Most Popular Web Languages for 2010
June 7, 2010
Back in 2007, I wrote about the most popular web languages and frameworks . It seemed about time to do a quick update.
Blog / Development
Spring Cleaning and Garage Sales -- Online
April 16, 2010
Ahh, the fresh smell of spring. Time to get rid of the old and bring in the new. Inevitably when you start spring cleaning , you end up with a bunch of things you've acquired over the years that you don't...
How many mediocre programmers does it take to...
September 14, 2009
How many mediocre programmers does it take to replace a good programmer ? The answer is: Trick question. No amount of mediocre programmers will ever replace a good one.
New site: buymystuff.com
July 16, 2009
Last night I gave the first public demo of my new site -- http://buymystuff.com What does it do? It's basically like having an online garage sale that people can browse 24x7.
New Zealand and running a virtual company
July 8, 2009
It's official! All of the paperwork for a one-year working holiday trip to New Zealand is now complete. Melissa and I will be leaving September 1st, and returning August 2010.
Great to see that people are doing!
June 9, 2009
I have been in touch with lots of people regarding my previous blog posting, and I'm very impressed to see that a lot of people are indeed aware of the problem, and actively working toward solutions.
Stop talking and start doing!
June 7, 2009
People love to talk. It's in our nature. We're social creatures. At some point, however, if you want to get anything done, you have to stop talking and start doing.
Software Development: When Change is Bad
April 9, 2009
As software moves into maturity, it becomes a delicate art to add features and fix bugs without screwing up stuff that already works.
Management vs. Leadership
September 18, 2008
Robert X. Cringely wrote a nice little post about Leadership recently. Everybody has lots to say on this topic -- most of which is meaningless blubber -- but I was particularly impressed with these little gems (emphasis...
Reducing the Risk of Fixed-Price Projects
August 12, 2008
Scott Ambler has posted a follow-up on his previous article about fixed price software projects at http://www.ddj.com/architect/209602001.