BodeMiller

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For the last decade Bode Miller is the most famous american sportsman (at least in Austria; as Austria is the country dedicated to downhill skiing). Bode decided to write a bibliography and I had the chance to read it during 2011 Christmas break. It is an amazing book for many reasons, including one that touches my view of API design!

I have found Bode's book interesting for at least three reasons. The question is how to present it in an interesting way for expected audience of this website? I'll do it with three easy to remember quotations.

Woods

Grow up in woods, become extraordinary!

I have not grew up in the woods like Bode did, but still I am from a village with few voters on the edge of mountains. At the teen age there used to be a time when I was ashamed of my origin, but over the time, I can only be proud. I have not met many people from more wood-like parts of the world being interested in API design. Moreover I know that our mountains produced more than woodcutters. From the point of API design, it is good to remind us that word robot comes from our county.

Possibly, the more redneck you are, the more radical ideas you can have. Bode was always radical enough! Sometimes he was too radical to allow me to understood, but after reading his book, things make sense. Maybe you want to grow up in in woods to increase you chances to compete in contemporary world!

Skiing

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