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 2004  2   Sapient   45   Gmail.com   4   cut and paste tools   22   What is the value of testing?   15   IT subculture the cause of project failures?   11   Odd IIS Problem   30   Personal computer security - worse than ever   9   Microsoft admits that the OSS community is right   4   OpenPGP   8   WM_MOUSEWHEEL?   1   PERL Script on WIndows using ICMP   19   Full spectrum lights?   5   Gupta announces RAD/Database for Linux: Comments?   1   DirectShow VMR9 Renderer   1   Switches, Gateways, Routers - learning this   13   Annoying WinXP icon   7   Visual Studio SP6?   16   Non-Speech Careers   27   D* = Maintenance   8   asp.net web reporting   7   Date format problems with MSCAL.OCX on Windows XP   30   Wrapping code at 80 columns?   4   Good business books   2   Printing from IE   7   Parsing HTML pages   18   Complicated APIs vs Simplicity   3   Freedom Methodology   1   Rapid Application Development   3   user manual and online help 30 Mar 2004  1   QuickBooks   4   Is this code recommended?   88   ThrowTheBumsOut   2   Admin-created XP file not editable by non-admin?   10   Fire/motion   6   Intranet needs a search function   13   Is SharePoint overkill?   5   VMWARE and Windows Guest (Synching PDA)   4   Googly froogly   8   About the impedance mismatch article   32   cultural implication of Google   11   You may be a novice computer user if...   10   Software & setup for new PC   8   free ftp server software for Windows   26   Transferring XP home license   5   How do I create RTF compilable with WinHelp (HLP)?   16   Office 2000 - Word - printing - footer - bug?   6   Any VS.NET wizards out there?   9   Business Analysis   2   Java & Web Services   8   Graphics   24   About About Box   15   Dates with MS Access   15   Cyclic up and down in productivity   12   Software to save & retrieve incoherent information   14   How is a buffer overrun a virus threat?   22   Comments / code ratio?   4   Visual Basic text control with tables 29 Mar 2004  2   removing labels in VSS   12   Multitasking - how do you do it?   4   rs!field   8   Leftovers   10   Appropriate compensation for IIT interns   11   Drinking the Kool-Aid(TM)   13   Oracle - Linux vs Windows 2003   29   I Hate The New Google Look   3   Network - Switches, Gateways, TCP/IP - Mysterious   12   SSL - Do I always need Certificates for this?   18   Curving CS Grades   16   VB6 & Pointers   12   Time management   6   converted sql made on-the-fly to param queries   12   Any problems with Tortoise CVS?   46   Why are managers clueless buffoons?   1   Damn!   34   So, I dropped on your backyard   2   Problem with data report generation 28 Mar 2004  17   Out of memory--what should I do?   30   Linux: First determined move against Microsoft?   41   Xbox 2 compatibility with Xbox   43   binary xml - just say no   37   Should I do it?   17   A big usability leap for browsers? 27 Mar 2004  28   Are there really software buyers still using 56K?   30   Old technical books - usable as firewood?   5   Hacks are good for you!   6   RDC vs. TightVNC vs. RealVNC   21   top ten software firms   13   Time Zones   7   I just discovered there's a RDC client for OS X 26 Mar 2004  8   proxy gate   10   Not able to understand this limitation of Excel   16   Another Sanity Check, please?   11   A usability question   18   Algorithm for evaluating a WinZipCompression ratiO   9   File I/O from NT Service application?   13   How common are Win XP "non admin" user accounts?   17   Design pattern: Office politics   4   Data generation   22   Explaining source code ownership to clients   27   Quality C++ IDE   19   Technical Solution Blocking Scam Mails At Source   18   Shrinkwrapped Linux   11   Java Desktop Demo   5   Network "tunnelling" for Terminal Server access?   8   Laptop for heavy VMWARE use?   43   Reference Mate Beta Release 25 Mar 2004  59   "The Apprentice" (spoilers)   30   Academic code stealers   6   Good ASP hosting provider for a decidated server?   10   Built-in SQL support in C#   17   Are you a good hardware engineer   8   Source control tutorial / guide   15   Buying refurbished PC's   37   capitalism is beautiful   14   Impendance mismatch   2   Skype system any good?   9   Dalhousie Univ, canada cs grad degree   12   To branch or not to branch.   