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15-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment15-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment15-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment 03/15/2003 09:42 AM WebWord Comment -- This has nothing to do with usability, but I just can't imagine that the housing boom in... This is a GrokNews Entry: (what is grok?)15-March-2003 -- WebWord CommentGrok Headline matches for 15-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment8-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment8-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment 03/11/2003 09:43 AM WebWord Comment -- Warren E. Buffett is a great communicator. The Berkshire Hathaway 2002 Annual Report (PDF) is available.... 20-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment20-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment 03/20/2003 11:09 PM WebWord Comment -- Want to visit Starbucks? Cookies are required. Ha!... 19-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment19-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment 03/19/2003 10:44 PM WebWord Comment -- Green Button... 10-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment10-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment 03/11/2003 09:43 AM WebWord Comment -- Resistence is fertile? (5 reasons why IT users say “no” to change)... 13-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment13-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment 03/12/2003 09:11 PM WebWord Comment -- Bush is an oil man. I can't imagine that he would ever really care about hydrogen fuel.... 30-Sept-2003 -- WebWord Comment30-Sept-2003 -- WebWord Comment 10/28/2003 11:08 PM WebWord Comment -- Alertbox #200. Jakob definitely knows how to pat himself on the back.... March 2003 Column> What's New 2003March 2003 Column> What's New 2003 03/11/2003 09:44 AM My March 2003 column is complete and titled " What's New 2003". It mentions Internet "What's New" resources that I articulate in my various national key note presentations, workshops and television/radio interviews. Other resources are also available to my radio interview listeners by clicking here. UPI's Capital Comment for Jan. 23, 2003UPI's Capital Comment for Jan. 23, 2003 01/23/2003 06:05 PM Other candidates for "Word of the Year" were: Google (verb) -- to search the Web using the search engine Google; Blog -- from Web log, a Web site of personal ... March 14, 2003March 14, 2003 03/14/2003 06:10 PM AngryCoder: “FogBUGZ is very well designed, and virtually bug free. Frankly, if you are in the market for a defect tracking solution, you can’t do much better than FogBUGZ. It is by far the best solution on the market right now, and is also very attractively priced.” Thanks! Joseph Jones, who wrote the review, didn’t like the perceived lack of customizability in FogBUGZ. I hear ya. This was one of those agonizing decisions for us. It’s a tradeoff between implementing features that make the sale, versus implementing features that, we think, will make people who use our software love it, which helps in the long term. At the time it was discussed in depth here on Joel on Software. Take, for example, a typical report a bug tracking package gives you that shows you the number of bugs generated per day per programmer. Typical bad managers will use that tool to punish programmers with high bug counts or reward programmers with low bug counts. As a result, every time a tester tries to enter a bug, the programmer will argue about it. “That's not really a bug.” “Please don't enter it, I'll fix it on the side for you.” Eventually the bug tracking system subverts itself. That's not FogBUGZ's fault, but there you have it. Nobody wants to use it, they never upgrade, they don't buy more licenses when they get more programmers, and we lose the potential word of mouth. The current system, in which we expect FogBUGZ users to have enlightened development processes, makes us miss out on initial sales but it makes our existing customers happier. And they tell friends, and they buy more and more licences, and all is good. We've found that anyone who has been using FogBUGZ and moves on to a new job that doesn't have bug tracking will recommend FogBUGZ at their new job, which is one reason our sales are up by about 200% since last year. But this is all, to some extent, speculation. I can't prove anything here. Design decisions are hard that way. March 03, 2003March 03, 2003 03/11/2003 09:44 AM My latest article, “Building Communities with Software,” was sent to email subscribers earlier today. If you did not get it and expected to get it, you're probably having problems with overenthusiastic spam filters. I got lots of bounces, mostly from Fortune 500 type companies, rejecting the message, because of "inappropriate content" or because their automatic filters had decided it was spam. Some of them complained about "taboo," other's complained about "hard core." Most didn't tell me. Such is the state of email today. If you did not get the article and you want it, you can read a shorter, sanitized version online. But it still contains the word "taboo" so if that offends you you may want to avert your eyes! March 07, 2003March 07, 2003 03/11/2003 09:44 AM I just got back from inspecting the new Fog Creek Office, a sunny loft in the shmatta district, with the architect. It's going to make a really nice office when we're finished building it out, with private offices, a living room area, kitchenette, and, budget permitting, a pool table and plasma TV. Here's what I told the architect:
15-March-2003 -- F@ck That Job15-March-2003 -- F@ck That Job 03/15/2003 09:42 AM F@ck That Job -- "my answer to employers taking advantage of folks having a hard time finding a job in... 13-March-2003 -- Marketing Fix13-March-2003 -- Marketing Fix 03/12/2003 09:11 PM Marketing Fix -- "For busy professionals concerned with Internet marketing and media, we aggregate news and analysis from dozens of... Pro News : March 11, 2003Pro News : March 11, 2003 03/13/2003 10:20 AM Toshiba aims to put 802.11 everywhere; HP tries to hit the handheld Hotspot; Radio broadcasts for wireless networks; Sony adds to the digital hub; Mitsumi stretches Bluetooth further 13-March-2003 -- Forward13-March-2003 -- Forward 03/12/2003 10:17 PM Foreword -- "The book design blog."... Sunday, March 16, 2003Sunday, March 16, 2003 03/16/2003 07:19 AM War and the Studebaker CodeBitch : March 10, 2003CodeBitch : March 10, 2003 03/13/2003 10:20 AM In which CodeBitch discusses the finer points of log analysis for fun and standards usage 18-March-2003 -- Just bluffin'18-March-2003 -- Just bluffin' 03/19/2003 10:27 PM Just bluffin' -- "Here are some terms you should be aware of when next you have to talk techie or... 13-March-2003 -- The Answer13-March-2003 -- The Answer 03/12/2003 09:11 PM The Answer -- "Why does searching my PC for a file take several minutes, yet searching for phrase in a... Pro News : March 3, 2003Pro News : March 3, 2003 03/13/2003 10:20 AM 1U Mac-compatible server released; Backup system gets bigger; Drive maker hits 250GB plateau; Apple to display wares in Boston show; Mariner releases new Write public beta; Neat use for Bluetooth; Free kalenders for everybody; Mass mailing software gets update 18-March-2003 -- Eve of destruction18-March-2003 -- Eve of destruction 03/19/2003 10:27 PM Eve of destruction -- "That this war, like Bush's larger "war on terrorism," has no clear definition of its aims,... Pro News : March 4, 2003Pro News : March 4, 2003 03/13/2003 10:20 AM Better utilities released for OS X; New Tool for FileMaker fiends; Macromedia makes flashy moves; Blog by phone; Long arm of the law can rat you out; Captain FTP gets update Pro News : March 7, 2003Pro News : March 7, 2003 03/13/2003 10:20 AM Menubar widget for AppleWorks; Finder alternative offers speed boost; Time-tracking softwares get updates; Gecko spawns three OS X browsers; Worldwide presentations made easy; Open-sourced Windows emulator released 19-March-2003 -- What Are
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