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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Mr. Analogy' | ||
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Number of Comments: 321 |
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| Number of Words: 29,241 | ||
| First Comment: 17 Mar 2004 | ||
| Final Comment: 28 Jul 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 39 |
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| First Topic: 20 Mar 2004 | ||
| Latest Topic: 29 Jul 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 29 Jul 2004 | Interviewing: common terminology? >> | |
| 28 Jul 2004 | other ISV owners lik.... | Yes, the Dexterity site is the best for down-to-ea.... >> |
| 27 Jul 2004 | Automated Testing of GUI's : in idea >> | |
| 27 Jul 2004 | Innovator's Solution: who can disrupt Microsoft? >> | |
| 27 Jul 2004 | Paying a Sales Guy | The problem with giving a bonus is that you will O.... >> |
| 'make the commission dependant on repeat business,.... >> | ||
| 'Actually you need sales guys to be greedy...well .... >> | ||
| 1. Don't pay comission. This causes your salesm.... >> | ||
| A profitable alterna.... | ' you could write in the contract that the source .... >> | |
| 26 Jul 2004 | Third, er, sixth, er.... | 'Writing is the really the process of REwriting' -.... >> |
| 23 Jul 2004 | Lookout owner speaks.... | 'At heart, Microsoft is an autistic organization' .... >> |
| 'Go Corp developes a pen-based platform. Microsof.... >> | ||
| Challenge:Being cont.... | If they were convinced you : 1. Could deliver t.... >> | |
| 22 Jul 2004 | Referencing Software Specs >> | |
| 22 Jul 2004 | Possible to view .ASP pages? >> | |
| 22 Jul 2004 | My resume any way to.... | Kevin, took the words right out of my mouth! ...er.... >> |
| What are the most un.... | EMAIL >> | |
| Confidentiality/Non-.... | I always thought that an agreement was valid only .... >> | |
| 20 Jul 2004 | specify From: addres.... | Also in Pegasus Mail. I just can't always remem.... >> |
| 19 Jul 2004 | I don't save email f.... | Business email : 3 years and counting. (I switched.... >> |
| Programmer Performan.... | 'What ever you decide to measure is what you are g.... >> | |
| Education System: Ev.... | 'That's one way private schools maintain their goo.... >> | |
| Does term "Troll" co.... | ''American English is to English what American foo.... >> | |
| Offshore economics | Dennis wrote: 'A bunch of idiots want to attack .... >> | |
| 18 Jul 2004 | Does term "Troll" come from "trolling for ..." ? >> | |
| 18 Jul 2004 | Full Circle ? | Steven Spielberg has been making UFO-type movies f.... >> |
| Offshore economics | The difficulties with outsourcing to India, from w.... >> | |
| 17 Jul 2004 | Worst Use of Technol.... | Computerized voting booths. A threat to democra.... >> |
| Where to focus your .... | Tom H nailed it! OP - car makers are trying to.... >> | |
| 16 Jul 2004 | Software options for automating Windows?WinBatch.. >> | |
| 16 Jul 2004 | Google could compete.... | 'This would be especially attractive if the manage.... >> |
| Software options for.... | As far as I know, the command line (.bat files, I .... >> | |
| Mono ditching wine. | 'If enough developers write for Mono as their *pri.... >> | |
| 15 Jul 2004 | Do software franchis.... | I don't understand how you're using 'franchise' in.... >> |
| Better Windows Explo.... | I downloaded total comander. As mentioned above, y.... >> | |
| Refunds | Money back guarantee will help you more than it hu.... >> | |
| Joel Topic Idea: Bon.... | 'Your biggest competitive advantage, once you can .... >> | |
| 14 Jul 2004 | What does "YES" mean.... | Great thread. BTW, I learned as a teacher (dealing.... >> |
| 13 Jul 2004 | Simple reason why Outsourcing is problematic >> | |
