last updated:04 Sep 2004 18:31 UK time JOS Statistics - Items A to Z Q3 04 | Q2 04 | Q1 04 | Q4 03 | Q3 03 | Q2 03 | Q1 03 | Q4 02 | Q3 02 | Q2 02 | Q1 02 | Q4 01 Date Comments   Title 31 Mar 2002  7   Project Management on the XBox   17   How do you guys manage your bookmarks? 29 Mar 2002  6   Less reinventing wheels, more innovation?   1   Auto Motion in Excel   18   Are all programmers above average? 28 Mar 2002  28   What program would you write...   1   Tracking Windows Resources Useage   18   difficulty learning object orientated techniques   8   Doing an MS in CS 27 Mar 2002  17   homebrew CS education   9   Link to Joel removed from scripting.com   18   Giving code away 26 Mar 2002  13   Sun, McNealy and Java   12   How to Read a Computer Book   14   Microsoft returning to old monopolistic tricks.   20   why live where you live 25 Mar 2002  16   Proj. Mgrs. Staffed from outside or within?   13   Code Complete and Industry   7   VB and VC++   15   Suggested Books 24 Mar 2002  44   Not hiring coders over age 35 (revisited)   8   Estimating headcounts 23 Mar 2002  3   User interface guru! 22 Mar 2002  13   What do you want from this forum? Part II   4   AOL Time Warner chokes eating their own dog food   6   Open and Closed   14   CF and/or ASP?ASP.net   40   Is software engineering still lucrative?   26   14yrs experience, Now it bores me.   1   I hope Fog Creek succeeds hugely... 21 Mar 2002  18   Open source vb projects?   12   Longterm impact of .NET   13   Joel: Your all your own individuals... 20 Mar 2002  43   ADO vs. ADO.Net   45   Open Source version of City Desk?   169   anyone else find this site excessively annoying?   2   Sydney Morning Herald Review of CityDesk 19 Mar 2002  2   Software for your head   20   Resize and close window   1   Lighthouse on Web Article   2   Programmer's Bookshelf candidate   6   Clamoring for spiffy new features 18 Mar 2002  10   specific problems with Java Swing UI   24   My First Vacation In 9 Years!   4   Article about Lines of Code 17 Mar 2002  15   What do you want from this forum?   35   Simple Batch copy – What software would you use? 16 Mar 2002  19   What must the great programmer know?   3   For ASP developers 15 Mar 2002  5   How to disable Flash in IE   22   Visual Basic Code Issue   5   Managerial Acccounting 14 Mar 2002  10   .NET, Visual Studio.NET, VB.NET, C#   18   Best books for programmers   10   Big Pile of money. 13 Mar 2002  32   Should programmers admin their workstations?   7   Pattern language   12   Patterns never took off? 12 Mar 2002  23   Teaching Lazyness   10   What makes you a programmer - part 2 11 Mar 2002  7   Writing Specs in the middle of the life cycle   6   Functional specification examples   16   What makes you a programmer 10 Mar 2002  39   POLL:Programming taking toll on personal lives?   44   Tools we love, tools we want   21   "The Way Good Software Gets Designed" 08 Mar 2002  6   Plain English   6   cyclic includes 07 Mar 2002  2   How to reduce the Iceburg....   37   Languages to learn?   14   SORT these posts by most recent RESPONSE   12   Microsoft Photo Draw 2000 v2 06 Mar 2002  16   When to retire...   8   VC++ envy   8   Old projects resurface   18   Categories of developers   10   To design or not to design 05 Mar 2002  9   Painless Software Schedules - Software Suggestions   3   What the hell was Linus talking about?   11   King of Patterns = MVC ?   11   Salary Comparisons 04 Mar 2002  10   Code Refactoring: A Story About The Big Mess 03 Mar 2002  37   Visual Modelling Tools - UML, OPEN and others 02 Mar 2002  6   Aspect-oriented programming 01 Mar 2002  9   Best way to avoid key staff members? 28 Feb 2002  11   Making (design) decisions   32   Developers over 35?   9   Resume Selection 27 Feb 2002  2   engineering   8   Remote Access to W2K boxes ...   7   Web Services: the Next Big Thing? 26 Feb 2002  7   Broken Javascript on big sites 25 Feb 2002  19   Interesting Sites   8   Empty Cost "Savings"   7   Internationalization / Multiple languages   11   Determining which resumes to interview   2   Why can't I paste into the message field?   15   What would you do? 22 Feb 2002  9   Daily Builds, lint, and the web   4   Data hiding   22   tabs or spaces?   5   Another Iceberg. Straight Ahead! 21 Feb 2002  7   Daily builds for web projects   6   Management Gleefully Proud of Project Complexity   26   Why are you writing code?   6   working efficiently..   6   What does "Code Complete" mean to you?   4   Delivery to QA   4   Myhrvold (Microsoft CTO). Why is he so abused? 20 Feb 2002  12   Source Code Change Logs   5   Selection for early branching vs. lazy branching 19 Feb 2002  14   What's the training policy at your company? 