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 Dec 2002  10   How to define "Site" in "Site License"? 30 Dec 2002  15   Promoting software   10   Version control for Document-type files? (doc,etc)   15   Best Organizer/PIM   12   VB6/ATL or .NET for shrink-wrap software?   1   Commoditizing your complements   21   Did you stake your claim in the Wild west? 28 Dec 2002  7   programming games   13   Living and Working in a Techie Backwater?   4   No more "printer friendly" links.... 8-( 27 Dec 2002  16   Office space specifications.   22   Instant Messenger Services 26 Dec 2002  8   Your favorite research projects.   4   Technical Writing Resources   127   God and Computers   10   Software Catalogs? 25 Dec 2002  14   Do you work this time of year?   11   My "space" pet-peeve   27   Version control system in a one-man project?   10   New Year Resolution   7   Listing directory via Win32, C++ 24 Dec 2002  10   Peer 1 Network recommended?   16   Why all the flame wars?   8   2 stories about impossible bugs 23 Dec 2002  10   Your opinion on the situation in the valley   4   Where do OLE objects return VARIANT data?   10   old dog, new trick?   3   volunteer IT work in Toronto   2   Groove and Ray Ozzie   5   SVG.. thoughts?   8   Managing bugs in other people's code   10   Storing credit cards in databases   14   How to finance application development? 22 Dec 2002  3   New mouse wheel handling in IE: why?   16   Protecting shareware   14   The real benefits of EJB? 21 Dec 2002  13   CVS 20 Dec 2002  13   Motivational Speakers   7   Merry Xmas   14   Peeved too...   9   CDNOW Usability   8   I'm Peeved ... 19 Dec 2002  9   Jakob Nielsen   22   If you could do it all over again...   4   Microsoft Engineers   65   Marriage == Career Death?   2   need recommendations on training resources   10   C Program Optimization   1   Technical Design   10   ASP and code soup   11   Funny/Interesting threads in this forum   11   Advice required: Documentation Writing / Sofware T   5   Interaction design -- anyone? 18 Dec 2002  20   Interviewing Tips   16   changing skill sets   22   Documentation   37   Hiring (Again)   7   Incompetent Executives...or...?   1   Dynamic Layout in Reports 6i   1   Book Recommendations?   4   Automated testing...   11   unprofessional programmers 17 Dec 2002  33   Similarities between Prostitution and Programming   12   Bad Code Revue   5   Total Information Awareness   1   Good Books -- Critical Chain   33   Overseas Outsourcing...   4   Diagnostic Tools   25   Career Path for Programmers.   27   Coding != Software Development   12   Natural Selection applied to business   3   Lord Palmerston on Programming   12   Pie Splitting in a new venture   8   AVL Trees vs. Red-Black Trees?   8   Networking Books 16 Dec 2002  10   Second try: designing a documentation system   21   Memory caching and synchronization   3   Leaky Abstractions and Isaac Newton   10   How to detect if VB6 APP is running within the IDE   16   Selection and the current market   12   Designing a huge documentation system [long]   17   Raider's from Within   6   Alt+Space-N ? Win+Down :) 15 Dec 2002  37   PHP vs ASP   11   JSP + EJB (+ Java Beans)   16   time management books/help?   24   Hey Joel, ever hear of Flash? 14 Dec 2002  34   Mr. Moneybags   29   Alternative degrees   6   Hopcroft et al vs. Sipser?   7   foo.conf   8   Solving the difficulty of programming   20   Back to the green screen 13 Dec 2002  3   Skip dispatcher function single-stepping?   30   Non .Net Language to use for new project   40   Degrees, Publishing, and Professionality   14   Recruitment is just like dating   5   p-Code 12 Dec 2002  3   Ever do any OS/370 Programming?   12   Regarding Joel's latest article   17   Theories on why programming is hard   60   Breaking into development without a degree   17   Should I be a Programmer?   7   Delphi/c++ builder. Is it still worth using?   3   Lord Palmerston Right or Wrong? Yes.   4   Leaky Abstraction and Lord Palmerston   31   Joel on the Economy and the Job Market   1   get COM objects out of memory so you can recompile   12   The MSwin registry   11   Pronouncing HWND   40   Recycle Bin + Network   3   Lord Palmerston and TopCoder   2   What about Schleswig-Holstein?   