Investing...

Vipul is one of those few rare souls in my friend circle who actually have a plan, understand what they are doing and actually do it in the area of investing.
And he is blogging now. For some fun stuff : http://jebau.blogspot.com/

River side school

We need more schools like this: http://www.schoolriverside.com/

Can software 'compose' music?

Sample music included in the article:
http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/triumph-of-the-cyborg-composer-850

Innovation

It is a very common thing in everyday conversation to attribute success or failure of tech companies to "ability to innovate". Scott Berkun takes a direct shot at this "easy reasoning" with a good article : 'Good' Beats 'Innovative' Nearly Every Time

E-Toys

Was directed to Alan Kay's work from some blog/book and that eventually led me to squeak and E-Toys. It is a great piece of software - both from the vision and implementation angles. You owe it to yourself to try it out for your kids/for the kid in yourself :)

It may take a little while at first, but once you have figured out a basic example, rest all flows with very little additional effort - an important sign of a of a well designed product/framework.

Main site: Squeak Land