| 13 Jul 2004 | Simple reason why Ou.... | BTW, I'm completely agnostic and pragmatic on the .... >> |
| SEO sucks | 1. SEO=Search Engine Optimization 2. Yes, he tr.... >> | |
| If you could hire on.... | Being of value to a programming team (or to my com.... >> | |
| .Net market share | Figures never lie. But liars figure. >> | |
| 12 Jul 2004 | How do you rate your.... | 'Experts write software that computers can underst.... >> |
| GMail Advertisements.... | I've been saying that very thing to magazines in w.... >> | |
| Simple Summary of th.... | Steve Mconnell also wrote a book on Project Manage.... >> | |
| Commercial Software:.... | 'That's supposed to be a reason for shipping softw.... >> | |
| any ISV out there? | BTW, it think it's critical to have a close relati.... >> | |
| 'How did did you acquire your business-awareness? .... >> | ||
| 'Being a brilliant programmer is absolutely NO use.... >> | ||
| I'm an ISV. I got started writing therapy softwar.... >> | ||
| 11 Jul 2004 | dis-improving | It seems like you need to first verify how your bo.... >> |
| Bram's Law: What Cus.... | ' If I can't get a sense of how to use it from the.... >> | |
| Specifications? How? | The basic problem with the current software that I.... >> | |
| 10 Jul 2004 | Bram's Law: What Cus.... | It's not black or white. I think the key is to .... >> |
| 09 Jul 2004 | Run, Run as fast as .... | 'Mr. Analogy - I respectfully disagree with you. .... >> |
| 'Honestly if you are persuasive enough and have a .... >> | ||
| The Myth of Technolo.... | 'But the second time you go to the grocery store y.... >> | |
| How to spot a SW dev.... | 'You'd be surprised at how stable this 'cucumber-c.... >> | |
| 08 Jul 2004 | How to spot a SW developer at lunch >> | |
| 08 Jul 2004 | Visual Studio Expres.... | I tried downloading it. It downloaded 200 MB and t.... >> |
| Cross-platform .NET:.... | 'There's a huge advantage for Microsoft - it compe.... >> | |
| Did Windows Media Pl.... | 'I think Joel's point still stands, the problem is.... >> | |
| JOS UI issue | Well put Chris. >> | |
| 36% of software is p.... | 'Software is way too expensive - pirating is neces.... >> | |
| Testing is a FUNDAME.... | Thanks for all the responses above. 1. Pr.... >> | |
| 07 Jul 2004 | Testing is a FUNDAMENTAL skill for programming >> | |
| 07 Jul 2004 | Pretend I deleted that 5. above (with not text bec.... >> | |
| Reading glasses | How about reading glasses like Steve Jobs has.&nbs.... >> | |
| Protecting Intellect.... | 'Most ideas aren't actually very unique and it's n.... >> | |
| Crazy ass question | 'and having some theoretical knowledge of SW devel.... >> | |
| 06 Jul 2004 | What % of users have various Windows versions? >> | |
| 06 Jul 2004 | New app dev manager .... | 'Often policies grow stale and crufty and get corr.... >> |
| What price / reasons.... | Offering monetary rewards in exchange for superior.... >> | |
| Remember, the new (or prospective) boss's job is t.... >> | ||
| XP SP2 Includes .NET.... | 'Which version of the Framework? 1.1?' Questio.... >> | |
| 05 Jul 2004 | Where and what kind .... | 'Or buy advertising on Google' That's what Goog.... >> |
| Use Google Adwords to EVALUATE what keywords will .... >> | ||
| Local, single-user b.... | I manage 18 comercial programs and for a long time.... >> | |
| 04 Jul 2004 | Suddenly Unicode bec.... | IT'S THE MARKETING STUPID It's one thing to ha.... >> |
| Quicken's Quality Me.... | 'Aren't reviews tied to the check list? ' Yes, .... >> | |
| Good software takes .... | 'If Windows/Office have hit their 10 year platuea'.... >> | |
| 03 Jul 2004 | Quicken's Quality Me.... | Very well put Dennis. Michael Dell (in Dell Dir.... >> |
| Paul Graham says we .... | The question is whether you need a bug database .... >> | |
| 02 Jul 2004 | I don't have a probl.... | People take credit for their successes and blame t.... >> |
