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Number of Comments: 396
Number of Words: 44,513
First Comment: 28 Nov 2001
Final Comment: 30 Aug 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 30
First Topic: 09 Jan 2002
Latest Topic: 28 Aug 2004
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30 Aug 2004   Insourcing?   Liberalising agriculture - Why the United States S....   >>  
      1. U.S agricultural subsidies: http://archive.salo....   >>  
29 Aug 2004      The agribusiness wants protection because they don....   >>  
      Dennis, Get YOUR facts right. U.S protects its ....   >>  
      >In the case of agriculture subsidies, the benefic....   >>  
      The tarriff structure IS set up exactly for that r....   >>  
28 Aug 2004   Mircrosoft.com Moves Towards Standards   >>  
29 Jul 2004   Compelling reason to....   Greg: 'He was simply pointing out that in a high-b....   >>  
28 Jul 2004   Why seek compliance ....   Douglas Bowman - who lead the conversion of Wired ....   >>  
26 Jul 2004      espn.com and wired.com do (or should) validate - t....   >>  
25 Jul 2004   What's the best way ....   TopStyle - http://www.bradsoft.com/topstyle/    >>  
   Why seek compliance ....   That's what would happen anyway? I'm not sure why ....   >>  
      Google fails a W3C validation check :)   >>  
22 Jul 2004   ReSharper 1.0 Released   >>  
15 Jul 2004   .Net devs that went ....   I'm not sure the implementation of (at least a rou....   >>  
      'Perhaps these days you could write a high perform....   >>  
08 Jul 2004   Equating Cab Drivers....   Re: cheapness of learning to fly - I know some fly....   >>  
06 Jul 2004   JAAS querying active....   You can query Active Directory as a (kind of) LDAP....   >>  
23 Jun 2004   C#/.NET (Vague Troll)   >>  
23 Jun 2004   C#/.NET (Vague Troll....   It's not a big deal - it's just vaguely frustratin....   >>  
22 Jun 2004   Database in-memory   You mentioned an application server. Are you using....   >>  
16 Jun 2004   Incoming Slashdotter....   I was thinking about this just after reading the l....   >>  
15 Jun 2004   Will Oracle be my br....   So far positive comments about certification here:....   >>  
11 Jun 2004   Software development....   http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_politics_story_skin/43....   >>  
10 Jun 2004      I wouldn't be surprised if they end up being price....   >>  
08 Jun 2004   Kiwis and Kiwi Fruit....   This link - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/F....   >>  
      From memory, and New Zealanders will HATE to know ....   >>  
07 Jun 2004   Software development....   I've been back in Auckland since August last year ....   >>  
27 May 2004   Offshoring: Real or ....   The cost of oursourcing an Australian programmer t....   >>  
25 May 2004   Which Logging packag....   Log4J is much easier to use - Java 1.4 Logging is ....   >>  
10 May 2004   Delphi + CORBA vs. J....   What's bad about singletons? 1. They're basical....   >>  
09 May 2004      Original post: 'I'am working in a small company....   >>  
      Why JSP - because it's a lot easier to work with a....   >>  
      Avoid J2EE complexity: http://www.springframework.....   >>  
16 Apr 2004   Object design questi....   Can I just second Andy's suggestions. My recent da....   >>  
27 Mar 2004   Are there really sof....   Yes.   >>  
19 Mar 2004   Cross-browser web de....   You might find that if you use a DOCTYPE (e.g. HTM....   >>  
17 Mar 2004   const vs Java final   Hmm, public class URLTest { public static ....   >>  
16 Mar 2004      The sample chapter of Hardcore Java talks about wh....   >>  
22 Feb 2004   Objects Flamewar   Ramses, I don't disagree that there are times w....   >>  
      Forgive me, I haven't read all the replies in this....   >>  
16 Feb 2004   What the hell does o....   Yeah Oracle do have an app server, But Oracle....   >>  
04 Feb 2004   why is my computer s....   I've noticed something similar too. I hadn't used ....   >>  
   Refactoring support ....   'Someone mentioned refactoring support in IDEs rec....   >>  
03 Feb 2004   The future of HTML   Dammit, I want my XHTML 2 navigation lists! The....   >>  
29 Jan 2004   Taxes & US Devel....   "let themSELVES be taken along for a ride"   >>  
      i like beaches, You're right I don't live in Sy....   >>  
28 Jan 2004   Is Enterprise Archit....   Enterprise Architect is a UML tool - http://www.sp....   >>  
   Yet another outsourc....   'does not agree with IBM policies' Charge ungod....   >>  
