I'd say install a wiki! Currently, I'm all for using Oddmuse. It's just one Perl script which keeps its stuff in plain files. Yeah, it's not a CMS, but it's the simplest you could possibly want: the flattest learning curve possible. This is valuable when faced with clueless users.
What I always liked about Stevens, is that he delivered print-ready copy to his publisher. This guy did everything himself. Layout, typesetting, graphics, indexing, the whole works. Where can you find people like that nowadays who take so much pride in their product that they hand-hold it from draft to customer?
get ready to call the police the instant a geographically-identifiable IP makes a request
Yeah, I can see that now:
You: "I'd like to report a stolen laptop."
Police: "What for?"
You: "Well, it's stolen and I know where it is."
Police: "So?"
You: "So I want to report this and then you can retrieve the stolen property."
Police: "Do you have evidence for that?"
You: "I've got logs on my webserver and I've related the IP address to a particular location."
Police: *whimpers* "Yeah, well, have you talked to them?"
You: "What? They stole my laptop, shouldn't you retrieve it and arrest them or something?"
Police: "I'm sorry sir, but we don't have the time for that. We can of course make a statement for you so you can report the incident at your insurance. You ARE insured, aren't you?"
I found Joel's "Absolute Minimum" really, really minimal and did a presentation for the rest of the developers at the workplace: Zipped Powerpoint. Be sure to check the notes below each sheet.
HAHAhaha! As it happens, they're broadcasting Phantom Menace and AOTC right now here. That Anakin is pretty irritating, but his acting skills are even worse.
It's better to write a letter rather than call. When you call, note down the subject, time, employee name and conclusion in your agenda. If possible, record the call.
When it's too important to call, write a letter and have it sent with the option where they sign to receive the letter. Again, you have a date, time and name.
When the inevitable time comes that they claim money from you, reply with a letter enumerating all your notes. You'll never hear from them again.
Because that's when testing can start. While software starts with development, it's testing that finishes it off with that shiny look:)
A little bit off-topic: every developer should really check out Brian Marick's website. This developer has a firm focus on testing and offers lots of hands-on tips.
Personally I would like to donate to Debian knowing that my money would be used on improving the server aspects of Debian/i>
Although it's a commercial entity, they should have something like CodeWeaver's Compatibility database. This is the entry for MS Project 2002 and it has two pledges at $119 or so.
It's a shame they just upgraded our PCs. I'd *love* to get ahold of one of these. We're developers and running Eclipse and JBoss locally (we have servers, but local installations can be useful) and a dualcore could speed things up.
I hold Joel Spolsky in high regard. He has set up a company in New York City, created a number of products and shares his knowledge with the rest of the world in plain understandable English. He is the CEO, but fluent with VB, C++, PHP and has done extensive design work. He's gay and makes jokes about it.
The standard native language of a country or locality.
a. The everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language.
b. A variety of such everyday language specific to a social group or region: the vernaculars of New York City.
The idiom of a particular trade or profession: in the legal vernacular.
An idiomatic word, phrase, or expression.
The common, nonscientific name of a plant or animal.
I dare say that I haven't seen much in the way of design documents in anything I do. [...] I doubt many software engineers got into the business to write documents
I have a whole 'nother experience actually. Most big projects I've do(ne) have a fairsized design and I have absolutely no problem doing my share as well. I find the diversity of designing, testing and coding actually the nice thing about being a software developer.
People who strictly either design or code tend to irritate me. I have to explain the basics of a webserver/-browser to the former, and have to ask the latter to quit using obscure object-relational shit in their queries.
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I'd say install a wiki! Currently, I'm all for using Oddmuse. It's just one Perl script which keeps its stuff in plain files. Yeah, it's not a CMS, but it's the simplest you could possibly want: the flattest learning curve possible. This is valuable when faced with clueless users.
What I always liked about Stevens, is that he delivered print-ready copy to his publisher. This guy did everything himself. Layout, typesetting, graphics, indexing, the whole works. Where can you find people like that nowadays who take so much pride in their product that they hand-hold it from draft to customer?
Yeah, I can see that now:
You: "I'd like to report a stolen laptop."
Police: "What for?"
You: "Well, it's stolen and I know where it is."
Police: "So?"
You: "So I want to report this and then you can retrieve the stolen property."
Police: "Do you have evidence for that?"
You: "I've got logs on my webserver and I've related the IP address to a particular location."
Police: *whimpers* "Yeah, well, have you talked to them?"
You: "What? They stole my laptop, shouldn't you retrieve it and arrest them or something?"
Police: "I'm sorry sir, but we don't have the time for that. We can of course make a statement for you so you can report the incident at your insurance. You ARE insured, aren't you?"
Then let's ruin their party by organizing a LAN party RIGHT THERE AND THEN. Hah! That'll teach them.
I found Joel's "Absolute Minimum" really, really minimal and did a presentation for the rest of the developers at the workplace: Zipped Powerpoint. Be sure to check the notes below each sheet.
*jumps* OVER HERE OVER HERE
Your father?
*ducks*
Another difference with the BSD license is the "firstborn child" clause.
Talking about generalizations...
On that subject, I always look for inspiration to my heroes in open source, like D.J. Bernstein and Theo De Raadt!
HAHAhaha! As it happens, they're broadcasting Phantom Menace and AOTC right now here. That Anakin is pretty irritating, but his acting skills are even worse.
LOL yeah, but guess what. I logged in today and I got them. But I've posted to this thread.... AAARRGH!!
What a wisecrack.. Somebody mod this guy down ;)
When it's too important to call, write a letter and have it sent with the option where they sign to receive the letter. Again, you have a date, time and name.
When the inevitable time comes that they claim money from you, reply with a letter enumerating all your notes. You'll never hear from them again.
While you're there, check out the plush daemon. Your girlfriends will love it :D
Because that's when testing can start. While software starts with development, it's testing that finishes it off with that shiny look :)
A little bit off-topic: every developer should really check out Brian Marick's website. This developer has a firm focus on testing and offers lots of hands-on tips.
Although it's a commercial entity, they should have something like CodeWeaver's Compatibility database. This is the entry for MS Project 2002 and it has two pledges at $119 or so.
It's a shame they just upgraded our PCs. I'd *love* to get ahold of one of these. We're developers and running Eclipse and JBoss locally (we have servers, but local installations can be useful) and a dualcore could speed things up.
HAHAHAHahaha! If only I had mod points...
I hold Joel Spolsky in high regard. He has set up a company in New York City, created a number of products and shares his knowledge with the rest of the world in plain understandable English. He is the CEO, but fluent with VB, C++, PHP and has done extensive design work. He's gay and makes jokes about it.
So, what have you done?
vernacular
n.
a. The everyday language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language.
b. A variety of such everyday language specific to a social group or region: the vernaculars of New York City.
I have a whole 'nother experience actually. Most big projects I've do(ne) have a fairsized design and I have absolutely no problem doing my share as well. I find the diversity of designing, testing and coding actually the nice thing about being a software developer.
People who strictly either design or code tend to irritate me. I have to explain the basics of a webserver/-browser to the former, and have to ask the latter to quit using obscure object-relational shit in their queries.
Sun Fire V40z: up to 32 gb of memory
The site is already slashdotted, here's the cache
Next thing you know, they'll hide the old spec in the new one, for example, the purchaser must read the first character of each line in the list!!
- Must have spellcheck
- Sensitive help
- Wordprocessor
- Odd pages must be numbered
- Really needsgrammarchecking
- Does not need feature X