| pressure from employ.... | 'This reaction from your manager confirms your dec.... >> | |
| 30 Jun 2004 | Speech Recognition: alternative to bulky M$ ? >> | |
| 30 Jun 2004 | Best Freeware Bug Da.... | bughost.com >> |
| Electronic Whiteboar.... | Have you heard of DENIM? It's a freeware app de.... >> | |
| Business Names | Hmmm.... business you want to continue after your .... >> | |
| Speech Recognition: .... | To clarify: I'm looking for a redistributable com.... >> | |
| Visual Studio Expres.... | Just *tried* to install VS Express. Downloaded .... >> | |
| 29 Jun 2004 | The Sales Volume Myt.... | 'So I was talking about an initiative, not changin.... >> |
| 28 Jun 2004 | Book recommendations on Unit testing? >> | |
| 28 Jun 2004 | Experiences with XP "Automated Testing" ? >> | |
| 28 Jun 2004 | Good Freelancing Sit.... | Heard good things about RentACoder.com They h.... >> |
| 27 Jun 2004 | Afraid of success | I think that the key to starting a business, like .... >> |
| Administrative accou.... | 'The IDE doesn't require it.' Unless you're try.... >> | |
| Microsoft didn't bet.... | 'Sorry, I also meant to add that is .net was so al.... >> | |
| A good reading on We.... | I second Marktaw's recommendation. Don't Make M.... >> | |
| 25 Jun 2004 | Question to ask inte.... | 'The trick is asking questions a bit sideways, jus.... >> |
| The Sales Volume Myt.... | 'If I just spent $50 on something what kind suppor.... >> | |
| 'Make the thing good enough that nobody needs to c.... >> | ||
| 'Lower prices do not automatically equate to highe.... >> | ||
| Open Source accounta.... | OSS is the artworld of the software community: .... >> | |
| They provide free healthcare, but only to the very.... >> | ||
| So, do you really want your accounting done by a f.... >> | ||
| Microsoft Backwards .... | 'Sounds like a market opportunity. ' Yes, actua.... >> | |
| 24 Jun 2004 | To all those who ber.... | We've used Dell desktops for probably 9 years now..... >> |
| This is why software.... | The best programmer is 28x as effective as the 'wo.... >> | |
| 23 Jun 2004 | Job searching as a l.... | If your concern is that you *look* like a 'doesn't.... >> |
| .net Smart Clients | Re: Java Web Start: 'If the resources are not p.... >> | |
| Innovation, Producti.... | I third that. Great answer Allan* >> | |
| 22 Jun 2004 | Induce Act - Shall w.... | 'It is because people get worked up about it that .... >> |
| Why can't we separat.... | 'The text and interpretations of the laws are open.... >> | |
| 19 Jun 2004 | Curl answered Joel's.... | Looks interesting. But has a 20 MB runtime (I'm gu.... >> |
| Killer App(s) for De.... | The problem is that the folks innovating are too f.... >> | |
| Next killer app wil be a truly easy to use persona.... >> | ||
| 18 Jun 2004 | Are people using .NE.... | 'From what I've read, it appears to re-write some .... >> |
| Why Web apps Won't r.... | Well put Bill* >> | |
| Writing code is dead | KC wrote: 'I have found it [Joels' article on Lea.... >> | |
| 17 Jun 2004 | API Wars - Microsoft.... | ' the price you pay is for the whole enchilada, mu.... >> |
| 16 Jun 2004 | Isn't BACKWARD COMPABILITY more important NOW ? >> | |
| 16 Jun 2004 | How Microsoft Lost t.... | 'If they convince game companies to use the new AP.... >> |
| Isn't BACKWARD COMPA.... | 'It just makes us curse the IT dept and rename the.... >> | |
| 'Doesn't replacing a computer mean buying a new on.... >> | ||
| Good article, but... | I agree that games are an important driver. I t.... >> | |
| Win32 apps will stop.... | 'I think that to some degree Microsoft is counting.... >> | |
| Rich clients and wav.... | 'just 'be there' as a standard platform service. I.... >> | |
| One Runtime to Rule .... | 'One Runtime to Rule Them All' Great line, by t.... >> | |
| 'Given that, and the emergence of the web as a new.... >> | ||