   "Skinning" Framework....   Structural HTML + CSS. http://www.csszengarden.....   >>  
   Freelance in Aussie   Oh http://www.brainbox.com.au/ might be a good pla....   >>  
      It's not really that hard. Struggle with the ATO w....   >>  
   Taxes & US Devel....   Yawn, The biggest visa abuse happening in Austr....   >>  
      'Politicians couldn't balance a budget without an ....   >>  
      'What really cracks me up is that Democrats are, a....   >>  
      'Please, however, do not confuse what exist in Ame....   >>  
26 Jan 2004   Aside: Australia-US Free Trade Agreement...   >>  
26 Jan 2004   Aside: Australia-US ....   Oops - wrong link :) http://www.smh.com.au/arti....   >>  
   Talking to USB ports....   Ah, right in the notes for JUSB there is now Windo....   >>  
25 Jan 2004   Talking to USB ports on Windows with Java   >>  
25 Jan 2004      I think they're only working towards a Linux solut....   >>  
22 Jan 2004   Wanted:  15 day....   Head First Java from O'Reilly may be what you're a....   >>  
21 Jan 2004   reference not there   NullPointerException   >>  
   Oracle sequences and....   Is SEQUENCE part of ANSI SQL? Having come across i....   >>  
   "The Office"   *** SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER *** Tim....   >>  
09 Jan 2004   Rules-based decision....   Here's a list of open source rules engines written....   >>  
08 Jan 2004   Java Static Methods   >>  
05 Jan 2004   To Struts or not?   Java developers discuss MSDN article above - http:....   >>  
      'Struts is trash. In five years everyone will rea....   >>  
      Spring isn't simply an MVC solution either. For in....   >>  
30 Dec 2003   2003 Year in Review   Vince, Sounds like you weren't writing JSP's pr....   >>  
   Java: Long.TYPE vs L....   Re: Justification for use of reflection. The si....   >>  
29 Dec 2003   Java: Long.TYPE vs Long.class   >>  
29 Dec 2003   A coherent Linux str....   Uh BSB -> BSD   >>  
      OS X != Linux. See Bill Joy: (1) dissing Linux....   >>  
   Java: Long.TYPE vs L....   I wish it was a "transparent" persistence layer (o....   >>  
      Well the problem is a little more complex than wha....   >>  
      I'm using reflection since I have to determine the....   >>  
      I'm not sure I understand your question Scot. It w....   >>  
      That's what I'm thinking I need to do, but I'm a l....   >>  
   Why do we need scrip....   If JScript.NET does everything that C#.NET does th....   >>  
   "IT shifting away fr....   C'mon Stephen, anyone who used Netscape 4, or wors....   >>  
28 Dec 2003      Sentence 1: 'I do think the environment is becom....   >>  
      They need to let me use my X-Box as a CHEAP (Java ....   >>  
      I couldn't be bothered reading the whole thing. I ....   >>  
23 Dec 2003   Why does FogBugz nee....   For what it does ASP or PHP seems like a reasonabl....   >>  
      In the case of something like FogBugz it seems pre....   >>  
      Re: Joel's answer. Ah! Coming soon... FogCreek ASP....   >>  
      How is JSP not 'cross platform and free'? Since....   >>  
22 Dec 2003   Blogging screws up your blissful ignorance...   >>  
22 Dec 2003   kinds of sw developm....   'If a CxO tells you 25%, the reality is probably s....   >>  
      There are many threats to Australia - US and Europ....   >>  
      It's top talent, but they do soup to nuts?   >>  
      Let's not forget that a lot of these Indian worker....   >>  
      India is only a low wage economy because it is (re....   >>  
21 Dec 2003      Also, Vaguely related to the whole 'creative' t....   >>  
      T. Norman, EA have a development office in Aust....   >>  
      Re: government stuff - New York (not sure if it's ....   >>  
18 Dec 2003   Lisp company IPOs   'One line of Lisp can replace 20 lines of C' So....   >>  
17 Dec 2003   Separating Interface....   Perhaps not really addressing the "why", but "when....   >>  
   OS dominance   These stats are a bit off. How could 'snow' out....   >>  
15 Dec 2003   Biculturalism   I agree, although I'm not too sure about Joel's st....   >>  
14 Dec 2003   Help, my HTML Always....   Mozilla, IE and I guess Konqueror/Safari and Opera....   >>  
      To address HTML-suckitude: Download the .zip co....   >>  
      Please please NO ONE try to defend FONT tags. ....   >>  
10 Dec 2003   Software will eat it....   Having worked in both industries... The music i....   >>  
07 Dec 2003   "Low Skill" Rhetoric   'Nobody outside programming REALLY knows or unders....   >>  
      > Clearing $200k a year is hardly 'getting no resp....   >>  
