This is a more general reading list for software engineers than my previous book lists that covers articles, essays, blog posts and journal papers. Because I’m planning ahead, I’m calling this Part 1 and expecting more lists to come in the future.
Archive for July, 2007
My recent discovery of Tracker has prompted my to again examine what my design for a semantic, database-driven file system would be. Instead of writing about what a semantic file system (SFS) is I thought I’d just launch into a description of what I think a SFS should look like and how it should work.
A couple pictures I found that explain the different approaches taken by science and religion: one of them uses flowcharts! 
I recently had to install Windows Vista onto a new PC (the Dell Dimension from some of my previous posts) and my first impressions of it are not fantastic.
I installed Tracker yesterday (via a simple sudo apt-get install tracker) and let it index all my files and have performed a few searches with it.
PHP already comes with a wide range of libraries, including database access, zip files and emailing. Sometimes though, you need something beyond these or would like more functionality, more power or more … something else. The libraries presented here could be very useful in certain areas.