| How the browser comp.... | 'Did anybody ever actually pay for Netscape?' A.... >> | |
| outsourcing developm.... | 'more efficient to pay some accross the street $50.... >> | |
| 15 Jun 2004 | Paper prototyping - .... | Just took a quick peek at DEMIN. It looks really s.... >> |
| Bridging gap b/t hig.... | 'I think you should really ask whether a rewrite i.... >> | |
| 14 Jun 2004 | Bridging gap b/t high and low level design >> | |
| 14 Jun 2004 | Recent Graduate | 'Requirements Engineering modules ' Do you mean.... >> |
| Engineering | I think it all went downhill when we started heari.... >> | |
| 11 Jun 2004 | Questions for a Remo.... | I'm in a situation similar to the OP. One thing.... >> |
| Stock photos | 'Go get a digital camera and walk around your offi.... >> | |
| 10 Jun 2004 | dot - the movie | Was it Startup.com? http://www.all-reviews.com/.... >> |
| ISO: flexible, shrin.... | 'I work for a company that has spent $660 million .... >> | |
| 09 Jun 2004 | Hiring programmers: pragmatic advice? >> | |
| 09 Jun 2004 | Hiring programmers: .... | 'There are a lot of competent Romanians and Romani.... >> |
| project from hell, a.... | It sounds like the original poster learned a lot. .... >> | |
| DIY Hard drive data .... | When I worked at BellSouth years ago (1990?) my bo.... >> | |
| 08 Jun 2004 | Sound | OFF TOPIC: Ramma Lamma Ding dong reminds me of .... >> |
| Good alternative to .... | I'm trying to learn Delphi right now. I own the.... >> | |
| Monumental Incompete.... | 'Either you specify everything down the nth degree.... >> | |
| 05 Jun 2004 | Piracy can be good? | Hmmm.... Option 1: India pirates Windows (as .... >> |
| Wireless broadband...... | About 5 or 10 years ago, back when I was a telecom.... >> | |
| 04 Jun 2004 | smart people | 'Now, an ordinary person who did not get all A's i.... >> |
| Help - suggestions f.... | ' My question is whether I can use Visual Studio.N.... >> | |
| 03 Jun 2004 | If you were Microsof.... | If I were Bill Gates, I'd retire and play with my .... >> |
| sounding off: Linux .... | 'As opposed to somebody with zero Windows admin ex.... >> | |
| 02 Jun 2004 | Planning to give my .... | ' If you are leaving because of money then if the.... >> |
| 01 Jun 2004 | Very painful project.... | 1. Find out what your boss cares about. (Money, pr.... >> |
| Alone or Team? | The voices in my head are telling me to work alone.... >> | |
| If business is so ...... | ''School has given you the feeling that you have t.... >> | |
| 30 May 2004 | Cost of living in NY.... | 'It's time that companies realised that being ther.... >> |
| Critical Group Size | I seem to remember reading that the US Marines are.... >> | |
| Getting the UI right | IT'S THE ITERATIONS THAT MAKE IT HARD I find th.... >> | |
| teach Procedural or .... | Tip: Ask him before you start helping with anythi.... >> | |
| 28 May 2004 | Paul Graham's "Why N.... | Insightful. Amazing. >> |
| 19 May 2004 | Do many programmers .... | 'I tend to get a bit peeved at that as it usually .... >> |
| 18 May 2004 | Do many programmers find writing TEST PLANS hard? >> | |
| 18 May 2004 | Not really being hon.... | The artist makes very good points. To summeri.... >> |
| Who was this meeting with? Who do you report .... >> | ||
| Do many programmers .... | 'it is *really* hard to feel motivated to write te.... >> | |
| 'Testing needs to be done while developing or it .... >> | ||
| thoughts on new arti.... | Steve makes some very good points. Fear is the .... >> | |
| medical forum? | Unfortunately 'medical software' is an incredibly .... >> | |
| Having some good ide.... | 'A couple years back, I was involved with: Aria.... >> | |
| 'your probably poor design in preference to their .... >> | ||
| Any suggestions for .... | One more thought: I wonder if it would work bet.... >> | |
