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Fortune Magazine interviews Fred Brooks
Fortune has an interview with Fred Brooks: the guy who wrote the “bible of software engineering“. Unfortunately, like Jesus in the Bible, his teachings are often quoted but rarely followed.
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The balancing act of project management
Project management requires a balancing act of conflicting behaviors because different situations require different actions. The required and conflicting traits are not hard to identify but the challenge is in deciding which one is appropriate — something that is not easy to learn. (That’s why I am also skeptical about project management certifications. It can […]
The Art of Project Management
I just got a copy of the “The Art of Project Management” by Scott Berkun. Understanding the principles and advice in the book is no sweat. The challenge is executing them.
Although I haven’t read the entire book yet but judging based on his past essays, I highly recommend this for people who want to […]
The truth about Google’s so-called “simplicity”
Is Google simple? No. Google is deceptive—Donald Norman.
Donald Norman is the author of “Design of Everyday Things” which I highly recommend for people interested in usable design be it a software, a mouse, an MP3 player, or a door knob.
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A programmer speaks: Martin Fowler
Good software thinks of the users first and makes life easy for them. Humane interfaces follow that principle. — Martin Fowler
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Software Development Fitness Tips #3
Making Wrong Code Look Wrong by Joel Spolsky.
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What do you do if your boss is an idiot?
Sadly, not much.
Scott Berkun answers some workplace questions raised in his recent talk at Microsoft. Some questions were:
How do you handle a manager that has difficultly making priority decisions?
What do you do in a group that doesn?��Ĭ�t like to debate ideas?
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The 12 Bugs of Christmas
For the first bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
See if they can do it again.
For the second bug of Christmas, my PL said to me
Ask them how they did it and
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Ruby/Ruby on Rails vs Java
Stuart Halloway:
?��Ĭ�Ruby is more productive than Java, period. Even when Java libraries already exist to solve a problem, and you have to roll-your-own in Ruby, Ruby will come out ahead on sizable projects.?��Ĭ�
Rick Bradley:
“After a week we have ~85% of the Rails development done for the module, including a slick AJAX interface (which we never […]
12 reasons not use Microsoft’s tools to develop web apps
Robert Scoble, a Microsoft employee, gives an honest assessment of why developers are leaving Microsoft for other tools notably Ruby on Rails.
He’s also one lucky guy; he can criticize his company publicly and not get fired.
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