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September 29, 2010
Lighten Up
I got in the habit a few months ago of collecting unusual technology-related pictures. It started out as an effort to collect images for presentations, but somehow it took on a life of its own. Here are some of the best. Enjoy!
September 24, 2010
My Master Plan to Destroy the Internet as we know it
Another way to phrase this question: What are the limits of a universal Minimum Viable Product?
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September 22, 2010
Agilholics Anonymous
Oh, I almost forgot the best one: I'm also a liar that made up all the negative feedback I get from folks trying to adopt agile, which was the reason for writing the article in the first place. So let's play a little Google game: What was the positive reactions from the developer community? What kinds of sympathetic did I get from around the web? Was it mostly positive or negative?
September 19, 2010
i do not exist
Stephen Hawking's new book begins "Philosophy is dead". But I think, like God before it, philosophy is just getting started.
September 16, 2010
Signal-to-Nothing Ratio
After all, if folks are leaving comments on the veracity and perspicaciousness of your writing, it must mean that people want you to write true and insightful stuff, and that the depth of insight and intellectual power displayed in your article is of paramount importance.
Boy was I wrong.
September 13, 2010
Functional TDD: Codd is my Copilot
TDD doesn't work with SQL. Most people develop this code by, well, just typing it in and running it, probably on a development copy of the database. Either it works or it doesn't. Once it works, you can move on to other work.
September 11, 2010
Google Chrome and .NET - Almost, But Not Quite
Why not just create html that looks mostly like plain text and display it in a browser? That way if I just have to have 3-D models, I can easily send it out to the browser and let it handle it.
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September 9, 2010
Agile Metrics You're Not Supposed to See
Agile Metrics? If people love the team and they're rocking on into the free world, then leave them the hell alone. Don't fix something that isn't broken.
September 7, 2010
Agile Ruined My Life
Whatever it is, helping people see things and try things they haven't seen or tried before -- and then letting them decide whether it's working for them or not -- is a pretty good business to be in. But there are a LOT of problems, and ignoring them won't make them go away.
September 2, 2010
Structuring Larger F# Functional Projects
Everybody that's interested in F# has played around with some code, and it's amazing how much stuff you can put into a small space with the language, but at some point, you're probably going to get into a situation where...
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