| 'There's also a tendency for salespeople to bitch .... >> | ||
| Derek, Thanks. Very good point. Best suggestion.... >> | ||
| 'Dennis is right, Mr Analogy. You're a multimedia .... >> | ||
| OH, BTW, the reason I know the change would be tri.... >> | ||
| 'Dennis is right, Mr Analogy. You're a multimedia .... >> | ||
| Mr. Curiosity, Let me see if I'm understanding y.... >> | ||
| 'If I were you I'd tell her that since you are not.... >> | ||
| 17 May 2004 | Any suggestions for management difficulty? >> | |
| 17 May 2004 | 'Overall, it appears that you are trying to manage.... >> | |
| Never met her in person. Too far to travel. 'Co.... >> | ||
| Responses to the above: To clarify: we sell a p.... >> | ||
| "Inductive" User Int.... | 'rarely/by novices then the interface needs to be .... >> | |
| 16 May 2004 | Just a thought. | Comparison of cold, inhuman buearacracy to cold, .... >> |
| 15 May 2004 | Learning Test Driven Design, DUNIT. WhereToStart? >> | |
| 15 May 2004 | Finding small busine.... | It's difficult to make a living selling a high qua.... >> |
| Learning Test Driven.... | Oh, and the best starting points I've found so far.... >> | |
| Befuddled WasA-Wanna.... | Have you considered releasing it as shareware? Or.... >> | |
| Directory write prot.... | 'I think this can be solved by logging on as Admin.... >> | |
| Norrick Throws In th.... | We learn more from failure than from success. W.... >> | |
| I think JT is suggesting that you refactor your bu.... >> | ||
| 14 May 2004 | Directory write protected. Can't make it writeable >> | |
| 14 May 2004 | Why bonuses are NOT the way to make work fun >> | |
| 14 May 2004 | Why bonuses are NOT .... | 'people leave every day after about 5 hours' Ge.... >> |
| 12 May 2004 | Emergent Design by Shalloway & Trott >> | |
| 11 May 2004 | Wanted: Article why .... | Office 2000 did well because Office97 did well. Of.... >> |
| Zen is closer | Goldmine was the best Contact Manager I could find.... >> | |
| 10 May 2004 | Free but good UML to.... | A more direct effect on programmers is that there .... >> |
| 08 May 2004 | Does commissioning a.... | I think the PUBLIC doesn't necessarily see the stu.... >> |
| It's starting again. | Problems are overwhelming when we don't know where.... >> | |
| Marketing is very different from programming, howe.... >> | ||
| Avoiding "chaining" .... | THANK YOU everyone. After I posted, I thought '.... >> | |
| 07 May 2004 | Avoiding "chaining" Procedures. >> | |
| 07 May 2004 | Rising Oil Prices. W.... | ' realizing that quite a bit of money goes to gas,.... >> |
| How to spot an excel.... | 'If you want to know if a programmer is any good (.... >> | |
| 'what one of their common usernames that they post.... >> | ||
| 06 May 2004 | How to spot an excellent developer? >> | |
| 06 May 2004 | 'The best approach is to bring the person on as a .... >> | |
| "If you're an employ.... | 'As ??' Ignore the As above. >> | |
| It's better to earn a little money from a lot of p.... >> | ||
| LLC vs. Sole Proprie.... | My limited understanding (I researched this years .... >> | |
| Hiring the Best | 'so true, why superstars need a huge system to tra.... >> | |
| Speech Recognition | 'He said that after a few months the headset wires.... >> | |
| 5 Yr Goals for 48 YO.... | 'If it's too competitive, then they won't raise th.... >> | |
| Sounds like you're VERY motivated.... to continue .... >> | ||
| outsourcing to ameri.... | 'In 1969, his father led a delegation to Fruit of .... >> | |
| Job Title for future.... | Software Architect Sounds impressive, while b.... >> | |
| Multi-monitor laptop.... | Gizmado. At $16k, might be simpler to buy a sec.... >> | |
| 05 May 2004 | Why does everyone th.... | Programmers (like engineers) are not taught to cre.... >> |
| Oh.. that reminds me... I once worked as a Ma.... >> | ||