03 Dec 2003   TV Show about Progra....   What was that show with Soledad O'Brien on it?   >>  
      The .NET Show on MSDN. Borland did their own ve....   >>  
   When will .NET achie....   I just installed SP4 the other day, went back to W....   >>  
      (As with most things) browser-based interfaces hav....   >>  
   FrontPage 2003 Vs. D....   TopStyle - it's written by the guy who wrote HomeS....   >>  
02 Dec 2003   A slightly more serious question   >>  
02 Dec 2003   A slightly more seri....   Actually, I am the "poor maintenence programmer" i....   >>  
01 Dec 2003   Does .Net Have   >>  
01 Dec 2003   Does .Net Have   Ah, maybe someone could make a Quake mod where Tux....   >>  
   ThoughtWorks   A friend interviewed for them. They'll assign you ....   >>  
   Any Programmers Agre....   Set a coding problem, give them a week to provide ....   >>  
28 Nov 2003   JWZ or JS?   I like how Martin Fowler's approach is what he cal....   >>  
27 Nov 2003      Hani - http://www.jroller.com/page/fate    >>  
   Cross Platform Serve....   Using C instead of Java when SOAP is your transpor....   >>  
      Java advantages include: * large number of APIs....   >>  
26 Nov 2003      In more detail. For a Java-based solution: Web ....   >>  
      Java or PHP. I'm not sure of the state of SOAP....   >>  
   How did Amazon becom....   Ged, are you talking about Amazon.com or Amazon.co....   >>  
23 Nov 2003   The Irony of Outsour....   From the office of ... I think you've got me al....   >>  
20 Nov 2003   World Class Programm....   impressed/possible bleh    >>  
      I was surprised (and imprssed) to find out that Mi....   >>  
   The Irony of Outsour....   Try growing sugar cane - I saw a documentary about....   >>  
      Dennis, On the NZ-US trade thing that's not the....   >>  
17 Nov 2003   More on Quark   >>  
17 Nov 2003   Microsoft opens Offi....   Philo, MS *ARE* charging for the next upgrade t....   >>  
   A good C++ editor fo....   XCode is new in Panther - http://developer.apple.c....   >>  
   More on Quark   Analyst, I think you miss the point. Personally....   >>  
   how much your salary....   My last pay rise was in 2001, 1.2%. Actually my la....   >>  
16 Nov 2003   cool companies in me....   Working Holiday visas are basically for members of....   >>  
15 Nov 2003      ThoughtWork's Australian base is in Melbourne. ....   >>  
14 Nov 2003   McKoi vs HSQLDB vs .....   Yes, they do have different licenses. My plan is o....   >>  
13 Nov 2003   Airport Security - a....   My workmates from the outer suburbs of Sydney were....   >>  
   Affiliate programs   Actually, I should have added, the situation I des....   >>  
      I had heard that book authors make more from Amazo....   >>  
12 Nov 2003   McKoi vs HSQLDB vs ...   >>  
12 Nov 2003   McKoi vs HSQLDB vs .....   Hmm, Hibernate supports McKoi - that's a good s....   >>  
   The Reality Distorti....   . releases of OS X are 'major' releases 10.1 -> 10....   >>  
   WMP for X!   Is this news? I've had WMP sitting on my Mac fo....   >>  
11 Nov 2003   Question for i/PowerBook Users   >>  
11 Nov 2003   I hate "smart" softw....   Outlook's explicit content filter is triggered off....   >>  
   Windows/Mac Developm....   Actually the point about OS X and PDFs is extremel....   >>  
      If you use Java you could go for two approaches: ....   >>  
   Java Collection (or ....   HashSet and TreeSet implement the Set interface, s....   >>  
   The best font for pr....   A problem with Courier New: 1 (one) and l (el) are....   >>  
10 Nov 2003   Java Collection (or similar) for trees?   >>  
10 Nov 2003   Java Collection (or ....   Treeview model would be okay assuming that it's no....   >>  
08 Nov 2003   iTunes and iPod   I'd be guessing the store is running on Apple hard....   >>  
07 Nov 2003      I remember seeing the breakdown of the .99 was som....   >>  
04 Nov 2003   Microsoft moves to R....   Maybe by moving to a platform closer to PS2 they h....   >>  
02 Nov 2003   Joel on Sun's strate....   I don't think GPL is deceptive, but I also don't t....   >>  
      OSS doesn't necessarily mean free. I think some IT....   >>  
   The Ridiculous Influ....   As I understand it AS/400's filesystem is basicall....   >>  
      I would guess that by "3D/vector-based" they mean ....   >>  
31 Oct 2003   auto generating java....   Hmm, There's something over at TheServerSide.co....   >>  
30 Oct 2003      The point of Hibernate and other similar tools (To....   >>  