6   logic tests   8   Changing jobs 11 Dec 2002  4   jet, pick style DB library for Java?   1   gtkmm and qt (xul, swt, wxwindows...)   10   What is zlib?   22   Joel Says:   18   Java GUI's   8   I have to ask.   9   Microsoft College Interview - II   17   "Lord Palmerston...", Specialist v. Generalist   13   No more OS/2   25   A New Take on Music Piracy   2   .NET Class Library Reference   6   Code Review Documentation 10 Dec 2002  13   Explorer or Yahoo-ish heirarchy representation?   2   UI for Database that prints to pre-printed forms   16   Designing a numbering scheme for a knowledge base   32   strategies for coping with burnout?   4   Best Data Structures & Algorithms Book?   27   Looking smart 09 Dec 2002  13   What IS that picture on home page?   13   advanced degrees outside the U.S.   56   Success in Life =   19   Your favorite tool to develop web apps?   21   Bella.  What's the source of your negativism? 08 Dec 2002  60   Code Reviews - Does Anyone Actually Do Them   30   Which language will supersede C/C++ ?   8   Rewriting WinAmp from scratch (part 2) 07 Dec 2002  13   Micro Pros WordStar Printer disaster – really? 06 Dec 2002  15   Fundemental Laws of Software Development part 2   10   Fundemental Laws of Software Development Part 1   22   "LongHorn" - Nest generation Windows OS 05 Dec 2002  24   Naked Objects   42   Intelligence   14   Leaky Abstractions   13   Enterprise app. languages   9   User Interface Hall of Shame   3   .NET installer   3   Online reference library   34   Swing UI? 04 Dec 2002  42   Microsoft College Interview   11   Algorithm Reference   3   Portal Infranet   7   Looking for an evite style application   17   Reverse Engineering Database Design   38   Hiring 03 Dec 2002  9   Doesn't anyone make a high-res lcd monitor?   48   Handling the telephone   37   Assembly Language   1   Book: practical software requirements 02 Dec 2002  17   When are web-based apps not recommended?   6   Using database fields in a preprinted form 01 Dec 2002  4   Scrum   6   Palm programming   10   Working remotely without pain ?   44   Why some programmers are 2+ times more productive? 29 Nov 2002  7   running project on sourceforge.net   16   Coding vs. design   4   Web site design and Ecommerce site charging fee 28 Nov 2002  2   Painless Schedule App needs beta testers! 27 Nov 2002  16   To refactor, or not to refactor...   74   How to start oversea project outsourcing?   23   Development Workstation   103   Unemployment Woes   11   Why compiled help?   11   I need fast image converter   5   Which web tool to choose?   27   What will you do after IT?   14   Fox Pro 26 Nov 2002  21   Develop apps when jobhunting?   9   Windows C++ Development   4   PR firms   65   Angry manager   1   Writting a 900 MB CD-ROM   7   Jean et Marie play computers   18   flash card program for learning a foreign language   8   getting even 25 Nov 2002  10   Bug Triage   2   The Penny Black Project   16   Pricing   10   Follow up procedures   21   How to let managment know about quoting   5   IE6 and the <APPLET> tag.   17   Honest days work   2   Taifoon Ware   27   Bringing Code Samples to Interviews 24 Nov 2002  9   Need a better UI for master/detail tables   2   Painless Software Schedules: What kind of reports? 23 Nov 2002  2   MIX Files   18   Trial-ware expirations 22 Nov 2002  23   speaking of leaky..   10   Working at Microsoft   20   C++ Builder - any good?   3   Do you big C Contribute   40   How many gas stations in USA? 21 Nov 2002  2   Employment Opportunites in Chennai(Madras), India   8   Similar websites as JoelOnSoftware   29   bait and switch: what would you do?   3   Definitive software testing text   25   CVS vs Visual Source Safe   17   MultiThreading   12   Color Capture Feature   7   Problem at Work   19   Simple Question 20 Nov 2002  12   Painless Software Schdules and Varying Staff Level   37   Sabbatical: Your opinion on this.   5   Volunteering   5   The Goal and Critial Chain   15   The best of two goodies...   3   Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture 19 Nov 2002  13   Meetings   4   Gerstner maybe not the savior of IBM?   6   Projects in C++ and/or Java   7   Debugging and head-banging in estimates   8   Code Cleanup   14   PalmOS Programming   18   Good questions to ask at end of interview?   