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| oJoS Statistics - Individual Statistics for 'Phibian' | ||
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Number of Comments: 131 |
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| Number of Words: 32,674 | ||
| First Comment: 18 Nov 2002 | ||
| Final Comment: 31 Aug 2004 | ||
Number of Topics Posted: 7 |
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| First Topic: 10 Apr 2003 | ||
| Latest Topic: 12 Aug 2004 | ||
| When | Item | Comment |
| 31 Aug 2004 | Best Way to develop .... | You should add user interface design as a step som.... >> |
| 17 Aug 2004 | Consultants who hold.... | 'In the consulting scenario, you are selling your .... >> |
| 12 Aug 2004 | Clients/Bosses and "written proof" >> | |
| 12 Aug 2004 | Clients/Bosses and ".... | Good thing I read the replies after we went to our.... >> |
| Yeah, we did get to that point, probably not as so.... >> | ||
| 30 Jul 2004 | Your Productivity | Not very until yesterday - I was on vacation :) >> |
| 22 Jul 2004 | Rewriting from Scrat.... | As a note, Mozilla didn't support NTLM for years, .... >> |
| 21 Jul 2004 | Purchasing a softwar.... | I think the technical term is 'the golden handshak.... >> |
| 20 Jul 2004 | Indentation >> | |
| 20 Jul 2004 | Indentation | Er I'll take a look at it - we were steered away f.... >> |
| Hi Chris, the don't go there guy disagrees with Mc.... >> | ||
| 10 Jul 2004 | Mozzila / Firefox / .... | It's the Canadian Home Depot site that is broken -.... >> |
| 09 Jul 2004 | I love Firefox, but I have to switch to IE at leas.... >> | |
| 06 Jul 2004 | ** Urgent: hosting+d.... | We like Pixin.net >> |
| 05 Jul 2004 | Paul Graham says we .... | Getting back to the actual topic of this thread....... >> |
| 24 Jun 2004 | Why Web based apps S.... | Actually, what you are complaining about is not a .... >> |
| 10 Jun 2004 | Oh yes, the public s.... | 'Having come from the public sector (though it was.... >> |
| 08 Jun 2004 | Partnership Agreemen.... | I knew your comment was directed at me, although G.... >> |
| 07 Jun 2004 | Actually, as someone who has done both the partner.... >> | |
| 01 Jun 2004 | Motivation | 'I think the worse thing you can do is go down to .... >> |
| 18 May 2004 | SQL Server Help | Try asking at www.sqlteam.com >> |
| 14 May 2004 | Salaries | The comment about what makes an employee vs a cont.... >> |
| Why bonuses are NOT .... | In the various courses I took that referenced Herz.... >> | |
| 12 May 2004 | Joel, please fix thi.... | You can turn off Javascript errors in IE too, but .... >> |
| 11 May 2004 | Witty | 'If that does not show the need for a security per.... >> |
| 06 May 2004 | Job Title for future.... | From the Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) webs.... >> |
| 19 Apr 2004 | Conspiracy Theories | It's been a long day obviously. The "conspir.... >> |
| 12 Apr 2004 | Interviews and firin.... | Mandatory ongoing driving tests are not as far-fet.... >> |
| 09 Mar 2004 | Nielsen is getting o.... | I find it interesting that although Nielsen gives .... >> |
| 24 Feb 2004 | Incorporating | Top three documents from CCRA that you really shou.... >> |
| 23 Feb 2004 | I'm going to give non-standard advice and tell you.... >> | |
| Quicken's Quality Me.... | Of course, Great Plains is referred to 'Great Pain.... >> | |
| 18 Feb 2004 | Meetup Site Software >> | |
| 16 Feb 2004 | Placing Password and.... | Although if IIS is installed on your machine some .... >> |
| 04 Feb 2004 | whats wrong wiv this.... | Experts-Exchange also has excellent help. Last ti.... >> |
| 26 Jan 2004 | Where Joel REALLY go.... | Philo, not all jobs are created equal. Ergo, you .... >> |
| Joel falls into the .... | I think the point Joel wants to make is that his c.... >> | |
| 22 Jan 2004 | Email Encryption / Digital Signing >> | |
| 22 Jan 2004 | Please enter... with.... | That's a good idea Christopher - we already gather.... >> |
| 21 Jan 2004 | Who's your favorite .... | Pixin Interprises (https://secure.supernia.com/dom.... >> |
| Please enter... with.... | Gareth - it shifts the digit over to the next fiel.... >> | |
| 20 Jan 2004 | To the Poster who hates single inputs broken into .... >> | |
| 17 Jan 2004 | Blatant Discriminati.... | The OP's story strikes me as odd. If you receiv.... >> |