   Web-Content Manageme....   Go David Walker, When did he start writing for ....   >>  
   At Least Microsoft P....   Having a look at what was updated: http://docs.....   >>  
29 Oct 2003      This is equivalent to saying Microsoft is not prov....   >>  
      Yes, This is trollsome FUD. 10.3 == Panther ==....   >>  
23 Oct 2003   ITunes: What rubbish....   Ged, Re: Apple's ease of use. It's one of those....   >>  
22 Oct 2003      Ah, No need to do Google searching, if you read....   >>  
      'The average consumer is supposed to buy something....   >>  
      So to clarify, The cost of Rhapsody is $10/mont....   >>  
      'Sure, if you only listen to Top 40 stuff, iTunes ....   >>  
      3 conditions (downloadable, .99c/$9.99, offers pro....   >>  
      Sigh. Labels giving access to sell for DOWNLOAD....   >>  
21 Oct 2003      It's not contest winnings. You buy X cans of Pepsi....   >>  
      'How is this something special about iTunes?' B....   >>  
      Ged: 'Who took the world out of WWW'. Exsisting....   >>  
20 Oct 2003   CityDesk too much fo....   From my point of view, 50 files is not a small sit....   >>  
19 Oct 2003   Development overhead....   Mark TAW, I was in India for 2 months this yea....   >>  
17 Oct 2003   XML Languages as pol....   Ged, 'It should support BSF'. It does - at l....   >>  
   Apple user interface....   iTunes vs. WMP. Well the key thing - at least for ....   >>  
09 Oct 2003   What causes e-mails ....   Netscape Webmail. I send emails to myself and I....   >>  
07 Oct 2003   Buying Your Own Tool....   If you ask management if you can use your own tool....   >>  
   What source control ....   I've used Visual Source Safe, CVS and Aegis. Ev....   >>  
02 Oct 2003   XML Formatted Resume....   Why would using XHTML (i.e. XML) prevent you using....   >>  
30 Sep 2003   LDAP and Java   Check out the JNDI tutorial on the Java site - htt....   >>  
   What do you think of....   I agree with Lou and MarkTAW's comments (in partic....   >>  
   Creating Web Clients   BTW, a JSP page will get compiled into a servlet (....   >>  
      The major problem with JSP is the major problem wi....   >>  
   Using JBoss - Will I....   Can I say this: IBM software is a RIP OFF! Right, ....   >>  
29 Sep 2003      In general the J2EE spec is fairly generic, if you....   >>  
26 Sep 2003   Is Postgres/MySQL re....   Philo, I appreciate the point you are trying to....   >>  
      Well... here comes a flame war... I think Matth....   >>  
23 Sep 2003   Linux Profitability   You want pedantic? Here goes: WinZip's not free....   >>  
22 Sep 2003      My point was that the original commentor seemed to....   >>  
      'Does Linux need a big company to support it? ....   >>  
   Portability: rougue ....   Borland have just written a C++ IDE in... Java.   >>  
21 Sep 2003   Style of XML tags an....   I was under the impression that the "third way" wa....   >>  
20 Sep 2003   J2EE/JAVA Framework   I'm surprised this is not a busier topic. Who's yo....   >>  
19 Sep 2003      Spring - http://www.springframework.org/ - I've be....   >>  
   Book on Design Patte....   'Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective On O....   >>  
18 Sep 2003   Oracle complaints?   Hmm, wonder why those who use Microsoft products g....   >>  
17 Sep 2003   Sun's Marketing Prob....   Going off on a slight tangent here... ...my und....   >>  
13 Sep 2003   Decoupling Request a....   I know that you're using .NET, but some of the ide....   >>  
11 Sep 2003   Designing Rich Thin ....   How 'rich' does these thin clients need to be? ....   >>  
02 Sep 2003   Database Stored Proc....   Rod Johnson discusses the J2EE vs. stored procedur....   >>  
31 Aug 2003   REALLY "low end" con....   From the sounds of it you could roll your own form....   >>  
27 Aug 2003   Java guide for C++ c....   The first edition of 'Java In Plain English' had a....   >>  
24 Aug 2003   XML - the only pract....   S.C., I disagree with your suggestion that Ant'....   >>  
20 Aug 2003   freeware UML softwar....   There's a middle ground between ArgoUML (free, but....   >>  
10 Aug 2003   DAOs and TransferObjects (Core J2EE Patterns)   >>  
10 Aug 2003   DAOs and TransferObj....   Hmm, That makes sense - although what is the ov....   >>  
04 Aug 2003   Netscape had it's pr....   Joel loves the example of Netscape Navigator when ....   >>  
28 Jul 2003   Is Java a danger to ....   It took you 3 hours to write 'a particularly hard ....   >>  
   Please code review t....   There must be a school or a book that teaches this....   >>  