| These newbies don't know how flawed thier programs.... >> | ||
| Joel's post today: C.... | 'Why is it that companies expect people with CS de.... >> | |
| How to decide on a b.... | 'Find your interests outside of IT, then mate them.... >> | |
| 04 May 2004 | Where to buy TRIMpak cases, cheap, on east coast? >> | |
| 04 May 2004 | "basline" system evo.... | 'do you go with one single version and tell ALL cu.... >> |
| Why do fax machines .... | 'Replace ink cartidge. Clear paper jam What for .... >> | |
| 'Me: Then why can't I e-mail them to you?' Cus.... >> | ||
| Where to buy TRIMpak.... | Smart idea using froogle. I used that and also.... >> | |
| Oh, and TrimPak cases are like c-shell CD cases.&n.... >> | ||
| Sasser | 'The thing people don't realize is that infection .... >> | |
| U.S. Is Losing Its D.... | So, US companies seem to save enough by gettiing c.... >> | |
| 03 May 2004 | MS offers Visual Bas.... | Hmmm... I suspect that this means that VB programm.... >> |
| 02 May 2004 | Tried Outlining program on easel pads? >> | |
| 02 May 2004 | Tried Outlining prog.... | Actually, I want a tool that won't get in the way .... >> |
| Is it unprofessional.... | My, limited, experience has been that technical re.... >> | |
| JOS & whatcounts.... | 'A quick check of the headers makes it clear that .... >> | |
| 30 Apr 2004 | Do you make appointm.... | 'but when you find out that your procrastination w.... >> |
| Advice for a college.... | I own a software company. I develop, sell, and ma.... >> | |
| Delphi vs. VB or C++ | REAL BASIC issues 1. Neat language, easy to lea.... >> | |
| 29 Apr 2004 | What are the real benefits of Managed Code? >> | |
| 29 Apr 2004 | 'but I want a compact downloadable install, and me.... >> | |
| Question for ISV fou.... | Oh, and I guess I should answer your questions: .... >> | |
| This is long, but I think you'll find it all int.... >> | ||
| What are the real be.... | 'Er... the VB5 and VB6 runtimes are barely 1MB. I .... >> | |
| All of these comparisons seem to be .net vs. {VB6,.... >> | ||
| Techie / manager mut.... | CONSULTING IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER MARKET RES.... >> | |
| teaching pointers wi.... | LP= Long Pointer ? Couldn't resist. >> | |
| Lack of social skill.... | 'That's nonsense. What about the legions of develo.... >> | |
| Who handles writing .... | 'The spec writer will be biased, and will have mor.... >> | |
| 28 Apr 2004 | Delphi for .net : ma.... | 'Delphi 9 will be ...' The problem is the 'WILL.... >> |
| '2. Go ahead and build your CLR version of Delphi.... >> | ||
| 27 Apr 2004 | Delphi for .net : marketing blunder? >> | |
| 27 Apr 2004 | 'Look at Gupta Team Developer. Its a good choice .... >> | |
| 'I think you're making an assumption that's incorr.... >> | ||
| 'I agree. But, come longhorn, the line between a ..... >> | ||
| Are forums like JoS .... | Marketing through this forum is effective but not .... >> | |
| 26 Apr 2004 | Never write a progra.... | 'If we can write 137 lines of code without a bug, .... >> |
| book evaluation crit.... | Steve MConnell has written 4 or 5 good books (Cod.... >> | |
| 25 Apr 2004 | Ideas for marketing .... | 'If I were doing it, I'd probably use a free promo.... >> |
| The Best Thing on Te.... | '-driving a ballistic missile submarine' Ummmm..... >> | |
| 24 Apr 2004 | perfectionism vs. go.... | 'Taking a step back and looking at the whole pictu.... >> |
| Application Developm.... | 'I think it's legitimate to give the field a once .... >> | |
| 23 Apr 2004 | Application developm.... | ' I'm not saying to re-invent the bulb' just that.... >> |
| Does $279 seem much .... | My theory (I do marketing in addition to programmi.... >> | |
| Better way to ask: Answer quickly without calcu.... >> | ||
| Starting C++ | Are you learning to program in order to get a jo.... >> | |
