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 2003  3   Whoops! It doesn't work   5   Bought Empower ISV, now what's the *total* cost!?   16   Wrong industry   1   Happy New Year   23   Self Important Programmers   5   legacy   19   Agency terminology: people as the commodity   17   Just under the wire in 2003...   6   The Most Popular* Joel Article of 2003 is...   15   Un-Hosing Windows Update   13   Recommend a free RSS reader? 30 Dec 2003  4   Start an open source project get knighted   20   High return skills investment   6   Understanding Pixels and Dots   3   Menu Shadows   15   copying hard drive   14   Voice Recognition = Command Line Prompt?   28   Israel Stops Buying Microsoft Software   16   Quotes about software development revolutions?   2   Make More Mistakes   16   2003 Year in Review   9   Can a folder be hidden yet allows indirect access?   5   Why apps developed with MSFT tools have a poor UI   12   Create files from DOS command line? 29 Dec 2003  14   "Compiling" scripts   18   E-Vote Gear firm hacked   31   most software is quite poor   27   Could it be that M$SFT is missing an opportunity   42   sorting   27   A coherent Linux strategy for Microsoft?   1   Maya book   14   Bookmarks/Favorites Mgmt   14   Source Control   21   Java: Long.TYPE vs Long.class   27   I have done something stupid   17   Why do we need scripting langauges?   12   Internal Rates   31   Lovers at Work ...   4   Free Calendar Control   1   Why not just block the apps ...   4   Estimates for contracts   24   Got asked to fly to a meeting on NEW YEARS EVE..??   5   Dilbert Relocation Comic   11   Things that make you 28 Dec 2003  23   pseudo-RAID on a single drive?   4   Mem   50   "IT shifting away from Microsoft"?   13   Simple ASP Question   13   Serving ads in software   24   Open source complexity issue   5   HELP! data recovery advice 27 Dec 2003  4   Type of parser used for ASP->PHP compiler   8   phone interviews   15   Increaseing Speed of Computer - optimizing process   29   Advice for S/W Entrepreneurs: Make More Mistakes   39   More Linux Developers than Windows ones?   3   Some Thoughts on FogBUGZ for UNIX   17   IDE RAID   3   Software cloning and copyright   15   Selling software applications to Microsoft   6   Recovering data after HD hosed by Magistr virus? 26 Dec 2003  9   Smallest possible Www + PHP + MysQL package?   15   Statistics - reading code vs. writing code   7   network games   17   MySQL or Postgress   36   Outsourcing and the law of unforeseen consequences   6   Clear the console output   1   Shipping high quality software   22   Future of Window API   13   I want to be like Andy dufresne   19   IEEE reports highest level of unemployment ever 25 Dec 2003  5   Cable Modem I-net Connection and Viewing Cable TV   3   a nice sql elearning site   5   Merry Christmas!   15   FS-Portability of data-LCD-FAT? 24 Dec 2003  17   The Programmer Species   26   Working at Microsoft   9   Hackers and Painters   2   Locking physical memory on NT based OSes   10   iTunes store design   3   Looking for a SOM overview   60   job advice for a new graduate   8   Q for Independent Consultants - end user focus?   13   Advice on best MP3 software   24   Highly programmable non-Emacs editor?   19   C++? Opinions?   8   ASP to PHP compiler 23 Dec 2003  8   Scripting desktop apps on the server, an inquiry   27   Latest on SCO/Linux thing   37   Future of straight C dev on Win & Linux GUI   27   Windows for a Bank Teller machine?   2   Ideas on communication between Flash6 and a DB   5   Creating Specs for a data-Driven Website   25   Why does FogBugz need PHP?   2   What did you learn, Joel?   5   tech interviews   7   Stop javascript/DHTML overlay ads?   13   Internet Optimizer problem   5   Installing software on Unix   19   Client-Server Software Vulnerability 22 Dec 2003  38   Why The Flip Flop, Joel?   9   Don't use Cisco's GUI!!!   16   MFC   20   Borland is no more.   44   Joel on installing Debian   22   Unix OS installs   3   Blogging screws up your blissful ignorance...   5   EM_DISPLAYBAND (Technical question)   17   A book about Microsoft   9   philo, please help.   8   Visualizing   2   Why are the best developers Vulcans?   