26 Jul 2003   what's good about ha....   Fact check: Java VM: 'n' languages can run on a....   >>  
24 Jul 2003   About To Begin A Job....   Hmm, Fair enough comments - thanks for your inp....   >>  
23 Jul 2003   About To Begin A Job Search...   >>  
22 Jul 2003   ESPN redesign s-l-o-....   http://espn.go.com Hmm, I haven't been paying m....   >>  
21 Jul 2003      Other reasons for ESPN being slow... I keeping hit....   >>  
      As above, There's no reason a CSS design should....   >>  
   Good solution to J2e....   I think Velocity is fantastic - http://jakarta.apa....   >>  
18 Jul 2003   CFMX flouts Joel's "....   Custom tags, JSPs, ASPs.... they're all evil! ....   >>  
   Java Implementation ....   I want the freedom to choose/change deployment pla....   >>  
      'What benifit do you see in reimplenting in Java?'....   >>  
17 Jul 2003   Java Implementation of CVS   >>  
17 Jul 2003   Strategies for Fostering Code Reuse   >>  
17 Jul 2003   Netscape Dead?   Ah, they won't continue to come from Netscape - al....   >>  
      The problem Mozilla faces, and this is something E....   >>  
   CFMX flouts Joel's "....   As stated before the decision to rewrite in Java w....   >>  
   Java Implementation ....   Hmm, I remember trying to install CVSNT sometim....   >>  
      From what I could tell jCVS is a CVS client - the ....   >>  
16 Jul 2003   e-tax software from ....   The ATO web site itself is very very poor. ATO ....   >>  
   Scripting Languages?   You can use JScript (JavaScript) in WSH, in client....   >>  
14 Jul 2003   improving design ski....   Related question, has anyone read Peter Coad's 'Ja....   >>  
12 Jul 2003   ASP.Net and AS/400?   Working on a Java and AS/400 application right now....   >>  
10 Jul 2003   Why Eclipse is free   IBM recommend about 1GB of RAM to run WebSphere St....   >>  
      IBM want you to buy more memory so you can run Ecl....   >>  
07 Jul 2003   A standards plug for....   Looks like the answer to my last question is no: ....   >>  
      I'm talking about http://validator.w3.org/ - what ....   >>  
      What percentage of users are using browsers that d....   >>  
      Hmm, I still think the ASP.Net solution to this....   >>  
06 Jul 2003   HTML <label>&n....   That should be: http://www.bradsoft.com/ and....   >>  
      My suggestions for writing better semantic HTML an....   >>  
03 Jul 2003   MS shifting developm....   If so that would explain why they work in banking ....   >>  
   LDAP for windows XP ....   Check out the JNDI tutorial on the Sun Java site. ....   >>  
02 Jul 2003   Evaluating Programmer Talent - Is It This Easy?   >>  
02 Jul 2003   MS shifting developm....   I think some Indian companies like i-flex are movi....   >>  
01 Jul 2003   LDAP for windows XP ....   If you're using Java you could use the file system....   >>  
29 Jun 2003   Does Java Suck?   I'm still wondering what you're trying to do with ....   >>  
      Maybe it's the Java programmers you hired that suc....   >>  
      Well written Java is neither slow nor unmodifiable....   >>  
26 Jun 2003   Non OOP Java Experie....   I would be scared.   >>  
23 Jun 2003   XSLT Question   Philo, Not answering your specific question (I'....   >>  
   G5's   'I'd only want a G5 if they had 64-bit Linux avail....   >>  
20 Jun 2003   CityDesk URLs are po....   I thought this feature had been dealt with, or per....   >>  
16 Jun 2003   Doing database trans....   XSL is based on Scheme (a functional language) whi....   >>  
11 Jun 2003   Monster.com tip   How depressing. Surely such a popular site coul....   >>  
   What do you listen t....   At my previous job it used to be salesmen on the p....   >>  
05 Jun 2003   Worst Java IDE ever?   IntelliJ are trying to hire C# developers. If they....   >>  
      (had)   >>  
      Visual J++ was a really good Java IDE at the time ....   >>  
   The OO programming b....   If you're reading Shalloway and Trott you're on th....   >>  
   Anyone used java for....   All these people must have so much RAM :) Eclip....   >>  
04 Jun 2003   Suggestions of progr....   Sorry about my sentence there. I meant to say '....   >>  
      Isn't Dave Winer for creating a really good outlin....   >>  
   How is Fog Creek bei....   On a slightly related topic Joel... When you ha....   >>  
   HTML, page layout an....   HTML IS a structural language. Awful things like t....   >>  
   Anyone used java for....   The guys who wrote the Java CASE tool for Together....   >>  
   Oracle 9iAS experien....   First up, links to bug reports: http://www.oracle....   >>  
