How To Tactfully Gain Approval For Changes
Filed Under Human Factors, Software Process | 4 Comments
Situations where the need to force change in your environment are not done easily as I described in the series - Your Software Process Sucks. One method for creating change I neglected is the “just do it - ask for forgiveness, not for permission” method. Although this method can yield great results, it […]
The Gut Instinct Equation
Filed Under Human Factors | 8 Comments
Every developer has heard permutations of Hofstadter’s Law such as “90% complete, 90% of the time”, but can subjective gut progress estimations be roughly quantified? Leon at secretGeek had an interesting thought on measuring perceived progress via circles. His charted equation is as follows:
What is freaky is just how closely it matches […]
Codesqueeze Featured On Problogger
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Yesterday I about fell out of my chair when Darren Rowse of Problogger (the grandfather of blogging about blogging) featured this blog in a post about advertising on StumbleUpon.
Considering this is my first blog, being referenced by name, codesqueeze, and the 101 Ways to Know Your Software Project Is Doomed post by Problogger […]
Unneeded Upgrades
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Use RSS Already
Filed Under Efficiency Tips, Trade Tools | 2 Comments
If you are reading this sentence on the website, let me put this lightly:You are soooo Web 1.0 - do try to keep up.
Seriously effiecient developers do not go hunting for new information, they use RSS to have it delivered. Here are some videos and links for both the RSS […]
Burning Down the Architect Title
Filed Under Architecture, Human Factors | 3 Comments
Note: There is no ill will towards Roger, he just hit a hot button.
While walking the dog, I listened to the .NET Rocks! episode with Roger Sessions on Enterprise Architecture. I expected the episode to be about enterprise level problems such as scalability and durability (and all the other -ilities). Instead Roger decided […]
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