4   How Software Platforms Evolve   19   Integrating data access into programming languages   2   Fog Creek Open House?   12   Complete Idiots Guide to Motherboards for Dummies   85   Poll: What car do you drive?   38   US anti-spam laws   7   NULL pointers vs. empty strings--preference?   41   Slowest computer   19   One more thing about semi-colons   57   Is grokking pointers really so hard for some?   4   Thanks Joel 24 Mar 2004  16   How to stop new window links in IE   30   Good Code / Bad Code... Bleh   17   Pentagon:Windows Upgrades not needed after 2020   26   A sysadmin must know these languages   13   Why .net not appropriate for shrinkwrap sw   19   So why _did_ they go microsoft for their software?   7   Can Open Source make good UI?   4   From the why-can't-they-all-do-it Dept.   15   C# is just VB without semi colons   5   Michael McDonough’s Top Ten Things They Never Taug   14   Exceptions revisited   8   Medion notebooks anyone?   9   Box   2   Refactoring Tool for VB6   5   Graphs, Nodes, Edges, Groups, Connections.   11   LASIK vs PRK   3   YATOO   18   memset usage   34   Scary, Bad Code at New Company   19   Local Candidates Only   23   Open Source UI Design or lack there of   33   Drowning in one's community   3   Closing the Gap, Part 1   13   A significant change in gambling odds   61   Microsoft fined $616m   27   Which language for web app if trying to sell? 23 Mar 2004  13   Am I just grumpy, or is this a bad idea?   15   Help me with this design spec   15   Opera's fat lady singing?   9   Norrick Takes One Last Kick At The Can   1   Is it against the law to read this blog?   20   Wiki question   26   Nice Guy-can't program a damn, PT 2   77   Wives and Entrepreneurship   45   how did you find your current job?   1   Sound Outpost?   2   Internet Explorer 6 Font Troubles   12   Logo competition at Design Outpost   2   Atom vs. RSS 22 Mar 2004  4   Focus?   6   Local Monster.com-type sites   75   Communist Western Europe   25   Plasma TVs - worth it (for the cheap ones)?   22   What should I know when buying an LCD monitor?   41   Hiring your next user interface designer   3   MDAC_TYPE and ADO   15   Copyright disclaimer in source   6   Search Results Categorizing   4   Access/MSDE question...   9   Management Metaphors (Military, sport, cartoon)   40   More JoS bloggers?   2   VMware 3 suspend/resume   1   Good outsourcing info on SlashDot   16   Spying on HTTP (hacking it two)   1   Get GUID from class name   7   Configurable system monitoring 21 Mar 2004  8   Tech Events   48   Can/Do *good* software managers write code?   1   how to include the windows ddk correctly   7   Another take on SCO   13   A halfway decent online backup   25   Witty Worm , Black Ice, and Product Liability   8   Autotrebuchetination   4   Avoiding namespace collisions in C libraries? 20 Mar 2004  9   Is the VB runtime installed by default on XP ?   11   Would OSS with paid consulting-> dificult sw?   10   Questions about London   6   Open Source CRM?   4   IT Document Repositories   9   /onSoftware & JoSDot   20   Charles Simonyi is RICH! 19 Mar 2004  1   ISP in LA   16   Beta Testers - What to do with them   12   Future of Machine Language   6   Java Server Faces   14   Cross-browser web development   8   Looking for tips on government contracts   26   The Prisoner's Dilemma   18   If you can't beat em, buy em   6   Software houses   20   Information Overload   5   Prioritise features suggested by beta testers.   21   JOS Usability   21   But are you happy?   11   Data Mining Project Suggestions   6   Elegant error handling in C APIs?   23   "The Apprentice" (no spoilers) 18 Mar 2004  8   I'm sorry, but I have to rant   17   Tricky character counting alogorthim   3   Best freeware project mgmt software?   9   Advise on HW & MS Virtual PC upgrade w/ Office XP?   10   Consulting companies pay living costs on site?   39   Honesty in companies   4   Web File Dependencies   9   Algorithm - Monochrome Bitmap Outline   13   Programmer inherits W2K Server...   13   Nice Guy, but he can't program a damn...   16   Becoming a C programmer   25   How Do You Use Your Browser?   