17   Why are the best developers man ? (class id:007)   36   sql query question   10   Longhorn as a "blank page"   28   Why are the best developers women ?   6   Registry Permissions and Explorer Options   6   DLL Base Address suitable incrementor?   68   working hard or hardly working?   42   "he or she" NOT politically correct!   3   Main C# App + subsystems : approach?   17   How Much Do Offshore Developers Cost, Anyway?   5   Another usability site bites the dust   3   Hacking .NET and LongHorn   14   Programming bottom-up 21 Dec 2003  4   Look! links to photos of my new baby   32   kinds of sw development not likely 2 be outsourced   6   Master Pages in .NET make CityDesk obsolete?   4   Acceptable ways of displaying help   2   Baffling Problem !!   1   dodgeit.com: mailinator v2.0   9   Outsourcing - making it work   46   Outsourcing -But not the usual stuff   20   Forced Subscriptions 20 Dec 2003  16   Help vs. Info   1   A topic that JOS hasn't covered yet?   3   Visual Basic .NET Resource Kit - FREE   15   Contd..Display the sine graph of a sound file   8   Organizing Software Specs and Specs for Websites   36   Philo's disclaimer   4   How many find wordweb indispensable ? 19 Dec 2003  21   Buying hardware... computer recommendations?   51   Did linux just show up on the radar?   3   Earlier printf question   1   Microsoft's Answer to Tenacious D   72   Bold topics.   16   Nokia sucks :(   5   Privacy Gimmicks   15   hiring directly over phone   1   PDC 2003 sessions online   9   WinAmp5 and Firebird   24   Replacement for PGPdisk?   7   MS Web Browser Control   23   Compression Algorithm Suggestion   1   Microsoft WebBrowser control problem   4   Registry entries for registering COM DLLs   18   stuck between a rock and a hard place   33   Programmers creating user interfaces? No... 18 Dec 2003  20   You have to love OSS developers   13   Salary negotiation style   16   Home Brew PVRs, anyone got one?   2   Another Deployment ?   18   Athlon 64   21   The most annoying user type   7   Blogging Question   9   Creating an Uninstall for my app   12   weird interview   27   Hogwarts School of Architecture and Software   7   Architects here + offshore devs   15   Dell Inspiron 8600 (or 8500)   30   New Project - offshore help requested   8   Printing Screenshot In Outlook   16   Software/technology associations in VIRGINIA?   27   Are IP addresses recorded?   9   STL Vector on Borland tools   5   Feature "Feature/Code Freeze"   21   Noise blocking headphones recommendation   22   Display the sin graph of a sound file   6   A clash of styles   19   database storage   15   Lisp company IPOs 17 Dec 2003  12   Bully Institute   4   Distribution Question   9   Question about ink cartridges   5   Math Drawings   9   NewDotNet and vNC   13   Oracle - SQL 'insert' Question   48   Defining moment in computing   25   Doom on Itanium   29   Voice Recognition - In corporate?   17   Separating Interface from Implementation   13   [VB] Good tool to determine & resolve dependencies   9   Editing Lisp on Windows   42   Cultural Divide: It's the command-line not the OS   44   OS dominance   7   Yeah right 16 Dec 2003  11   C# .NET and NT 4   30   Embedded Databases (ala MS Jet or Berkeley DB)   6   Eclipse and build number   17   GPL Newbie Question #1   38   Joel on Software Motto   16   Software Cultures   12   Developers, WinXP SP2 will break your apps.   25   Why programmers should do their own support 15 Dec 2003  15   Standards Schmandards   11   Guide to building JET powered windows apps?   4   Game programming in C#   11   HTML-stripping mail reader?   8   Laptop HD   26   Fav mp3 players   29   Has Joel even used KDE?   21   Caution on Bayesian Filters   9   Another unix cultural value?   12   Doomed from the start   57   Biculturalism   4   Polite Question   10   Leaving St. Paul, Minnesota   30   Programming for Programmers   11   Allowing users to create custom fields   9   Opportunities Revisited   26   IBM sends more jobs overseas   7   Designing Windows GUI Plumbing   2   "Active Directory Programmer's Guide" ... Where??   