35   SourceSafe monitoring tool   48   Very OLD translations 18 Nov 2002  32   Spam   7   Learning C++   24   Anti-spam vigilantes   6   Project Management Software   2   reverse career fair   15   Dead Wood "III"   4   Login-free, web-based bug/issue tracker?   10   REBOL 17 Nov 2002  1   Best Volume/Site licensing methods?   17   Expected out of college experience?   23   Average Raise after 6 months?   11   The guerrilla guide to interviewing   9   OT? Source control for accountants... 16 Nov 2002  9   Outsourcing   21   Java and .Net both a Disaster: Research   6   VB6 ListView Missing Values   59   Dead wood II   10   UI Books   2   inexpensive VPN   15   Competing Offers -- Need Advice   25   Re: "Bad Spam Filters" spiel   14   Must-see geek sites in or near Seattle 15 Nov 2002  23   Mathematics Software and Hardware   23   SPAM Techniques that REALLY work!!!   12   Career Disucussion Board?   10   CityDesk 'Edit with'   24   Whose back hurts?   10   Good idea to bundle Proj. Mgr. + Tester?   19   how to "manage expectations" 14 Nov 2002  17   Email Postage   6   GIS expensive   5   Joel on statistics   14   Is the IT Recession Over? 13 Nov 2002  17   Logon vs Login   35   Stick-shift or Auto-shift ?   22   Software Quotations   13   Spam Proofing our discuss boards   5   Is this new or was is there before?   10   Opera 7 now out, re-engineered code   58   The Ultimate IQ Test   2   Zen and the Art of Trial Servers   22   Joels humourous analysis of .NET, 2000   5   The bloomin' Lor of Leaky Abstractions   8   Civilization and "Leaky" Abstractions   6   Graduate school 12 Nov 2002  5   Best Books for Windows Programming   8   Learning Ways   35   "Next Big Thing."   8   Ownership rights for custom software?   2   Root-cause software   6   Leaky Abstractions and Techno-junkies   7   3-tier development   6   Buffer Time in Schedules   9   QA in an organization with no QA dept   64   The Law of Leaky Abstractions 11 Nov 2002  12   Macromedia Contribute   7   Hardcore Data Mining?   6   Squeak   6   Load Testing really would require 4 engineers?   22   Role of testers 10 Nov 2002  26   how do you manage your finance? 09 Nov 2002  32   "Murphy had other plans" 08 Nov 2002  34   Revenue   8   Source code to this discussion forum software?   5   VB6 Build and Debugging Question   12   J2EE vs. PHP for web app development   3   Object Caching in VB   3   Any JDeveloper Users Here?   8   Software Patents   7   "Missing" Free Tools 07 Nov 2002  1   VNC fixed shift key problem   32   Free (Or Nearly So) Programmer's toolkits?   17   What are your favorite weblogs?   5   WinInet Using VB   6   Visual Basic For Testers   6   N-Tiered Solutions/In-Memory Databases   2   WhatTimeIsIt.com   5   Version your database 06 Nov 2002  5   Test Web Page Download Times   22   Data validation: best practices   8   Current job market   4   Which companies hire Program Managers?   21   Linux Commands   9   Learning Perl   6   Where can I buy a cheap version of SQL Server   9   Where can I buy a cheap version of SQL Server   4   Windows Forms Datagrid Hell   14   FogBugz looks great; what's OK for Linux/Unix?   9   good catch Joel 05 Nov 2002  22   Voting Machine Usability   4   Automated Build Tools for VB   5   Tablet PC killer app   6   The most important web pages of the world   7   vb6 profiler   5   Shareware/try and buy/donationware models   2   Program Manager @ Microsoft revisited.   18   PM Tries to do The Right Thing 04 Nov 2002  16   Over the top?   11   Fast, OLEDB database connection instead of ODBC.   15   Functional Programmers   6   Using Flash to build online application demos?   15   Version of ms-office is used in the market place? 03 Nov 2002  12   Writing Specs - Not my job 02 Nov 2002  10   Hallway useability Test 01 Nov 2002  18   Filemaker And coworkers   35   A case for subscription software   19   Whatever happened to the slashdot discussions? 31 Oct 2002  29   Most powerful notebook?   23   Blog   8   pay per use hardware??   14   Searching msdn with Google   8   MAC Emulators for Wintel or Linux   6   Client side scripting to get NT username? 