Please explain to me what changing resolutions on the fly "makes easier for the average joe"... because I've never once in my nine years of using computers needed to do it.
How about laptops? My laptop can do 1600x1200, so that's what I do when I'm hooked up to my 21" tube. Now, if I want to go to a meeting, the LCD is only 1024x768. I've been having to endure dropping X down such that I still have my full 1600x1200 display, but with a 1024x768 viewport into it. People may think that's a usable model, but it's REALLY obnoxious.
In effect, it turns my nice little light-weight laptop into a glorified portable computer; I can use it mobile, but I either have to restart X (killing any graphical apps I have running) to change to 1024x768, or endure the pain of having my actual desktop be MUCH larger than what I can actually see.
Once this stabalizes enough that I can actually run it easily, I'll be a much happier laptop-owner.
"We've got a hot new product based on bleeding-edge technology!"
sounds a little better than:
"We've got a hot new product, based on technology that we proved physically possible three years ago ago, and have only now managed to make commercially feasable!"
The person will interview with a bunch of different people, all who have a different focus:
Mike grills them on their academic history.
Ruth grills them on their technical skills.
Bill chats with the candidate, and gets a feel for the person.
All three are really good at their particular interview tactic, and the people who've gotten thumbs up from all three have turned out to be great.
The last time I remember that we hired someone without buy-in from all of them, Bill said that the guy just didn't feel right. About a month later, he wound up getting sacked because he really didn't do much of anything.
So my advice is figure out what each person on your team is really good at evaluating, and make them focus on that.
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Yeah, that's it; I'm not bad at it, it's just too hard. Just like, um, most every other video game I've played...
How about laptops? My laptop can do 1600x1200, so that's what I do when I'm hooked up to my 21" tube. Now, if I want to go to a meeting, the LCD is only 1024x768. I've been having to endure dropping X down such that I still have my full 1600x1200 display, but with a 1024x768 viewport into it. People may think that's a usable model, but it's REALLY obnoxious.
In effect, it turns my nice little light-weight laptop into a glorified portable computer; I can use it mobile, but I either have to restart X (killing any graphical apps I have running) to change to 1024x768, or endure the pain of having my actual desktop be MUCH larger than what I can actually see.
Once this stabalizes enough that I can actually run it easily, I'll be a much happier laptop-owner.
....Well come on, isn't something supposed to happen?
And the cd's on sale for $15.99?
Damn!
Maybe because a press release saying:
"We've got a hot new product based on bleeding-edge technology!"
sounds a little better than:
"We've got a hot new product, based on technology that we proved physically possible three years ago ago, and have only now managed to make commercially feasable!"
The person will interview with a bunch of different people, all who have a different focus: Mike grills them on their academic history. Ruth grills them on their technical skills. Bill chats with the candidate, and gets a feel for the person.
All three are really good at their particular interview tactic, and the people who've gotten thumbs up from all three have turned out to be great.
The last time I remember that we hired someone without buy-in from all of them, Bill said that the guy just didn't feel right. About a month later, he wound up getting sacked because he really didn't do much of anything.
So my advice is figure out what each person on your team is really good at evaluating, and make them focus on that.