You're way too caught up in picking a career by the "current market trend". If you're great at what you do, there will always be a market for your skill set.
If the current trend of outsourcing has you scared, what about other adverse situations? What about the next recession; are you going to run back to school and become a CPA? I'm suspect that you have a deep love for programming. When you love development, you feel it in your bones; you think about problems on your lunch break, you stay up until 3am to get that last bug worked out. If you don't have this sort of passion for creative logistics, then maybe you should reconsider other options (because you're likely to get burned out fairly quickly).
Does this really matter if the very administration that does the infringement is the same administration that appoints the officer? Their views will be in alignment.
"Although you might have concerns about what might potentially be going on,
those potentials are not actually being realized and if you could see
what was going on, you would be reassured just like everyone else," he says.
He lacks the same foresight as the rest of the administration. Even if you could say that the wiretap was legit, it sets a bad precedent; any forthcoming administration can establish the same program with ever stretching legal boundaries and say "Bush did it, it must be OK." And there wouldn't even be the oversight to say otherwise.
There have been several instances where I would have liked to step into a Cocoa API call to see what's going on behind the scenes, but was not able to. The Cocoa API is part of what the Mac experience is built upon, so Apple is not going to open up this library. But from a developer's standpoint, it is frustrating to have it closed.
The article isn't entirely clear whether the app reports back to MS your web surfing locations. Granted, it could be useful to see what the user is commonly misspelling, but at the same time, I really have no interest in relinquishing this information.
If ABC is really looking to make a splash, maybe they should offer some of these episodes the day *before* they air. Given how quickly buzz becomes stale after the fact, people would jump at a chance to get a preview of their favorite show.
On a less practical note, it'd be quite interesting if John Carmack would release the flight control software he has developed for Armadillo's prototypes.
While its highly proprietary code, it would give a sense as to what needs to be tracked during the duration of rocket flight and might interest others in aerospace engineering.
John has been very generous with his code throughout the years and I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this happen (unless he has outside investors that would object).
With proper coaching that the coordination would eventually come.
The geek environment seems to value intellectual achievement so highly, that when someone's physical ability shows promising traits, its almost as if we don't recognize that ability and move along.
If Google launched their own player along with the store, I could envision a pricing model that based the price of the songs on the number of plays it was receiving from its purchasers.
Over time, the cost of this track would become less and less and all of the "filler" tracks would slide fairly rapidly.
Our civil liberties are eroding like a California mud-slide.
E.g. an American creates an anti-us website, and happens to cross-link an image located on a Pakistani website. Now this is considered an "international communication channel" which justifies to the NSA full sniffing of packets, forfeiture of logs from the ISP, etc.
What's interesting about devices that provide behavioral feedback is that unless the user isn't aware of the device, their own actions end up reacting not only to external environmental events, but to the feedback of the device itself.
So if the autistic user finds the device annoying, they may engage their eyes briefly to suppress the vibrating alaram. But that doesn't necessarily mean they are paying attention. Their concentration is then shifted to supressing the device.
I am wondering if this is something that would work best as an implant. The user could be trained from an early age that this feedback mechanism is an extension of themself.
The decision not to do business with Walmart is not only an issue of branding, but an issue of scalability. With your mowers in the hands of 20% more consumers, more warranties have to be honored forcing Snapper to increase 'support' for their machines.
And if it turns out that the lower end users have a propensity to be pickier about the product, requesting support, service, and such, the returns get even worse.
Along with the API documentation, I found the book "Agile Web Development with Rails" highly beneficial. For a while there, it was the only definitive, concise source of Rails examples.
Even if you're skeptical of the Rails hype, I encourage any developer worth their salt to sit down with it for a weekend. The whole concept of convention over configuration can be a bit mind bending, especially if you're use to Java's XML hell. It's always beneficial to force your brain to adapt to new languages; it encourage contrarian thinking when considering new solutions.
I understand that there will be bugs. BIG gaping security holes will happen.
I worked at an air force base and they were definitely standardized on IE. Knowing about these bugs and electing _not_ to fix them expediently, couldn't this be considered a threat to national security?
If there are over 160 million+ computers in the US alone, and 90% of those PC's use Internet Explorer, how can the US Gov. not justify action in insisting these issues be resolved promptly?
I'm not sure whether to answer the actual question asked, or the implicit call for help....
Anything that people don't understand, they tend to generalize and make higher level models of the underlying processes. I think it'd be beneficial for this manager to sit in on a couple design meetings and/or code reviews so that he can get a feel for all that is involved.
I think you're going to see wildly varying answers regarding sizes of teams, depending upon site complexity, etc. The real issue here is that it looks like you need to learn to push back.
Your posting sounds more like a distress message than an actual question. If you feel you're understaffed and you're feeling heat from the top, look these guys straight in the eye and say "If you refuse to offer more staff, we can only reasonably expect to complete around this date", and don't flinch. They'll respect you more in the long run and know you mean business.
I'm not sure that a full-fledged word processor "begs" to be an online app. Do I really want to risk having to have a net connection if I am going to get shit done?