| do i need to learn t.... | '...I am about to pick up the .net professional ed.... >> | |
| 22 Apr 2004 | Application developm.... | Jason, Tools can relieve some of the administra.... >> |
| Cost of living | I moved my tiny software company to rural virginia.... >> | |
| What would you do? | Does the customer (who's hiring your company to bu.... >> | |
| freeware->sharewa.... | Tapiwa makes a good point. You could release it.... >> | |
| 'I am not sure that is a good approach. Would succ.... >> | ||
| Oh, and my products started out as shareware but o.... >> | ||
| QUESTIONS are more helpful than answers, IMHO: .... >> | ||
| 21 Apr 2004 | Product Marketing Ha.... | 'I'm a bit upset ' Rick, Does any part of yo.... >> |
| Unhappy transfer | Let me see if I understand this: This fellow bl.... >> | |
| When you spend too m.... | 'Or sending an email letting everyone know that yo.... >> | |
| 20 Apr 2004 | Video Game Programmi.... | I agree that video game programming is probably th.... >> |
| Quantifying software.... | 'sometimes mgmt will bring in an outsider to valid.... >> | |
| 19 Apr 2004 | Requirements Analysi.... | Philo, That's a reasonable suggestion, but only.... >> |
| 18 Apr 2004 | Real programming challenge is identifying the prob >> | |
| 18 Apr 2004 | fix and extend buggy.... | Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get .... >> |
| what software to wri.... | 'I mean it's all template ware now days. Sure for .... >> | |
| Do people actually b.... | ', I was wondering whether software on the Interne.... >> | |
| 17 Apr 2004 | Bugs in Delphi 7 ? >> | |
| 17 Apr 2004 | Commercial Software .... | One other problem with corporate users (who are, i.... >> |
| Bugs in Delphi 7 ? | Thanks for all the info. Here's the info on Del.... >> | |
| 15 Apr 2004 | Another take on mana.... | My old manager: We need to do X Me: why? My old.... >> |
| 14 Apr 2004 | How much experience .... | Aussie Chick, What do you WANT? I suspect yo.... >> |
| Piracy detection | Oh and.... I like your new app. Can I use it fo.... >> | |
| What about using Sharp Developer ? Or, how abou.... >> | ||
| First internet usage | I think around 1994 or so, using some text browse.... >> | |
| 13 Apr 2004 | Outsourcing "Own Goa.... | Excellent article. IT highlights something that I.... >> |
| 12 Apr 2004 | Flash: the new clien.... | I've been considering FLASH for a while now. Tried.... >> |
| 'have plaqued them since inception' Plaqued? I.... >> | ||
| 11 Apr 2004 | 'Flash has traditionally had a poor accessibility .... >> | |
| 09 Apr 2004 | Product names | More suggestions: 1. Have your kids think up n.... >> |
| Great book on this is : Positioning: The Battle.... >> | ||
| 08 Apr 2004 | Best Dev tool for wr.... | 'So, I develop for Win32 today, and don't worry ab.... >> |
| FreeLance Services &.... | One issue is market demographics (or 'Synergies') .... >> | |
| Moving away from Sof.... | 'The reason being that most of the customers are n.... >> | |
| 1. What makes you think that your're ready (or w.... >> | ||
| 05 Apr 2004 | Does Delphi for .net compile standalone exe's? >> | |
| 04 Apr 2004 | Creative jobs vs. se.... | Are defining 'service' as people who's customers a.... >> |
| Who else is digging .... | It seems that the challeng you face is that no one.... >> | |
| 03 Apr 2004 | Simple vs. complicat.... | 'The registry wins over INI files actually because.... >> |
| 2 offers, which one .... | 'One advantage of working for a big consulting fir.... >> | |
| 'problem domain' knowldege is more valuable, and l.... >> | ||
| Poor useability is a.... | Interesting. Many 'clever' criticisms of the OP's.... >> | |
| 02 Apr 2004 | Poor useability is alike a flight of stairs >> | |
| 02 Apr 2004 | Well, I'm glad so many developers already have suc.... >> | |