7   Company logo redesign, logofactory.com -- tips?   19   Hungarian Notation Cheat-Sheet   31   EU "Competition" Commissioner   12   Subversion   8   source control philosophies/techniques   27   Pointers to learn Japanese.   13   Groove   27   (Real) Web Applications 17 Mar 2004  18   If You Can't Veto Features, You're Not a Tech Lead   25   VB6 + COM Sucks?   50   Has anyone used SQLite?   7   good books for Mastering MS Excel   9   Inductive User Interface - Anyone using it?   7   Follow shortcuts in Visual Basic?   9   GRAD SCHOOLS-Canada?   42   Lies on CVs   10   Using GoogleAdwords for market research?   9   Updating a client-database   9   Cluetrain Manifesto   17   What is a lot of resumes?   11   Software Distribution   13   Functional Requirements   14   Domotica applications   15   Start from scratch or build from within?   1   VSLive & Mobile DevCon   33   JoS Forum's law   21   databases are dangerous - more layers needed!   10   Bizarre request for info - how to decline 16 Mar 2004  13   Business/Personal Accounting Software   13   MS Visual SourceSafe usage question   13   Choose Two   2   UUID parsing for Java 1.4.x   13   const vs Java final   17   What's wrong with Struts?   4   Programmer's Money Perspective   14   Anyone learn to program how they tell others to?   2   can anybody give me some suggestions?   7   Financial transparency -> nonprofits   12   How to find out where VC's are investing?   12   Explorer Usability - your opinion?   20   Is a partner the right answer? 15 Mar 2004  18   Any thoughts about Onfolio?   25   Tip of The Day: Useful?   33   const--use it?   48   How to spot a 9-5 company in 10 seconds or less   8   Hiring specific skills - self fulfilling prophecy?   22   seeking career advice   7   Win32 Programming   41   Bad Programming Team Assignments   28   Immigration and computer professionals   27   The Future Of Work (and FAEs)   7   Another usability question regarding Joels advice   2   MSDE 2000 performance   10   Since we're talking about outsourcing so much...   9   Someone working for Altran   39   Outsourcing has been working for a long time   42   An example of how to make "offshore" work, work. 13 Mar 2004  2   Validating HTML... in bulk   1   I just got this message from Quicktime... 12 Mar 2004  4   Could this installer be any worse?   9   CMM Level 5 - does it mean anything anymore?   9   Framework and "big code" obsessions - a data point   5   Accessibility Question   16   Another critical fix from Microsoft. Again   16   What is a software developer?   11   RentAcoder   5   Unrelated Workex on resume?   17   Software for spec'ing ...software ?   12   Collaboration Software for Remote Development   4   Is anyone using CruiseControl.NET?   1   Book on interface construction   2   Adobe Designer 6.0 vs InfoPath   13   Interesting take on outsourcing?   2   Disable WSH using Group Policy?   17   Securing W2000 on a domain "Against" admin?   9   Conducting A Training Prog. - nervous/confused   1   Help with Sharepoint Portal Server(OFF)   19   How Should a novice start learning C++.   21   What is the logic behind mail in rebate?   22   Does good code matter?   6   Simple content management for PHP 11 Mar 2004  8   Data generation   27   How to collaborate on commercial sw proj?   39   Lower Wages Is The Solution   3   What configuration is suitable to learn C#?   33   The Apprentice (spoilers)   8   Usability improvement of an SQL tool   11   How to start Java programming for mobile phones?   20   I've been blogged...   7   Suggestion for simple, free discussion board?   1   DirectX error   10   Good places to buy configurable PCs online...   22   Need to run a Windows application remotely   2   Novell interview   17   Feel of working at FogCreek while being ...   22   JOS and spam   3   Merchant account advice   8   Currency Conversion   31   Opinions on demand-driving product design?   5   Team efforts   10   What do beta testers do?   40   Why do people still use MS Outlook?   