I've been in hotels with crappy net connections. It's 4am, and I can't reach my word processor, now what?
Is negative and eventually detracts from the user experience.
But there are certain effects that compliment the OS and do serve a purpose. In OS X, when a window is minimized and you get the "genie" effect, notice how it minimizes to the point for which the minimized application will reside? It leads you back, so that you can remember.
Now that the Mac is showing off it's quality hardware and such, as the Intel models become commonplace, I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple of commercial offerings for dual boot between Mac and Windows.
There's an opportunity for business to finally transition to a quality hardware platform/OS, and I hope someone steps up to the plate to make a formal solution in this area (not that I don't appreciate the current hacks offered).
It's nice to see further competition in the IP telephony area.
Skype is great, but it doesn't have the brand that Yahoo has. I can't imagine my mother downloading Skype, and calling overseas with it. But she's known about Yahoo messenger since the late 90's and has even chatted with distant friends. She would notice this functionality.
Is it me, or is Vista just becoming less and less relevant?
And the thing is, I use to be an MS fanboy but with the rapidly changing environment of security issues and such, who can wait _years_ before considering other alternatives?
So many of these Botnets are used to send SPAM. I get a gut feeling that efforts would better be expended on getting widespread adoption of a more secure, universal SMTP protocol.
Codeproject ( http://www.codeproject.com/ ) is a Microsoft oriented development community. Members submit informational articles regarding specific implementation techniques for various MS frameworks (MFC,.NET/ASP).
This is a great example of a flourishing development community. Chris Maunder, the creator, is very visible in the forums and receptive to feature suggestions. There's a rating system for the submitted articles, so top submitter's egos are rewarded.:-)
With close to 12,000 articles and 2.8 million members, it has to be one of the largest development communities on the net.
I think what makes this community flourish is that Chris doesn't try to pull any fast ones on the contributors. Your articles belong to you, and you can promote your consulting services ( as long as the article has relevant content ).
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You're way too caught up in picking a career by the "current market trend". If you're great at what you do, there will always be a market for your skill set.
If the current trend of outsourcing has you scared, what about other adverse situations? What about the next recession; are you going to run back to school and become a CPA? I'm suspect that you have a deep love for programming. When you love development, you feel it in your bones; you think about problems on your lunch break, you stay up until 3am to get that last bug worked out. If you don't have this sort of passion for creative logistics, then maybe you should reconsider other options (because you're likely to get burned out fairly quickly).
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- A workout plan that doesn't feel like homework.
Does this really matter if the very administration that does the infringement is the same administration that appoints the officer? Their views will be in alignment.
"Although you might have concerns about what might potentially be going on,
those potentials are not actually being realized and if you could see
what was going on, you would be reassured just like everyone else," he says.
He lacks the same foresight as the rest of the administration. Even if you could say that the wiretap was legit, it sets a bad precedent; any forthcoming administration can establish the same program with ever stretching legal boundaries and say "Bush did it, it must be OK." And there wouldn't even be the oversight to say otherwise.
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/
There have been several instances where I would have liked to step into a Cocoa API call to see what's going on behind the scenes, but was not able to. The Cocoa API is part of what the Mac experience is built upon, so Apple is not going to open up this library. But from a developer's standpoint, it is frustrating to have it closed.
Well said. I did a bad job at conveying my message in the parent post.
If you're sad enough to not realize the implications of making the wrong that you caused publicly viewable, you deserve whatever punishment received.
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- A workout plan that doesn't feel like homework.
The article isn't entirely clear whether the app reports back to MS your web surfing locations. Granted, it could be useful to see what the user is commonly misspelling, but at the same time, I really have no interest in relinquishing this information.
Jim -- http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- A workout plan that doesn't feel like homework.
Just goes to show, content and relationships will trump design everytime. MySpace is definite proof.
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- Exercise for the rest of us.
If ABC is really looking to make a splash, maybe they should offer some of these episodes the day *before* they air. Given how quickly buzz becomes stale after the fact, people would jump at a chance to get a preview of their favorite show.
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- A workout plan that doesn't feel like homework.
On a less practical note, it'd be quite interesting if John Carmack would release the flight control software he has developed for Armadillo's prototypes.
While its highly proprietary code, it would give a sense as to what needs to be tracked during the duration of rocket flight and might interest others in aerospace engineering.
John has been very generous with his code throughout the years and I wouldn't be surprised to see something like this happen (unless he has outside investors that would object).
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- Exercise for the rest of us.
With proper coaching that the coordination would eventually come.
The geek environment seems to value intellectual achievement so highly, that when someone's physical ability shows promising traits, its almost as if we don't recognize that ability and move along.
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- Exercise for the rest of us.
If Google launched their own player along with the store, I could envision a pricing model that based the price of the songs on the number of plays it was receiving from its purchasers.
Over time, the cost of this track would become less and less and all of the "filler" tracks would slide fairly rapidly.
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- Exercise for the rest of us.
Our civil liberties are eroding like a California mud-slide.