14   Crystal Reports   25   music at work   6   Message board software   10   Failed entrepreneur turned into spammer   26   IP address question 14 Dec 2003  8   HTTP scripting?   6   Consulting: Small biz or "other income"?   2   XML -> Flash   4   Recruiter in administration stiffs contractors   32   Mastering English as a Foreign Language...   9   State Machines   3   access registry info detect service failure   38   Help, my HTML Always Sucks! 13 Dec 2003  14   Environment Variables in Windows - anoying to edit   10   Linux 101   8   Drag and Drop using VMware - aaaargh!! Please Help   16   Signing up for accounts - how to prevent attacks?   30   Dual monitors ... at home?   13   More thoughts on single threaded servers 12 Dec 2003  20   programming drunk   14   What does it mean?   7   Java and Oracle interview   9   7th interview running   10   Secure file transfer under windows?   16   software copy protection   1   CVSTrac - How to install   14   Getting started with Lisp   3   If recruiter goes broke ...   23   Command line vs. Guis   4   XML-RPC - how to capture message?   20   how do small companies live amongst the monsters?   16   Simulate Slow Network Connection   23   Recruiting in remote locations   2   Coverage statistics using nUnit?   9   Where do entrepreneurs hang out on the net?   53   Hiring someone who *almost* has a degree?   21   Software Engineers: Good or Evil ?   26   How "e" is the place you work? 11 Dec 2003  12   technical interview   6   Nul Folder   7   Any bulletin board software standards compliant?   21   Programmers' Opinions Needed- To Change or Not?   8   working at google in LA   18   Lisp Jargon - A little help, please.   2   .NET OLEDB Data Reader Datatype is VARCHAR(255)?   13   Opinion on Experts Exchange   19   Do monitors cause cancer?   4   Moving software forward   34   New Development PC   7   What percentage of your hires are keepers?   14   Disabling of Controls vs Error Messages   37   LISP - why?   45   IRS Systems upgrade, $8 bil. and overbudget 10 Dec 2003  50   Bill Gates: agnostic/athiest or agnostic/theist?   3   unicode article inaccuracies   18   "Must a surgeon cut the crusts off his sandwiches   4   Technical Luddite - Needs Help Understanding Paths   19   Choosing a laptop   35   Auto-Hiding Menu Items and Usability   4   Throttle incoming connections?   45   Odd situation   17   The Need to Outsource Explained   25   Lisp and Productivity   59   U.S. Programmers at Overseas Salaries   15   useit.com   21   Software will eat itself   13   As cunning as a.... modal form   33   "Better" language vs. Big Software   41   Our jobs... (again)   16   On design: database row/table depends?   10   Spam Overload   13   how much this so called software legends made..   44   Software Babe   6   Refracturing 09 Dec 2003  19   Lego intuition?   34   productivity tip   34   C# Help   3   Delphi 8 (Octane) flash movie   18   What the hell   10   Some logic puzzles   16   Mozilla Firebird can't save as mht...   18   What to do whan I don't have a clue?   16   SQL question   3   VS.NET 2002 IDE Keyboard Shortcut Question   18   Writing device drivers   10   Ever seen this (Engrish Inside)?   11   Software % Pricing 08 Dec 2003  11   The Apprentice   1   Javascript & selectbox   53   Binary search in 5 lines of code? How?   16   How To Get Rich Programming Error   46   Doing Charity Sites   4   Unix question   3   API for converting MySQl queries to XML   6   Design Question - Database Queries   43   Chest Pain ... Am I dying ?   11   Do we deserve fragmented roles?   14   Role Fragmentation   11   Who cannot live without MS Project here ?   10   Rulers   5   Treo 270 + Palm OS 5.x   108   Eric Raymond and Richard Stallman   83   open source   14   Desktop app. Data storage / File Format? 07 Dec 2003  29   Am I a unique hybrid?   18   C# Games   28   New Career?   65   "Low Skill" Rhetoric   5   Building Different File Viewer   56   "Low-skill jobs like coding" (NYT) 06 Dec 2003  10   CityDesk, Blogger and Joel's business model   13   Win32 admin: I'm pathetic, please help   27   If there are few decent jobs in programming...   