Vacation!

I'm on a much needed vacation this week. It should be fun. We're going
to Tennessee for a family reunion. My wife's family is getting together
in Gatlinburg next weekend. Leading up to that, we'll be in Cleveland,
TN staying with my in-laws.

I'm anxious to leave the flat urban area of Dallas and see some hills
and trees again. It's fun going back to TN and seeing everything we
used to take for granted. It's like we're looking at it with a fresh
set of eyes.

We're all getting excited. My daughter is anxious to see Nana and
Gran. So are my wife and I.

20/20: Top 20 Programming Lessons

I just came across "20/20: Top 20 Programming Lessons I've Learned in 20 Years" by Jonathan Danylko. This is a great list and very timely as I've been having the DesignPatternsConsideredHarmful discussion with my friend Jon. Also, as a reminder:

• Principle of Good Enough
• Worse is Better
• YAGNI

Updated 07/16/2007: Had the wrong link for the article. Thanks for the update Jonathan!