TIOBE programming index

Not 100% how useful this information is but it is still interesting. The following is taken straight from http://www.tiobe.com:

The TIOBE Programming Community index gives an indication of the popularity of programming languages. The index is updated once a month. The ratings are based on the world-wide availability of skilled engineers, courses and third party vendors. The popular search engines Google, MSN, and Yahoo! are used to calculate the ratings. Observe that the TIOBE index is not about the best programming language or the language in which most lines of code have been written.

The index can be used to check whether your programming skills are still up to date or to make a strategic decision about what programming language should be adopted when starting to build a new software system. The definition of the TIOBE index can be found here.

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coolness from microsoft

Photosynth from Microsoft is amazing to me. I can't wait for this to come out to the public and be able to play with the software. I'm sure it will be pricey, but I hope not.

General premise is it takes a ton of photos of a single item, and then puts them all together in a seamless fashion. It allows you to zoom and fly through the pictures. There are a few available at their site now, with more to come.

http://labs.live.com/photosynth/

<the todd />

what's so cool about this?

I just don't get this...maybe it's b/c I don't have a lot to say. Maybe I will get the hang of posting my thoughts but right now it's just to see how this stuff works in case I have to build one.

<the todd />

Edit: not gonna build one since there are already many that do the trick. Falls under something about not reinventing the wheel concept.