18 Feb 2002  16   New comp sci grauates and bioinformatics?   21   Certification/Licensing for programmers   10   Why is software always free? 17 Feb 2002  4   P2P & scalability 15 Feb 2002  41   In Search of the Peopleware Workplace   8   Journalism and IT 14 Feb 2002  26   Raise Your Hand If You Disagree with Joel   16   Strategy Letter IV: Bloatware and the 80/20 myth   17   So what do we inhouse programmers do?   81   The Iceberg Secret, Revealed 13 Feb 2002  4   simple password authentication 12 Feb 2002  21   Simple Windows Version Control   6   Who does your QA report to? 11 Feb 2002  11   Bidding   7   QA Metrics 09 Feb 2002  12   Removing value through software 08 Feb 2002  9   Revising Functional Specs 07 Feb 2002  11   Divide and conquer: builders and assemblers   7   bloated old school development vs. fast new school   18   Is the Web a Wank?   2   Joel's TV appearance   7   disappearing post 06 Feb 2002  28   Web applications - Are they worth it? 05 Feb 2002  2   Call for Authors 04 Feb 2002  15   Free software everywhere 03 Feb 2002  3   Secure coding   20   Is there any reason for '\' file separator ?   12   Selling Shareware   24   Developers "10 time zones away" 02 Feb 2002  4   Microsft to spend February bug-fixin' 01 Feb 2002  6   WYSIWYG content management tools?   10   Funny comments   16   Why move to C## ?   4   Machiavellian Programming   4   Search Engine Perfection? 31 Jan 2002  3   IBM listens Joel's complains about Java.   3   C++ Project   21   Inept Interviwers At My Firm...   4   Joel's my Inspiration!   32   Where to begin... 30 Jan 2002  26   Anyone provide good office space?   7   UI Driven Design 29 Jan 2002  10   MCSD Value?   5   Gartner's top 10 predicitons for 2002   1   CityDesk humor   16   Making money with Open Source   17   Dave Winer's Spin on the database debate   4   why the name Fog Creek?   2   Code cleanup with zero breakage of code base   5   Pricing Software 28 Jan 2002  1   a good article   20   Paying Double Salary 27 Jan 2002  12   Prototyping with PowerPoint   2   Did - I just find a bug?   24   PDA'sLUseful or Crap?   12   Exceptions Handling (OOP) 25 Jan 2002  15   Ultimate programming keyboards?   4   Re-writes when tools or platforms change   22   refactoring- debunking the myth?   14   New specs coming up in UAT phase ... 24 Jan 2002  27   rub a dub - Use templating system   15   Wireless   19   Is a college degree really that important? 23 Jan 2002  8   Databases   37   Patching software 22 Jan 2002  5   What good is ECMA standardization?   20   A History question ... DLL Hell and Unix 21 Jan 2002  21   Is Joel Dead? 20 Jan 2002  25   Your thoughts on ASP.NET 18 Jan 2002  8   Keeping old active discussion alive (a/o archived) 17 Jan 2002  17   .net is...   5   CS book recommendations   8   Gates Changing MSoft's Focus 16 Jan 2002  11   Changing the title of the discussion page   1   Made with City Desk banner   28   SDI vs. MDI 15 Jan 2002  15   attacked by ninja-mutant project managers   5   Why the CueCat failed... 14 Jan 2002  10   About Office space...   6   how is CityDesk doing? 13 Jan 2002  14   Dictionary of Code Faults   15   Programming support 12 Jan 2002  1   Working with Good People (Team Building)   29   Next demographic: Gender and programming   3   Quality less important for business software? 11 Jan 2002  11   How many books do you read ?   3   Cover Fire or Version Next?   2   Please stay cheap with your links 10 Jan 2002  22   Joel, don't take the bait!   11   Founder of Wendy Passes away...now what?   27   Age/Years in software development ratio   17   Using English for Program Specs 09 Jan 2002  7   JoelOnSoftware.com Not WinXP/IE6 Compatible? 08 Jan 2002  18   What are your daily web favorites?   3   The eternal conflict of tech management.   4   Working Slower = More Work Here is why:   28   Delphi docs useless; how's VB docs?   9   Logging tool for Developer Activity   10   Staying focused 07 Jan 2002  2   How about a Fog Creek Associate Program ?   15   How many of you are Certified?   5   Burning out after a few years programming ?   67   How old are you ?   5   Payflow Link exploit   6   ERP Programmer and sick of it   6   Why Game Programmer are considered the BEST ?   9   World Class code - How Many Years ?   6   Software development team structure 06 Jan 2002  89   Fire and Motion 03 Jan 2002  22   Frequency of different types of defect   14   More on Software vs. Construction   2   HCI education   8   Most amazing thing I have seen on the internet 02 Jan 2002  4   Automated COM Object Testing   17   PayPal, digibuy and friends   7   Does your work make you happy? 01 Jan 2002  4   2002: Economy; Jobs - any predictions? 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