Mental notes to myself

Reading this interview is a really good start to monday morning.
The questiongs are directed to the well known and not so well known programmers.

Linus Torvalds - The Linux kernel author
Dave Thomas - Author of the Pragmmatic Programmer, Programming Ruby and other great books about programming. One can read his mainly programming-related thoughts here.
David Heinemeier Hansson - Author of the Rails Framework - the new hot web development framework. He has a weblog here.
Steve Yegge - Proably the least known from guys here, but also made one of the most interestings answers, has a popular weblog about programming. He is also the author of a game called „Wyvern”.
Peter Norvig - Research Director at Google, a well known Lisper, author of famous (in some circles at least) books about AI. See his homepage.
Guido Van Rossum - The Python language creator
James Gosling - The Java language creator
Tim Bray - One of the XML and Atom specifications author and a blogger too.

Read more…

I wasn’t sure how Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) would help you career.
But think of this if you’re working at a Hich Tech job the list below is you advantage:

The Ability to Hyperfocus
Rapid Fire Mind
Multitasking at Will
High Energy Level
Highly Creative
Quick Learner
Stimulus Seeking Brain
Constantly Scanning your Environment
Great in a Crisis
Risk Taker

Here is the full article.
also 151 positive characteristics of people with Attention Deficit Disorder