I have my digital life split in two. At home I have my PowerBook. It’s all set up as I like it and has the master copies of all my code, e-mail, calendar, RSS feeds and so-on. I’ve also got my dinosaur at work – a old P4-2200 with WinXP – with which I try [...]
Archive for April, 2006
While we’re on the subject
Joel has written a nice article on ‘the development abstraction layer‘ – or why management should be abstracted so we can do our jobs. One can but dream.
While we’re on the subject
Joel has written a nice article on ‘the development abstraction layer‘ – or why management should be abstracted so we can do our jobs. One can but dream.
Software Engineers are the best!
Apparently ‘Software Engineer’ has been voted the best job in the US. One does wonder – was this voted by developers or the public? Certainly some positions are fun, but the majority are dominated by management and bureaucracy – not a good way to develop software. One reason, perhaps, for the high failure of software [...]
At last!
Mac synchronisation with Windows Mobile 5. Only via BT mind, but I’ll take what I can get.
Incidentally, much happier with my HTC Wizard since I flashed it with the new iMate firmware. It’s stopped randomly rebooting itself and so far (crossed fingers) the alarms are working properly. Huzzah!
Professionalism, or lack of
The biggest problem with the software industry (and most others, especially middle management) is the cowboys. This is a fact that haunts us daily – bad legacy code, bad design choices and, should they get into the higher echelons (which they often do) well, it’s all downhill. Can it be any wonder that so many [...]