03 Jun 2003      Unfortunately there's a bug in Oracle 9iAS 9.0.3 (....   >>  
01 Jun 2003   A new web broswer   What Mozilla has that I like: * Tabbed browsing....   >>  
30 May 2003   Database to object m....   TOPLink - I believe there is a C++ version as well....   >>  
23 May 2003   Amazed at uninformed....   It's interesting Philo mentioned Wrox books. Fo....   >>  
19 May 2003   IDEA, Eclipse and ot....   To answer my own question - clearly this is a prin....   >>  
18 May 2003   Most satisifying sof....   IDEA TextPad TopStyle HomeSite Enterprise Arch....   >>  
14 May 2003   IDEA, Eclipse and ot....   Hmm, http://www-3.ibm.com/software/webservers/s....   >>  
11 May 2003      Take 1x PC with less than 256MB of RAM. 1. Atte....   >>  
10 May 2003   Java 1.5 – a huge ph....   Jeeze guys, All these 'VS.NET > IDEA' people so....   >>  
09 May 2003   Java bytecode to CLR   You could use something like JAD to turn Java byte....   >>  
08 May 2003   e-commerce : How to ....   OO means 'object oriented'. OO is an approach to s....   >>  
      If you're running Cold Fusion MX the graphic artis....   >>  
      Hmm, Maybe I just shot myself in the foot. ....   >>  
      I disagree with the anti-OOP statement. IF your....   >>  
07 May 2003      Cold Fusion (or at least CFML) is not a good choic....   >>  
   OOP Paradigm Shift:&....   'Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective On O....   >>  
05 May 2003   C# Programming Soon ....   Does Visual Studio have refactoring support? Do....   >>  
   Interesting Tangent:....   Sorry, I'm in Australia and forgot the fervour ....   >>  
04 May 2003   Interesting Tangent: Americas Cup   >>  
04 May 2003   C# Programming Soon To Be Worth The Effort   >>  
30 Apr 2003   Web Services   Have worked on two web services projects in the la....   >>  
29 Apr 2003   Eric's article is la....   Gee, I'm surprised this is generating so much f....   >>  
28 Apr 2003   Emailing resumés   They also like Word format so they can make necess....   >>  
24 Apr 2003   Evil Wizards   The VB/ASP.NET code supposedly changes on the fly ....   >>  
23 Apr 2003      The code generated by Visual Studio is evil wizard....   >>  
20 Apr 2003   Opinions On Code Rev....   One reason I'd like to work in an environment wher....   >>  
17 Apr 2003   Eye Strain   L-C-D   >>  
15 Apr 2003   New Law... websites ....   Standardisation restricts your freedom to be creat....   >>  
08 Apr 2003   Pattern(s) for Calculating Variable Costs   >>  
04 Apr 2003   A little discussion ....   Or when I see "skip intro" or links opening new wi....   >>  
03 Apr 2003   What, exactly, is MS....   I have to agree with what Ged said. But still......   >>  
02 Apr 2003   web app testing   CanooWebTest wraps HttpUnit and extends Ant - you ....   >>  
31 Mar 2003   Sources/ Training fo....   Sorry, chapter 9: http://www.netobjectives.com/....   >>  
      I know the DynAPI Ged, or at least I was familiar ....   >>  
      Argh, I was going to type some more in my original....   >>  
      "Design Patterns Explained" by Shalloway & Tro....   >>  
   average salaries of ....   They got McDees here too, just don't expect to get....   >>  
30 Mar 2003   Import tariffs and o....   & me: The OECD also claimed that New Zealand ha....   >>  
29 Mar 2003      I'm not sure I agree with your analysis of the sta....   >>  
24 Mar 2003   Tech hubs around the....   Sydney is supposedly the biggest IT centre in the ....   >>  
21 Mar 2003   Any JoelOnSoftware r....   Stephen, I sent you an email with the Indian pu....   >>  
      Stephen, I'm working in Navi Mumbai and just we....   >>  
      Stephen, I'm aware of that - I bought the South....   >>  
20 Mar 2003   Persisting J2EE Web ....   Are cookies an option?   >>  
19 Mar 2003   Ripped from Slashdot....   Two APIs Java programmers can use to make their XM....   >>  
   Any JoelOnSoftware r....   Actually, I sent an email to the IT editor of the ....   >>  
      It's still going! I'll let you know.   >>  
      I'm in Mumbai at the moment - should be here at le....   >>  
13 Mar 2003   Cross-platform optio....   I'm still thinking I've missed something in the or....   >>  
      Actually, in answer to your actual question... Jav....   >>  
      Is ChilliSoft ASP still around? I think Sun bought....   >>  
06 Mar 2003   convert j2ee applica....   Sorry "free" alternative.   >>  
      Anything is 'theoretically' possible, although it ....   >>  