16   Does C# is going to Kill Delphi ?   17   This app won't die   7   VBScript Export Add-in for VB6?   8   Running a VB app inside a browser 05 Dec 2003  23   The real enemy of programmer productivity   59   Are Debuggers Wasteful Timesinks? Martin thinks so   3   Recommendations for Customer Support software?   13   What's wrong with InstallShield ?   2   Printer-friendly with tabular data   15   "Secret Question" Password Reminders   1   Microsoft(R) Office HTML and XML Reference missing   27   Well, this is it   15   Avoiding unused variable warnings   10   Patterns For Relational Database Design   2   C++.Net Book Recomendations   10   Automated backup through FTP?   3   Wise Installer - Newbie Nightmare   4   Programmer question - NetServerGetInfo?   8   Assertions in C#   5   Help in writing Word Macro!   8   Avalon's rearchitecture - Performance 04 Dec 2003  6   installing apache+php+mysql with my app ??   2   Joel Article Request : product support   35   Garbage Collection in VB6   70   American programmers at Indian wages   11   Maximized Internet Explorer?   6   Old FAT Microsoft   20   Joel's algorithm is flawed   69   Why are 80% of programmers no good?   13   Code in Mind   9   Thin client vs client/server architecture   3   Passport.net down?   18   Joel's Strawman Arguments   13   Stitching together MS Word Documents   20   Scrabble and Dummy Data Objects   10   Shrinkwrap support ratios   10   Test Driven Design in Functional Languages   100   ...ism at FogCreek?   43   The knife and the axe   20   IT at School   7   Why Pragma?   3   software purchase 03 Dec 2003  11   Trackball Recommendations?   10   itunes ACC restrictions   5   conversion tools for excel97 & access98 ->XP   19   TV Show about Programming?   6   Configuration Management book recommendation   7   ASP to PHP compiler in two months?   3   Empower Program   32   When will .NET achieve significant market   10   More Amazon.com Troubles   32   Debug vs Release build   5   Organizers   5   Multifunction reccomendations?   25   HTML forms and back button in dynamic apps   6   Does this article sway your views?   10   Anyone change cell phones yet?   3   Open Source Persistence frameworks-Delphi and C#   17   Conflict: Thrive or Avoid?   9   FrontPage 2003 Vs. DreamWeaver MX   15   Advice For Somebody Breaking Into NYC Job Market?   2   Usability vs. FUnctionality specifications   5   On Things You Should Never Do, Part I   17   how to get assertive   5   Managing Manager   8   Opinions on Tibco?   3   Unit tests as daily affirmations 02 Dec 2003  2   Warm Chair Attrition   3   Do a Google search for aspect-oriented, get hired.   8   Craftsmanship   2   small business software licenses   20   how any interviews before landing a job?   18   Good interview approaches?   11   Workaround to Bayesian filters?   1   Informix C-ISAM files   9   Resizing Forms   22   Who to let go?   23   All the screws lined up?   16   Intrinsic fatal error - coders are not users   21   Do you want to change it now?   20   Software Craftmanship   15   How often do you release your Software?   10   A slightly more serious question 01 Dec 2003  12   Does .Net Have   16   Machine identification revisited   11   Software Manufacturing   11   working for core vs non-core of business   8   ThoughtWorks   20   Software patents   9   Poll on the use of RSS Aggregator   18   Recruiting Ethical Problem   31   Requiring pre-interview homework   6   Graduate degrees - worthwhile in this biz?   17   Dynamic formatting   36   Any Programmers Agree on Reasonable Interview Q's?   4   XML Document formats   5   RSS feeds for Windows C++ developers?   22   Why only 2 GB?   1   OpenCourseWare, straight from Dehli   6   London:: JOS meetup?   4   Contentsystem with dynamics   4   Oracle Question - Update hassle   9   Multithreading 30 Nov 2003  44   Stupid specific interview questions   44   Interview Question   12   Small LAN firewall recommendations?   17   French translation needed...   7   Dealing with Interruptions   21   Learning Unix/Linux   10   Where do YOU get productivity tips? 29 Nov 2003  5   Where to place CVS?   15   how good a software engineer   23   Reading Times   61   POLL : Do you play video Games ? 