzv

[Herb Bowie @herbbowie]

Notenik 12.0.0 just released -- available in the Mac App Store. https://t.co/zX1IGfTip3

[Herb Bowie @herbbowie]

@NickMilo @obsdmd Notenik - plus totally free, open source

[Herb Bowie @herbbowie]

Notenik 11.9.0 just released to the Mac App Store with some fun enhancements, documented in the Knowledge Base. https://t.co/2nh5gqj8nX

[Herb Bowie @herbbowie]

I've doing a bit of a reboot on my web book "The Big Ideas in Software Development," which can be found at https://t.co/yDivmbxGbK. It's a complete book on the topic, all available on the web, with no paywall, no user tracking. https://t.co/q0lfY8563U

[Herb Bowie @herbbowie]

I’ve doing a bit of a reboot on my web book The Big Ideas in Software Development, which can be found at https://t.co/yDivmbx8mc. As I summarize on the site: “52 Big Ideas, drawn from over 40 years of experience, citing relevant wisdom from over 100 ... https://t.co/Ac6eht43rK

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Another new version of Notenik out today -- 11.8.0, available for free from the Mac App Store. See the Knowledge Base for full release notes. https://t.co/MQba64bW2W

[Herb Bowie @herbbowie]

Another new version of Notenik out today – 11.8.0, available for free from the Mac App Store.

Several improvements, but most notable is the ability to export a web book as an EPUB.

See the Notenik Knowledge Base for full release notes. https://t.co/MQba64bodo

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Long Time Gone: https://t.co/rTyDHI9240

[Herb Bowie @herbbowie]

Once you start painting yourself into a corner, it’s hard to put the brush down….

Article from The Seattle Times, about the state GOP https://t.co/3HwSU74wSs

[Herb Bowie @herbbowie]

A few contrarian thoughts on the latest advances in AI: “Keeping to the Cackle with AI”. Available from The Practical Utopian at https://t.co/UmqiS007iI.

[Herb Bowie @herbbowie]

Well, I’m back on https://t.co/x1mYuIxakx again, after a long absence. I’m excited about the new Mastodon integration! Looking forward to being able to combine all of the niceties of https://t.co/x1mYuIxakx with the extended reach of Mastodon!