02 Mar 2003   "Less than expert" T....   If 'A's hire 'A's and 'B's hire 'C's, who hired th....   >>  
   Handling Errors   I have to say 'WTF' too. If your code never t....   >>  
26 Feb 2003   Help with Modeling A....   Books: UML Distilled by Martin Fowler Patterns....   >>  
22 Feb 2003   Indian company phone....   This seems like a weird question. You're in Can....   >>  
15 Feb 2003   Do you still design ....   Use @import. Design your site using structural ....   >>  
14 Feb 2003   Relocation to India   I'm going to India tomorrow for up to 6 weeks to w....   >>  
12 Feb 2003   What were your first....   I started playing on my uncle's Texas Instruments ....   >>  
   MS patents .NET!   Ian, It's a common mistake to think that 'Java ....   >>  
06 Feb 2003   HTML Question   Hmm, The CSS-based approach above works in Mozi....   >>  
      The wrap still exists in Mozilla 1.2 too. Here'....   >>  
05 Feb 2003      Can you put word breaks in there? ie. use the >>  
03 Feb 2003   Commoditize Your Com....   Isn't the plan that Mono will provide .NET support....   >>  
   Is There an Internat....   J2EE is not an international standard recognised b....   >>  
30 Jan 2003   Cube or office...Wha....   I done cublicle, utility closet (yes, me too - it ....   >>  
20 Jan 2003   Patterns: Introducin....   The site appears to have been "Joeled" :)   >>  
16 Jan 2003   What's missing from ....   I agree with the sentiment expressed by Vincent. [....   >>  
15 Jan 2003   BBCi   Well, other web sites have similar (or larger) amo....   >>  
12 Jan 2003   The Gilmore Girls an Advertising Trojan Horse?!   >>  
20 Dec 2002   CDNOW Usability   A previous poster mentioned AMG, but I don't know ....   >>  
   need recommendations....   Not knowing the specifics of what you need, but kn....   >>  
   Natural Selection ap....   I sent the article on Taleb and his theories to a ....   >>  
19 Dec 2002   Interaction design -....   I'm not directly involved in interaction design, b....   >>  
18 Dec 2002   Overseas Outsourcing....   First up I'm in Australia and I'll confirm that th....   >>  
   Coding != Software D....   Nat, Read your post. Thought it rang true. I co....   >>  
17 Dec 2002   Career Path for Prog....   a) Almost 5 years. b) Initially working on sm....   >>  
16 Dec 2002   Hey Joel, ever hear ....   'Mr. Grossberg lists a bunch of problems that have....   >>  
15 Dec 2002   PHP vs ASP   No, that wasn't right either :( Oh well, perhap....   >>  
      Sorry 'f you don't want to write ASP.NET pages....   >>  
      If you want to write ASP pages, but you don't want....   >>  
   Hey Joel, ever hear ....   Hey, I have a better idea for web applications........   >>  
13 Dec 2002   Non .Net Language to....   GiorgioG, I agree, IBM has a knack for turning out....   >>  
      GiorgioG - troll! '.NET is not Java slow'. FUD! FU....   >>  
12 Dec 2002   Delphi/c++ builder. ....   More Borland/.NET stuff - http://www.borland.com/d....   >>  
      1) From what I know the job market in the UK is te....   >>  
   Joel Says:   Well sure, you gotta read books and the like and I....   >>  
11 Dec 2002      Prakash, As I've been reflecting over the code ....   >>  
      As a guess - write a lot of code. I was reflec....   >>  
   Java GUI's   http://www.javalobby.org/threadMode2.jsp?forum=17&....   >>  
10 Dec 2002   Explorer or Yahoo-is....   Something you may want to consider is how you're g....   >>  
09 Dec 2002   What IS that picture....   There picture is of a balloon of a monster from th....   >>  
05 Dec 2002   Enterprise app. lang....   Java is designed for scalability, and if you need ....   >>  
27 Nov 2002   What will you do aft....   I just remembered that IMDB provide a memorable qu....   >>  
      The 'two chicks' quote is a reference to Office Sp....   >>  
17 Nov 2002   Java and .Net both a....   C'mon, I know religious wars are stupid, but co....   >>  
30 Oct 2002   Choosing ACL Names   Ah, Using use case names makes a lot of sense [....   >>  
29 Oct 2002   Choosing ACL Names   >>  
23 Oct 2002   Search Engine spider....   A search engine with the capabilities of Google ca....   >>  
14 Oct 2002   How should I learn .....   In the free .NET IDEs category, there is also WebM....   >>  
   message board font   Wired news ( http://www.wired.com/ ) had a much va....   >>  
13 Oct 2002      Serif fonts (ones with curly bits on the end) are ....   >>  
   Evolt Article: Macro....   Robin, I agree with you about the use of IDEs, ....   >>  
      'In my experience, those that insist on writing th....   >>  
