A long time ago I was in one of those corporate rah-rah training programs that dealt with teamwork. One of the exercises was putting together a difficult puzzle as an individual while team members watched, knowing the solution, but could not help you at all. One particular person we got to watch absolutely could not […]
I’m kinda getting tired of the Mac crowd. BTW — I am typing this on a Mac. I use a Mac because that’s what I have at home. It’s OK I guess. For work I have a Windows notebook. It’s OK I guess. Mac people definitely look down their snout at anyone else, even Linux […]
I’ve been re-reading the classic Mythical Man Month and working on a new team with a PM inexperienced in my field and have come up with some compelling observations about how things have changed since the first iteration of MMM had been written in 1975 — some 36 years ago. The most obvious is that […]
I just bought an Atrix from my carrier, AT&T. It’s a groundbreaking device: dual core processor, 1 gig ram, HDMI port. The battery life is stupendous. Anyway, first day I made a simple app from a sample I found. You can use either Eclipse, or NetBeans to make an Android app. Here’s the developer setup […]
Last week I was faced with a dilemma I run into on projects that are just gearing up their process. The dilemma may sound simple, but it this: when is it OK to log defects? Now some of you may think this is a stupid question and answer “ALWAYS OF COURSE!” But I heartily disagree. […]