A few years ago I became really interested in recording music. I had been writing a little with a friend, using whatever crap equipment we could afford, the results weren't amazing but we were having fun and staying focussed on the music itself.
Then we starting recording other people. I became obsessed with gear, software and all the associated toys that go with any technical pursuit. I'm a programmer, so it's easy to understand how that happens but I totally lost sight of the music, spent way too much money and equipment that was nowhere near being required and generally lost the plot. I was tracking everything 24-bit/96kHz and bemoaning the loss of quality when I mixed down for CD.
Anyway, the TL;DR version of what followed was that we recorded quite a bit, lost interest in making our own music and then the whole adventure came to an end. Now my gear is leaving via eBay and I'm finding my way back to just playing guitar and trying to write good music.
24-bit/192kHz - pointless. Give me a small venue and a guy with an acoustic guitar any day.
I agree. I would gladly pay full price for TextMate 2, even although I paid for it the first time around. Of all the software I've bought over the years, TextMate is the one product that I use every day.
I'd started looking at Sublime Text 2 as a possible replacement, as it's got some really nice features. The TM2 announcement fills me with hope that I may not have to do that... so I'll hang in there a bit longer.
Frankly I'm in shock. That a company as large and experienced as Sony would allow this to happen, well it beggars belief. The contempt shown to customers, not just by Sony but by other large tech companies (I'm looking at you Apple) is disgusting.
I choose not to be part of Facebook because I'd rather they didn't know every detail of my life. Now I have to consider if I want to use products from Sony because of concerns that they can't even protect my private data, which they force me to give them in order to use their services.
I think this could be really good as a way to explain Git to folks who maybe haven't had the exposure to DVCS or Git itself. Version control is surprisingly hard for some people to wrap their heads around. Nice work.
I really think this project is misguided. The idea that the responses from my data layer should also contain the code which is executed to present it client-side, well it's just plain wrong. The two should never be so tightly coupled.
I'll be honest and say that I'm a CS dropout who's never felt like any kind of maths wizard. I didn't enjoy the CS course I took back when I was 17 but that never stopped me from pursuing a career in the field that I'm passionate about.
Since that time I've taught myself everything I needed to know and never really felt the poorer for it. It's not easy and a degree is a great foundation but it's exactly that, a foundation. What comes after graduation day is a lifetime of learning.
If you really want to pursue programming, to any level, it's your passion and willingness to keep learning and pushing yourself that will ultimately determine how successful you are. Degree or no degree.
I'm baffled and frustrated by the level of funding these guys are getting. Yes there are some interesting and smart people involved but the initial idea smacks of a solution to a non-existent problem.