| The Apprentice (spoi.... | 'www.omarosa.com' Hmmm.... a Flash Only website.... >> | |
| 01 Apr 2004 | Too funny to be true | Worst punishment is that he'll probably be deporte.... >> |
| What is the value of.... | Had another idea: have the testers provide tech s.... >> | |
| ' I'm a little dissapointed that a professional te.... >> | ||
| 31 Mar 2004 | Cheaper to fix a problem when it exists on one CD .... >> | |
| IT subculture the ca.... | Hmmmm... I've long thought that hi tech is domated.... >> | |
| Printing from IE | How are you going to handle PAGE BREAKS? (or ar.... >> | |
| 30 Mar 2004 | You may be a novice computer user if... >> | |
| 30 Mar 2004 | Admin-created XP file not editable by non-admin? >> | |
| 30 Mar 2004 | Admin-created XP fil.... | I assume you'd use something like the CACLS comman.... >> |
| cultural implication.... | 'That's one of the reasons for the popularity of m.... >> | |
| You may be a novice .... | 'Try 'Standard' or 'Normal' plus 'Expert' choices'.... >> | |
| Visual Basic text co.... | How about using HTML instead of RTF? You could .... >> | |
| Should I do it? | I disagree with one thing Rhys said: I think yo.... >> | |
| "The Apprentice" (sp.... | Bill will win. He's the best qualified. Bill i.... >> | |
| 29 Mar 2004 | Any problems with Tortoise CVS? >> | |
| 29 Mar 2004 | VB6 & Pointers | How would you deal with a CallBack function? (I.... >> |
| Time management | I have the same problem at times. 'General resea.... >> | |
| Should I do it? | I recommend focusing strongly on only the stuff yo.... >> | |
| A big usability leap.... | Repeat after me: Speech recognition is not Spee.... >> | |
| Are there really sof.... | 'Even my parents and my grandparents all have broa.... >> | |
| Source control tutor.... | Opps... searched again and found info on free sing.... >> | |
| 'Looks like Eric Sink and Source Gear are giving a.... >> | ||
| 27 Mar 2004 | Are there really sof.... | I'd guess that 10% of my customers have no interne.... >> |
| 26 Mar 2004 | How common are Win XP "non admin" user accounts? >> | |
| 26 Mar 2004 | How common are Win X.... | 'One of the beginner mistake is to install anythin.... >> |
| 25 Mar 2004 | Buying refurbished P.... | I'd only buy something that was a standard configu.... >> |
| Why .net not appropr.... | Bill wrote: 'If your product will take a year t.... >> | |
| 24 Mar 2004 | Why .net not appropriate for shrinkwrap sw >> | |
| 24 Mar 2004 | Closing the Gap, Par.... | SALES is a way to LEARN about the CUSTOMER Also.... >> |
| 23 Mar 2004 | Norrick Takes One La.... | Norrick, Good luck. As someone who's brought 19.... >> |
| how did you find you.... | I started the company and then hired myself. Is.... >> | |
| 22 Mar 2004 | Hiring your next use.... | I think Joel is an exception. I, too, am a prog.... >> |
| 20 Mar 2004 | Would OSS with paid consulting-> dificult sw? >> | |
| 20 Mar 2004 | Prioritise features .... | If you have a product that your target market will.... >> |
| Subversion | What are the best documents to read to learn Subve.... >> | |
| Using GoogleAdwords .... | Ken, He doesn't have to open source it to sell .... >> | |
| 19 Mar 2004 | The Prisoner's Dilem.... | 'Whenever someone acts unexplainably in your favou.... >> |
| Information Overload | 'I bookmark potentially interesting sites into cat.... >> | |
| source control philo.... | Any suggestions for background reading for a SINGL.... >> | |
| 18 Mar 2004 | Advise on HW & M.... | 'isn't a way to migrate a 'real' OS install + apps.... >> |
| Using GoogleAdwords .... | PS - one thing you might be able to do: sell this .... >> | |
| '- Get the list of competing bids on P' How did.... >> | ||
| 17 Mar 2004 | Business/Personal Ac.... | We've used QB for years. It's been great. I wis.... >> |
| Hiring specific skil.... | How would you determine if a prospective employee .... >> | |