Came across this while browsing Google Reader… via Ted Dziuba: Why Engineers Hop Jobs People in my generation have a very low tolerance for bullshit, and software engineering, in general, is a very high bullshit career. If you couple that with the standard load of bullshit you would get from a non-technical Harvard MBA type boss [...]
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Ummm OK?
Okay, I get the idea but come on… Talk about verbose errors. I guess it’s better than “Argument out of range.” Custom tool warning: There was a validation error on a schema generated during export: Validation Error: Wildcard ‘##any’ allows element ‘Account’, and causes the content model to become ambiguous. A content model must be [...]
Unit tests are no substitute for manual tests by end users
I like unit testing. I’m not a hard liner so I don’t take it too seriously. I don’t necessarily fully subscribe to the test-first approach in all cases and I think aiming for 100% code coverage is rarely practical. But I do like unit tests. They give my a certain peace of mind and set [...]
How would you like to lose your job to a 9 year old?
This is pretty impressive. When I was 9 I was still trying to figure out how I could get Guns N’ Roses to come to my birthday party. Of course the cynics will probably claim it is a reflection of the MCSE certification, but how can you not be impressed? 9-Year-Old is World’s Youngest Microsoft [...]
AT&T fixes bug that logged users into random Facebook accounts
Note sure how Facebook gets off the hook on this one. This is entirely a *Facebook* problem, not AT&T. If Facebook wasn’t developed by morons with no regard for privacy and security, this bug wouldn’t be possible. AT&T fixes bug that logged users into random Facebook accounts Okay, so we were under the impression that [...]
I’m getting there…
Just trying to set up WordPress here. It’s pretty impressive so far.
All moved into the new house!
I’m super pumped because I’m finally all moved into my new house. I think we got a great deal on it. It’s about 2 years old and the previous owners lived here about a year before losing the house to foreclosure. Fortunately they didn’t trash the place because it’s in brand new condition and we got a great deal on it.
Dennis Rice and Bill Clinton – Separated at Birth??
Dennis Rice sure does look a lot like Bill Clinton. You be the judge!
Microsoft wants me to change TEO’s name…
Well after over 2 years (and a visit to MS and interaction with many many employees), Microsoft’s legal department just decided that Tablet Enhancements for Outlook is a violation of their trademark. I’m no expert in trademark law, but I’m sure they have grounds for what they’re asking, but it’s retarded. Why? Because it’s not [...]
Why does anyone list on Handango.com?
I got an email a few weeks ago from Handango informing me that they were preparing to launch their Tablet PC marketplace which is something that has been announced before but apparently they’re very close to launching it. They wanted me to list with them so that they have a nice catalog of apps for [...]
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