brainstorms

Wednesday January 18, 2006

parr's wisdom

when in doubt, visit terence parr's [of antlr fame] little nybbles of development wisdom.

[eg. point 7 under herding cats: ask people what they want to do.
hear, hear.]

battlestar galactica review

nancy franklin [the new yorker] has a good review of battlestar galactica.

Some fans, for example, were bothered by the fact that this version does not pick up where the last one left off; it starts all over from the beginning. And a couple of very important characters who were men in the first series are now women. But what interests people who normally don’t care about science fiction is how timely and resonant the show is, bringing into play religion and religious fanaticism, global politics, terrorism, and questions about what it means to be human.