We encounter it when we use an ATM machine, drive a car, check out at the grocery store, and sit in front of the TV or computer. It's interesting and fun to do.
Nothing feels worse than writing a good application that gets scrapped and never used.
Multi-threaded programs are hot and so is Python. We also have articles on Palm Pilot development tools and writing a simple plotting program. Check out our interview with Brian Behlendorf of Collab. Net, proprietor of the SourceXchange project. We also talk again to Darryl Strauss to find out what is happening in the world of 3-D graphics.