23   Technical Recruiters that bad?   19   Whidbey and Yukon delayed...again   22   MSFT breakdown 10 Mar 2004  17   Building Text Parsers With C   5   Representing Java Object in Visio UML...   22   Not all public servants are evil   9   AUTORUN woes on USB drive   29   Best IDE for php   18   Hackers too?   23   Getting around the technical recruiter   23   Anyone else frustrated tracking projects+knowldg?   26   Bizarre Situation   11   10 Years of Atari   1   From Wholesale to Retail   8   Converting wizard.   2   Kazaa lite   29   What is wrong with SourceSafe   52   your sleep pattern 09 Mar 2004  11   Windows NT for G5 released   11   Starting a Company- Questions you want Answered?   12   Tactical Disclosure of Salary   6   RedGate SQL Compare OR Lockwood Tech ApexSQL   1   Comments on Running a Beta Test   15   Another (bad) Analogy for Outsourcing   18   Access or SQL server   6   Software contracting   31   salary on current job too low   3   NT's Default Permissions   13   MS Word/Excel propensity to select w/mouse   5   Software for Seniors   13   Can you learn .NET and it's framework with books?   5   fogcreek.com zone problems   13   Good command-line shell for Windows?   4   JOS Selected Essays   29   What's up at O'Reilly?   2   Standards pricing   10   Joining an "offshore" organisation   10   Presenting an idea 08 Mar 2004  1   Brisbane Meetup   12   Sunblock for a laptop?   11   Going Freelance   19   Analogy for why outsourcing is hard   17   Nielsen is getting on my nerves   22   Explaining things in terms of other things   32   What's the deal with hyper-absolutist declarations   27   not in my job description   9   Intel, GNU and compiler benchmarking   5   Empower question   13   Performance pay - bonus or consolidate ?   1   Microsoft's MSHTML and Microsoft Word   31   Microsoft customer service (ho ho ho)   41   The Future of Programming Languages   82   Is this harassment?   3   Usabilitymustdie   12   Hard Disk warranty   4   Popup help for the focused control, or for the   7   Remote Source Control   19   Maths required for 3D   7   Lean == critical chain ?   11   BitTorren over port 80. HOwto?   9   Can anyone stop the keyword spammers on google? 07 Mar 2004  4   Windows XP deployment tips?   6   Authentication for Workstations - Using Win2k, NT   1   writing a protocol convertor?   6   Error handling for C libraries?   4   Any JoS users in Milwaukee?   15   Too much stress   11   Recently Discovered Linux Kernel Exploit   26   Organize Against Off-Shoring   13   Are DVD recordables as durable as CD-R ?   19   The integration of computers in schools   8   Book recommendation for state of art Web Design   20   How come Yahoo contains spam and hotmail does not?   5   An audio newbie looking for some advice   14   Make Me Disappear 06 Mar 2004  5   Open House Help   18   VMWare virtual machine as primary environment   27   Gwyn's "Why won't you show your cards?"   16   app research 05 Mar 2004  2   vxworks device driver   28   A 20 minute usability review of City Desk   35   Perforce for FREE!!   10   Windows XP SP2 Will Break Your Apps. Part Deux.   13   Open Source: Get up and dance!   29   Tom Peters on Outsourcing   4   Joel and the Fog Creek photograph   9   Service oriented architecture   8   C library subroutine localtime()   11   Visual Basic question...   7   Puchasing Online   26   Software for babies   28   Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion   8   Fog Creek Office Picture   21   get/set routines in C? 04 Mar 2004  12   Picking up math for 3D graphics for a dev   60   "The Apprentice" (Spoilers)   10   Pricing conclusion   5   Do Empty Fields in an ADO Rs use much memory?   17   Quotes from a custom soft dev proposal   3   Cargo Cult Organization Styles   5   Keeping track of server changes?   5   SSL - Is dedicated hardware a requirement?   3   Critical Chain and Buffer Management   5   ESR/CUPS feedback   28   how to return for nihilism?   10   Some advice required ...   3   Converting email from unix mbox to Outlook?   23   Does Windows XP Sp2 *automaticallY* include .net?   6   Geocoding and proximty search question   6   How do you find testers?   17   VB.Net Success Stories   4   Copy & Paste of File Directory contents   3   Good book for MP3?   4   Disabling script debugging in IE   5   Cooments on this book   11   Samsung: talk to me ...   