E.g. an American creates an anti-us website, and happens to cross-link an image located on a Pakistani website. Now this is considered an "international communication channel" which justifies to the NSA full sniffing of packets, forfeiture of logs from the ISP, etc.
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/
What's interesting about devices that provide behavioral feedback is that unless the user isn't aware of the device, their own actions end up reacting not only to external environmental events, but to the feedback of the device itself.
So if the autistic user finds the device annoying, they may engage their eyes briefly to suppress the vibrating alaram. But that doesn't necessarily mean they are paying attention. Their concentration is then shifted to supressing the device.
I am wondering if this is something that would work best as an implant. The user could be trained from an early age that this feedback mechanism is an extension of themself.
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- Exercise for Web 2.0
The decision not to do business with Walmart is not only an issue of branding, but an issue of scalability. With your mowers in the hands of 20% more consumers, more warranties have to be honored forcing Snapper to increase 'support' for their machines.
And if it turns out that the lower end users have a propensity to be pickier about the product, requesting support, service, and such, the returns get even worse.
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/
Along with the API documentation, I found the book "Agile Web Development with Rails" highly beneficial. For a while there, it was the only definitive, concise source of Rails examples.
Even if you're skeptical of the Rails hype, I encourage any developer worth their salt to sit down with it for a weekend. The whole concept of convention over configuration can be a bit mind bending, especially if you're use to Java's XML hell. It's always beneficial to force your brain to adapt to new languages; it encourage contrarian thinking when considering new solutions.
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- Exercise for Web 2.0.
I understand that there will be bugs. BIG gaping security holes will happen.
I worked at an air force base and they were definitely standardized on IE. Knowing about these bugs and electing _not_ to fix them expediently, couldn't this be considered a threat to national security?
If there are over 160 million+ computers in the US alone, and 90% of those PC's use Internet Explorer, how can the US Gov. not justify action in insisting these issues be resolved promptly?
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- Exercise for Web 2.0
I'm not sure whether to answer the actual question asked, or the implicit call for help....
Anything that people don't understand, they tend to generalize and make higher level models of the underlying processes. I think it'd be beneficial for this manager to sit in on a couple design meetings and/or code reviews so that he can get a feel for all that is involved.
I think you're going to see wildly varying answers regarding sizes of teams, depending upon site complexity, etc. The real issue here is that it looks like you need to learn to push back.
Your posting sounds more like a distress message than an actual question. If you feel you're understaffed and you're feeling heat from the top, look these guys straight in the eye and say "If you refuse to offer more staff, we can only reasonably expect to complete around this date", and don't flinch. They'll respect you more in the long run and know you mean business.
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- Exercise, Web 2.0 style.
I'm not sure that a full-fledged word processor "begs" to be an online app. Do I really want to risk having to have a net connection if I am going to get shit done?
I've been in hotels with crappy net connections. It's 4am, and I can't reach my word processor, now what?
Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ -- Exercise, web 2.0 style.
Is negative and eventually detracts from the user experience.
But there are certain effects that compliment the OS and do serve a purpose. In OS X, when a window is minimized and you get the "genie" effect, notice how it minimizes to the point for which the minimized application will reside? It leads you back, so that you can remember.
-- Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/
Now that the Mac is showing off it's quality hardware and such, as the Intel models become commonplace, I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple of commercial offerings for dual boot between Mac and Windows.
There's an opportunity for business to finally transition to a quality hardware platform/OS, and I hope someone steps up to the plate to make a formal solution in this area (not that I don't appreciate the current hacks offered).
-- Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/
It's nice to see further competition in the IP telephony area.
Skype is great, but it doesn't have the brand that Yahoo has. I can't imagine my mother downloading Skype, and calling overseas with it. But she's known about Yahoo messenger since the late 90's and has even chatted with distant friends. She would notice this functionality.
-- Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/
Is it me, or is Vista just becoming less and less relevant?
And the thing is, I use to be an MS fanboy but with the rapidly changing environment of security issues and such, who can wait _years_ before considering other alternatives?
-- Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/
So many of these Botnets are used to send SPAM. I get a gut feeling that efforts would better be expended on getting widespread adoption of a more secure, universal SMTP protocol.
-- Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/
Codeproject ( http://www.codeproject.com/ ) is a Microsoft oriented development community. Members submit informational articles regarding specific implementation techniques for various MS frameworks (MFC, .NET/ASP).
:-)
This is a great example of a flourishing development community. Chris Maunder, the creator, is very visible in the forums and receptive to feature suggestions. There's a rating system for the submitted articles, so top submitter's egos are rewarded.
With close to 12,000 articles and 2.8 million members, it has to be one of the largest development communities on the net.
I think what makes this community flourish is that Chris doesn't try to pull any fast ones on the contributors. Your articles belong to you, and you can promote your consulting services ( as long as the article has relevant content ).
-- Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/ ( Exercise for the rest of us. )
I should have been clearer. I'm in no way advocating graphics for the sake of graphics.
It's just that Craigslist has *so much*. Maybe alternate row colors, bring in some more contrasting colors?
-- Jim http://www.runfatboy.net/