(Or, how to find your niche) Did you know that Paul Graham just published an article on this? Or at least, tangential to this? Copy What You Like The list […]
The End of the BlockBuster – II
When Chad Fowler gave his talk, he mentioned that the implied career path for most people in software is to become CIO – perhaps for the ambitious – CEO – […]
I’m Unprofessional …
(A Rant) Really, I am unprofessional. I’ve been told by friends and people I respect that my website is terrible. Unprofessional. Ugly. How dare I have a website without CSS? […]
The End of the BlockBuster – I
Remember back when everyone saw Batman? I mean everyone. Science Fiction Fans watched it; thrill seekers and horror fans watched it (it had a very dark “joker”); kids who played […]
Testing Computer Software, 3rd Ed
Dr. Cem Kaner has started work on the 3rd edition of his popular sofware testing book by posting a short article here. If you’d like a short introduction to some […]
Presentations – III
For some time I’ve been trying to put together a post about the Blue Man Group – the seven-city theatre production that is, well … unique. I recently saw Blue […]
The Requirements Problem
Software Requirements are hard. Ok, let’s do some critical thinking on that. Why are requirements hard? In my honest opinion, the skill set to do requirements is a combination of […]
Agile "Architecture"
I’m not a huge fan of the concept of software architecture. All too often, I find architecture is an excuse to have highly compensated people who don’t produce working software. […]
Metrics Madness – II
UPDATE: Mark Waite is quick to point out this article by Cem Kaner on Metrics Dysfunction, which predates Joel by years. The style of the two articles is very different; […]