| 15 Jan 2004 | NBOR, "revolutionary.... | From the website: 'The free NBOR Player will be.... >> |
| 05 Jan 2004 | Design Decision No.2 | I don't think any of the options you've presented .... >> |
| 30 Dec 2003 | Lovers at Work ... | 'Phibian, Phillip, and Chris - you all talked abou.... >> |
| 29 Dec 2003 | It depends on your relationship and on the individ.... >> | |
| 18 Dec 2003 | Hogwarts School of A.... | I thought it was funny. It would be funnier if yo.... >> |
| 15 Dec 2003 | Mastering English as.... | Speaking of pet peeves: Q: 'How are you?' A:.... >> |
| 11 Dec 2003 | Opinion on Experts E.... | If you actually provide an answer, eventually the .... >> |
| 09 Dec 2003 | Software % Pricing | ''course, it doesn't look that great to add a new .... >> |
| 04 Dec 2003 | ...ism at FogCreek? | I'm coming a bit late to this discussion, but... .... >> |
| 02 Dec 2003 | Requiring pre-interv.... | Speaking of red herrings - the examples given re: .... >> |
| 01 Dec 2003 | Poll on the use of R.... | Ah, my bad. I apparently didn't read the original .... >> |
| www.joelonsoftware.com/rss.xml The search at th.... >> | ||
| 24 Nov 2003 | How to sync with a P.... | Hit enter too soon. Anyway, I'd ruled out the pil.... >> |
| Mark - that's the stuff I was referring to as 'too.... >> | ||
| 19 Nov 2003 | Sofware reseller ask.... | 50% is too much unless they are proposing to handl.... >> |
| 14 Nov 2003 | Ok, seriously, why W.... | Why Windows? In some situations, Linux is 'bett.... >> |
| 07 Nov 2003 | Dynamic SQL Queries | We use the non-stored procedure approach. Why: .... >> |
| 04 Nov 2003 | Small city, small pr.... | It would be interesting to know what kind of thing.... >> |
| Erm. It could just be me, but when I hear 'single.... >> | ||
| 20 Oct 2003 | What coders can lear.... | I'll second the comment about proper use of tools .... >> |
| Here in Canada, you are allowed to work on your ow.... >> | ||
| 18 Sep 2003 | Obscure Javascript p.... | Duncan's answer worked. Thanks! A 'printer fri.... >> |
| 17 Sep 2003 | Obscure Javascript problem >> | |
| 10 Sep 2003 | who will do the UI ? | I second the person who commented that it's usuall.... >> |
| 08 Sep 2003 | STQE Magazine | Renewing for two years instead of one is sometimes.... >> |
| 06 Sep 2003 | Why Johnny can't ree.... | anon sputtered: 'maybe tuition was ridiculously lo.... >> |
| 05 Sep 2003 | If you are in Ontario (as opposed to merely readin.... >> | |
| 20 Aug 2003 | Carpal Tunnel | Philo - carpal tunnel is not 'new'. It's been aro.... >> |
| 06 Aug 2003 | Age discrimination i.... | 'Gray' is the American spelling of 'Grey' (which i.... >> |
| 05 Aug 2003 | Just wanted to chime in here to point out that not.... >> | |
| Joel Test Number Eig.... | I completely agree with Brad's sentiment 'I can't .... >> | |
| Having just completed a move where we insisted on .... >> | ||
| 28 Jul 2003 | company car | Probably this will be my last post for a while, si.... >> |
| 'The company is responsible for damage'. 'You are.... >> | ||
| Avoiding hiring mist.... | Apparently, among other things, you should read th.... >> | |
| 27 Jul 2003 | company car | I personally wouldn't characterize employees as 's.... >> |
| 26 Jul 2003 | 'I wouldn't forbid her from using the company car .... >> | |
| Re the comment about the insurance folks denying i.... >> | ||
| 25 Jul 2003 | Might be just me, but $1300 (US I presume) seems q.... >> | |
| balancing work and s.... | I completed the first part of my bachelor's degree.... >> | |
| 18 Jul 2003 | Integrating bug trac.... | Folks, I'm not as interested in the features of Cl.... >> |
| 17 Jul 2003 | Integrating bug tracking app w/ source control app >> | |
| 17 Jul 2003 | Hi David, What about that application did you l.... >> | |
| 06 Jul 2003 | HTML <label>&n.... | I find the accesskey label to be rather useless, m.... >> |
| 02 Jul 2003 | Solution for spammin.... | For some spam, we refuse the connection before we .... >> |
| 01 Jul 2003 | Dual monitors for de.... | I use two 17' CRT monitors (soon to be dual 19' - .... >> |
| 29 Jun 2003 | How much surveillanc.... | Incidentally, there's another use for this kind of.... >> |
| 27 Jun 2003 | How would you find a.... | 'The better you know MFC, the less you want to use.... >> |