30 Oct 2002  38   Quality of Professors / Graduate Students   11   GUIs considered disaster-prone   15   Digital Camera   18   Unsolicited Email   10   Google Algorithms   8   On the light side: social benefits of cybercrime.   14   VB6 and Unicode   12   Aren't you making Mistake Number 4, Joel? 29 Oct 2002  4   Choosing ACL Names   13   J2EE vs .NET   18   Enjoyable experiences at large companies   43   Making life make sense   8   Windows Template Library   1   Camera 27 Oct 2002  33   Question about Citydesk interface   16   XUL / wxWindows / Qt   44   Providing Salary History Info?   21   Did Joel actually say this? 26 Oct 2002  38   Mockery of stupid motivational office posters   10   Who's Joel Spolsky anyway?   22   Dead wood 25 Oct 2002  12   Worried Lingo Programmer seeks advise 24 Oct 2002  28   What is your favorite setup program tool?   18   Layoffs hit Ben & Jerry's   16   What would you do?   26   Hiring superstars? 23 Oct 2002  17   Motivation during bug fixing phase...   8   Search Engine spidering a database driven site?   21   Any Open Source coders?   6   What happened to E-quill?   7   Standard Contracts   56   The Brickie Programmer   27   On Guerrillas and Microsoft interviews 22 Oct 2002  5   Joel on Software   5   Operating Systems Used to Access Google   2   Release Candidates   10   Tools for Managing Requirements   35   MS - Unfair advantage?   6   Learning to Document   8   How are you using XML?   5   Datawarehouse and dimensional modeling   10   Beware of the UML snake-oil salesmen   5   User interfaces   13   Extreme Programming   2   RSS   8   PHP Design Flaws   31   What kind of PDAs you use? 21 Oct 2002  3   Radio from UserLand   12   UI of this website   12   .cty   12   Programming & Poetry   9   Number of people with CLR installed   25   "Good Code" - What is it? 20 Oct 2002  12   Terminal Services - just my two cents   9   WinVNC vs Remote Desktop   4   Standalone XUL Application? 19 Oct 2002  16   RSS Stuff   25   Translations? WTF?! 18 Oct 2002  7   Purpose of affiliate links in the Fogbugz review?   14   Concurrent changes to files under SCM control   7   Forte Agent 17 Oct 2002  20   Success in science   14   Limitations of UML   35   How do you reward dev team for software release? 16 Oct 2002  14   Is faster hardware cost effective?   21   Impact of DUI on Job Search   7   Richter's Windows Programming book   13   Good & simple web-based bugtracker?   40   Employment 14 Oct 2002  80   Joel & C++   15   How should I learn .NET? 13 Oct 2002  30   The advertising emperor is naked   14   message board font 12 Oct 2002  23   How do I improve my memory???   16   Joel on Software harvested for spam   1   How is the SAP R/3 ABAP job marketability?   14   Designing, can it be learned by programmers?? 11 Oct 2002  15   Evolt Article: Macromedia's Struggles 10 Oct 2002  20   10/90 - code written by 10% is in use by 90%   7   An Observation   39   Joels worst piece yet... 09 Oct 2002  14   Nobel Prize-winner had graduated last in his class   19   Dynamic HTML?  Who needs it?   9   Joel,is there a functional spec for FogBugz Setup?   9   Viability of using Visual Basic (classic)?   9   Why didn't you just write good setup instructions? 08 Oct 2002  3   Reason 120 I wish I were Joel   2   MASTER-PLAN - Corporate Management of Multiple Pro   8   How much time do you spend on this forum?   13   Reversible Setup and Contracts   3   Any chance of an RSS/RDF feed?   6   Oracle Questions   10   Dynamically compile a TypeLib into a DLL resource   6   Unit testing in C++ 07 Oct 2002  7   Making a Build in One Step   8   Buying hardware in Europe   9   pc for blind people   13   FogCreek users   3   How to use CVS when offline? 06 Oct 2002  20   Volunteer Programming   9   What do you use for dynamic data structures in VB? 05 Oct 2002  1   Cool software engineering links ? 04 Oct 2002  3   On Joel's book   33   Article translations 03 Oct 2002  40   GPA a factor?   42   the new fogbugz setup program   3   help on staffware   30   Project Management for Beginners   10   Inno Setup - a free setup program 02 Oct 2002  23   Ubiquitous Connectivity 01 Oct 2002  10   Not all the news is bad   26   Visual problems - mobile phone ? other ?   11   Crypkey 5.6 Q3 04 | Q2 04 | Q1 04 | Q4 03 | Q3 03 | Q2 03 | Q1 03 | Q4 02 | Q3 02 | Q2 02 | Q1 02 | Q4 01