5   Bill Gates on Charlie Rose 03 Mar 2004  3   Algomod Technologies Corporation   10   Code Complete 2 presentation by Steve McConnel   7   Free Terminal Services Client win98   24   Microsoft ISV Empower programme. Grrrrr!   5   Reasoning alternatives (static code checker)   32   Open source... rat race ?   15   "Getting Things Done" tools or templates?   18   A win-win approach to offshore outsourcing?   13   Xboxology   11   Reject Via Telephone   29   Normal not to get paid until end of contract?   16   Is My Company Secretly Blocking URLs?   18   Report development   12   How do you all fit so much onto a windows form?   16   Object-oriented databases ??   13   Indecent Proposal   8   VB6 - Using ADODB.RECORDSET(s) - Efficiency?   2   phonebook for cell-phone   7   between excel, access and lotus notes   30   I promised I would never do this   8   On strike 02 Mar 2004  8   XP Network slowness   39   I got the MS internship :)   19   Where art thou, pariah?   5   How to test candidate: honest analysis   10   I want to work for free.   16   Laptop usability   13   Table Driven Programming   21   An idea for interviews   14   Should I go with paypal??   26   Based on a true story: Control See, Control We   18   Has anyone ever received good advice?   8   Apprentice : tactic for the PM in boardroom   17   Laptop size/weight Rant   5   Testing programming applicants:  debugging?   20   Stock Market related Blogs, sites, newsgroups   4   MSIL to Java bytecode converter   5   Top Twelve Tips for Running a Beta Test   14   On a lighter note...   7   Alternatives to Incredibuild.   34   Stammering my way through an interview   15   Stress Less Ideas?   3   Anyone use PDL?   16   What is NULL 01 Mar 2004  6   Commanding Heights: Battle For World's Economy   9   File maker   1   Praise for Joel   11   Tips for Home Working   2   Combee on Palm OS   13   Help me bring my dept into the 21st century!   45   Cubes vs. Offices - the unanswered question   7   Advice on pluggable app   20   Lacking Enough Technical Knowledge?   27   How to welcome a newbie   1   Multi Language Personnal Web Page   9   Rich Dad, Poor Dad   5   Anyone here use/look into the CSLA .NET framework? 29 Feb 2004  1   win32 good sites   9   YAED   2   Leveraging Development skills.   5   better chkdsk for Windows XP?   11   Interface and Implementation   5   C# 'Servlet Engine'   5   San Diego - the new Silicon Valley 28 Feb 2004  1   Absolute and Relative Margins?   15   Moving to XP   1   IIS->COM+->Service communication via MSMQ?   12   Dvorak on cookies   7   CD-ROM Serial   13   Post-deployment stress   9   An online bookstore for Indians   6   Caveat Emptor   16   Bubble sort reversed   6   Thank you,Joel.   2   Tea time gossip   42   Some reasons not to buy a home 27 Feb 2004  9   Please recommend a DVD-RW   10   Emulate Mac OS X from within OS X?   17   Nextel direct connect - why?   5   -- Convert presentations to image files --   7   Learning XSLT   12   Hybrid Application: Java + (C++|C#|Cocoa)?   8   interprocess communications in Windows?   7   Is this funny or not?   8   Any solution to decrease long load time?   8   interview questions revisited   10   Why Spirit stopped working...   1   XP Account and Virus   13   A Quote By Charles Simonyi   6   BACKWEB-8876480.EXE - What the hell is that ?   23   Buffer Search Algorithm   10   ESR 0, CUPS 1   16   Any New Rich Microsofties   1   Synchronising a Pocket PC via Citrix   5   Dev tools for developing Pocket PC Application   7   Now I did it......   15   $299 Deal on A TON of Microsoftware   5   Windows XP Reloaded   25   "The Apprentice" (Spoilers) 26 Feb 2004  7   Variable declaration location preference/rule?   9   Hardware usability   9   The next Fog Creek product   20   Anyone see this?   12   Leap Year Date Problems   8   Vendor Programs for software consultants?   3   Monitoring Server Resources in Unix   38   I'm DOne.  I Don't Want To Be A Developer Anymore.   5   What kind of revenue from simple web apps/sites?   7   MSXML 'Unspecified Error' Madness   13   Daydreams   4   Human Resources   7   Aaaah...The feeling of "working" two hours...   3   Burnout:  Falling Towards Success   9   "Serious" LOC