| 20 Jun 2003 | Negotiation book | And don't forget the must read classic "Getting to.... >> |
| 16 Jun 2003 | Ungrateful users... | This thread struck a chord with me, but not becaus.... >> |
| 14 Jun 2003 | Want "First Impressi.... | Stephen: http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/s.... >> |
| 13 Jun 2003 | Random impressions, in no particular order: 'Wh.... >> | |
| 12 Jun 2003 | Use of the word Engi.... | Incidentally, here in Ontario, Canada - although t.... >> |
| 09 Jun 2003 | Is the majority of d.... | 'When the economy is in a bear run, the only activ.... >> |
| 08 Jun 2003 | Self-evaluation | Joel wrote 'The whole performance evaluation syste.... >> |
| 07 Jun 2003 | A comment on Joel's .... | Hey Alex, it's no skin off my nose whether you cit.... >> |
| 06 Jun 2003 | Printing - anyone re.... | We're almost completely paper free and paper reduc.... >> |
| A comment on Joel's .... | 'All the assertions you quote are explained in the.... >> | |
| 05 Jun 2003 | Ouch, I'm Windows 95.... | HP-UX - 'Still strong despite the passage of time..... >> |
| A comment on Joel's .... | Alex: As I am not an expert in the field of psyc.... >> | |
| 27 May 2003 | Can You See This??? | Okay from Eastern Canada. >> |
| 25 May 2003 | Programmers Attack! .... | 'Expect no loyalty. Expect no respect. Expect no d.... >> |
| 20 May 2003 | where did all the so.... | 'You expect graduates to have just some kind of wo.... >> |
| What defines 'good' people anyway? For us, 'goo.... >> | ||
| 19 May 2003 | Joel's hypothesis #1: 'packaged software is gettin.... >> | |
| 15 May 2003 | Opera | Looking at the mouse gestures, many of them are bu.... >> |
| DOUBLE STANDARDS | Someone asked why there aren't a whole slew of off.... >> | |
| 29 Apr 2003 | Emailing resumés | Not to be contrary to 2 bits and all the previous .... >> |
| 28 Apr 2003 | Sooner or later domi.... | 'Intuit's move was especially stupid because there.... >> |
| And so what's your theory on why Intuit is quietly.... >> | ||
| 23 Apr 2003 | Your Additions to th.... | Do you have a disaster recovery plan? >> |
| 17 Apr 2003 | Why auto tab-ahead o.... | Re: data assumptions and sweeping generalizations..... >> |
| 16 Apr 2003 | We always use auto-tabs for things like credit car.... >> | |
| 10 Apr 2003 | Images and dropdown form elements >> | |
| 10 Apr 2003 | Images and dropdown .... | Thanks Damian, the way they do it is via a table -.... >> |
| Fax reception provid.... | I've used efax in the past as well, but was not im.... >> | |
| 06 Apr 2003 | Salary history | 'They sometimes check and, if it's wrong, they wil.... >> |
| 03 Apr 2003 | Benefits of Timeshee.... | 'On the other hand if there is no client and you a.... >> |
| 27 Mar 2003 | html indentation | re: stripping out white space making a difference..... >> |
| 19 Mar 2003 | Windows' Biggest Ene.... | Incidentally, there are also many good reasons *no.... >> |
| 05 Mar 2003 | When did booleans bu.... | While I'm not disagreeing with the principle that .... >> |
| 20 Feb 2003 | Sole proprietorship | 'The personal asset protection seems to only be av.... >> |
| 15 Feb 2003 | Work hours/week? | 'Why, in a lot of countries, is the retirement age.... >> |
| 13 Feb 2003 | What were your first.... | -Some kit that my father built (I vividly remember.... >> |
| handling credit card.... | It depends on where you are located as to what pre.... >> | |
| 01 Feb 2003 | Don't Define the Int.... | This is an area in which I am extremely interested.... >> |
| 27 Jan 2003 | Another lesson... | The real moral of the story is that a disaster rec.... >> |
| 23 Jan 2003 | Recommendations soug.... | a) It struck me as odd that a single hard drive fa.... >> |
| 21 Jan 2003 | RSI | The 'best' thing to do really depends on the indiv.... >> |
| 05 Jan 2003 | Making it on your ow.... | 'In fact, that's how some contractors make money d.... >> |
| 31 Dec 2002 | Did you stake your c.... | 'Today, every dentist in town I know has a comput.... >> |
| 27 Dec 2002 | God and Computers | 'People in natural, social or cognitive sciences a.... >> |
| 13 Dec 2002 | Joel on the Economy .... | Not all employers base their selection criteria so.... >> |
| 18 Nov 2002 | Spam | Q. How do we track down spammers? A. We check .... >> |
| We get roughly 1 every half hour, not counting the.... >> | ||