11 Oct 2002   Evolt Article: Macromedia's Struggles   >>  
11 Oct 2002      Reasons to diss Macromedia (and Allaire). 1. Co....   >>  
08 Oct 2002   Any chance of an RSS....   As an aside... http://diveintomark.org/archives/20....   >>  
04 Oct 2002   GPA a factor?   Wasn't this a problem with many of the accounting ....   >>  
03 Oct 2002   Ubiquitous Connectiv....   I read something on clickz.com over a year ago, an....   >>  
26 Sep 2002   Dreamweaver MX   Supposedly MX offers significant improvements over....   >>  
21 Sep 2002   Gilmore Girls   With all these new forums, perhaps Joel should con....   >>  
17 Sep 2002   building a community   If you're interested in building web communities c....   >>  
10 Sep 2002   .NET vs. Web Standar....   The problem is that it doesn't send compliant code....   >>  
09 Sep 2002      Ah Robin, Yes yes you can. // -------- F....   >>  
08 Sep 2002   Interview Question   The most important "thing", in my opinion, is havi....   >>  
   .NET vs. Web Standar....   'Well I agree with both of your setiments, that it....   >>  
07 Sep 2002      Andrew, having not worked with .NET I tend to agre....   >>  
04 Sep 2002   web services - ever ....   Hi, Our project is using web services. At the m....   >>  
21 Aug 2002   Eclipse IDE - anyone....   Hmm, Eclipse. I have a serious problem with Ec....   >>  
   Rewriting Opera   Something that Joel perhaps overlooks in his analy....   >>  
30 Jul 2002   Where to get ideas?   http://www.intellij.com/ :) Actually, I do ....   >>  
   what kind of music d....   I used to work somewhere where we listened to a lo....   >>  
28 Jul 2002   Being Better Organised   >>  
14 Jul 2002   Whatever happened to....   Regarding Flash books I would guess there are seve....   >>  
10 Jul 2002   Views on UML?   I'm using it right now. I tend to use it to commun....   >>  
07 Jul 2002   Unit Testing Database Applications   >>  
02 Jul 2002   Usability of Printer....   I would agree with your reading - it's just a matt....   >>  
01 Jul 2002   Flash as a serious e....   OzzieGT, you say 'why should we wait for 56k users....   >>  
   What's the big deal?   A standing ovation for Ms Lucas please for telling....   >>  
20 Jun 2002   mozilla key bindings   Hmm, If I'm correct isn't the original poster s....   >>  
17 Jun 2002   Strategy Letter V   >>  
12 May 2002   Eckel is thinking in....   Martin Fowler has been playing with C# and so has ....   >>  
11 May 2002   Reinventing a Mainfr....   Is there going to be a COBOL.NET? If so you cou....   >>  
08 May 2002   .NET *is* Java   Chris, you wrote: ------- Under .NET, you've....   >>  
07 May 2002      The multiple language feature of .NET seems to be ....   >>  
   Content Management   David Walker (http://www.shorewalker.com/) frequen....   >>  
18 Apr 2002   Best CVS Implementat....   Sorry 'Eclipse', At the risk of sounding religi....   >>  
17 Apr 2002   Best CVS Implementation   >>  
17 Apr 2002      Actually I did see some CVS implementations (WinCV....   >>  
12 Apr 2002   A Religious discussi....   Perhaps they misheard "guerilla" as "gorilla".   >>  
03 Apr 2002   difficulty learning ....   I recommend Design Patterns Explained: A New Persp....   >>  
24 Mar 2002   CF and/or ASP?ASP.ne....   No no no no no no no! And again no. Cold Fusion....   >>  
14 Feb 2002   The Iceberg Secret, ....   Too true. I worked with someone who excpected t....   >>  
09 Feb 2002   Web applications - A....   DHTML + sloppy code - time to debunk some myths! ....   >>  
06 Feb 2002   Free software everyw....   Ok Roger, Fair point, and I'll use my brief exp....   >>  
      I agree with Mac's comments re: not using HomeSite....   >>  
05 Feb 2002      You found an HTML editor that's free and almost as....   >>  
31 Jan 2002   Where to begin...   Something that should influence your choice is the....   >>  
24 Jan 2002   rub a dub - Use temp....   Adam, I discovered, to my delight, that VBScrip....   >>  
   Your thoughts on ASP....   Herbert, Your points about not blaming the tool....   >>  
23 Jan 2002      In reply to a comment Herbert Sitz made in his pos....   >>  
10 Jan 2002   Founder of Wendy Pas....   Dave Thomas was a vegetarian - at least in the las....   >>  
   JoelOnSoftware.com N....   'Delete Temporary Files' seemed to do the trick. ....   >>  
09 Jan 2002   JoelOnSoftware.com Not WinXP/IE6 Compatible?   >>  
28 Nov 2001   Too many anecdotes i....   This is an interesting idea - the concept of a 'te....   >>  



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