In software development, fear is what drives much of the smoke-screening and mirroring that occurs. These tactics have lots of names like “CYA” (Cover Your Ass), or the generic “politics,” and they all negatively effect the development of software. Software development is primarily about figuring out what the hell it is the customer wants implemented, […]
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The lesson unintentionally taught me is that consumers get a much better deal from the ?Retention? department of a large subscriber-based corporation than they do from the “Sales” department.
There’s quite a bit more in the post.
(Via Jeff Nolan.)
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New Lamp Originally uploaded by bushwald.
After getting new night stands, I was left without a lamp. So, while we were driving back from the Thai Noodle House (or “TNH” as Kim calls it), I thought we’d stop by Room Service to see if they had a new lamp.
And there it […]
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The iPod’s scroll wheel has been through three iterations. The first one actually rotated; then there was the touch-sensitive one; and finally there’s the clickable one found on the iPod Mini and fourth-generation iPod. I’d always assumed that this bit of design genius sprang from Apple Computer’s labs. But in fact, I discovered that a […]
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Holy crap! the
Chronicle gave Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 4 stars. That’s unexpected. From the previews, I thought that movie would be a celluloid shit-heap. And it’s from that Savlov dude: he never likes nuthin’.
Looks like it’s doin’ all right elsewhere too.
Maybe I’ll have to go see it. We were talking about it […]
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