Pollyanna Pixton Asked me how my thoughts on leadership came to be. Here’s a quick braindump: >How did your thoughts evolve? Now _that_ is an interesting question! I spent seven […]
Read MoreThe End of the BlockBuster – III
(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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 – […]
Read MoreI’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? […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreTesting 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 […]
Read MorePresentations – 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 […]
Read MoreThe 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 […]
Read MoreAgile "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. […]
Read MoreMetrics 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; […]
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