28 Nov 2003  4   Best way to clip mpg files?   8   how long to wait till company gets back   41   Book recommendation for the holidays?   12   web filters at work   15   Spammers are stupid   7   Project Management Tool   6   Bionic office samples   12   Private rooms vs. "radical collocation" 27 Nov 2003  29   I need a pay rise   37   Why Open Source Has a Long Way to Go   25   Hiring through interviews is like....   9   JWZ or JS?   10   www.opensourcecms.com   13   Design pattern?   16   telecommuting problems   19   Performing at your Peak?   15   Tidbits - Bayesian Anti-Spam 26 Nov 2003  8   A bit far-fetched   9   C# position   16   Cross Platform Server Application   20   Advice on how to fix Internet Explorer   66   Master and Slave   4   Problem converting handle to file descriptor   2   How to save & restore NTFS permissions?   20   and or or   13   ASP dynamic include problem   14   Wizard-Style Web UI   17   automated testing   11   Teaching him a lesson   25   How did Amazon become so terrible.   3   Your Favourite Web-based Calendar?   21   Comparison of Development tools for Windows Apps 25 Nov 2003  20   The relentless march of Linux   13   Death of Moore's Law greatly exaggerated   3   PageControl Usage   9   Exchange like architecture   9   Help in fixing an hourly rate.   7   Reinventing The Wheel Revisited   39   The bookshelf   29   Continuous income for software?   11   Going solo. How?   23   Does Programming make you THINK Different?   10   REfactoring large procedure   12   Company asked for references   18   Pretending to work--  Favorite techniques?   2   Rub a Dub Dub Revisited   8   OT:corporate snobbery..good or bad?   11   Good packager for VB?   9   Requirement for learning .NET   24   Call me a tinkerer   37   I hate regular expressions   14   I hate Windows! 24 Nov 2003  25   Dell to Stop Using Indian Call Center   70   Army v. Business   10   ProFont   12   Low-Tech User Manuals   10   ATL Server   141   Proposed Interview Process   18   Code Ownage   8   How to sync with a Palm   36   What do I say to this?   13   Define: bug   17   Turbo Pascal editor for linux?   19   Problem in my Development Team   21   Troublesome Team Members   27   What is a Halon system?   11   What is "Cocoa" for Macs?   12   Looking for a mouse and finding a can of worms   9   15.4" AND (WXGA OR WUXGA OR WSXGA)   29   Problem Solving Skills   27   Spammers now thwarting Bayesean filters   17   There's a requirement I don't completely understan   12   Window Managers   33   Women on board   16   When Good Metaphors Go Bad.   16   Useability:: Backward compatability 23 Nov 2003  13   OT: Protecting clients' data to cover yourself?   15   Source code for this board   16   Web Hosting   10   The Anti-Bionic Office   33   Stupid Users   27   Linux Refactoring   2   How to uninstall oracle developer6i?   1   Biz with importers   7   Build tool for VB6   14   Bayes filtering, invented by... 22 Nov 2003  27   JoS - Delphi...   6   going independent (sort of)   13   Is .NET overkill for Desktop Apps?   12   Microsoft "Empower" Program   19   Stupidity Video   6   VB.Net Code Help in logging user activity. 21 Nov 2003  22   GUI design (Linux)   9   web development rates   13   Joel Mentioned on Slashdot   34   .net benchamarking   13   GetEnvironmentVariable API Call Broken in WinXP?   38   IT is being moved to the 5th Floor   16   Sabbaticals   3   Safety of smart clients   27   Obscure acronyms   6   health insurance for IC in massachusetts   12   Do you know of a free data-analysis tool?   33   An outsourcing/offshoring opinion article   10   Interesting take on airline marketing   28   An end to blog spam   11   Publicity from this site/forum   18   Application Architecture 101   18   The Lifestyle   14   Users revolt against bad design 20 Nov 2003  4   Visual Studio Evaluation   35   World Class Programmer in 5 Years ?   13   MS Exchange Server : Sending at a defined time how   54   Why are we doing this guys?   18   Small software biz at crossroads – VB