Full Tech Ahead?

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"Spoilers Ahead, Full Speed!"

"Spoilers Ahead, Full Speed!" 12/29/2003 09:13 PM

Full Steam Ahead for Profits

Full Steam Ahead for Profits 07/27/2004 02:24 PM
Burlington Northern produces an impressive second quarter.

Spoilers Ahead, Full Speed!

Spoilers Ahead, Full Speed! 01/07/2004 06:02 PM
The current bane of my existence? Spoiler queens. "Don't tell meeeeee!" they shriek. You know you've got one, too, someone...

Longhorn Infocards: Full Steam Ahead

Longhorn Infocards: Full Steam Ahead 03/30/2005 03:18 PM
Everyone seems to be getting awfully excited as of late about infocards, the ID management technology for which Microsoft is building support into Longhorn. Infocards aren't new; Microsoft officials talked about the Windows team's plans for infocards in the fall of 2004.

Microsoft: Full Steam Ahead for NGSCB

Microsoft: Full Steam Ahead for NGSCB 05/05/2004 04:55 PM
Internet News May 5 2004 9:45PM GMT

Full speed ahead for new ferries
(USATODAY.com)

Full speed ahead for new ferries
(USATODAY.com) 04/12/2004 06:06 AM
USATODAY.com - Highway congestion that plagues many regions is bringing a long-neglected mode of travel back in vogue: ferry boats.

Microsoft: Full Steam Ahead for
Palladium

Microsoft: Full Steam Ahead for
Palladium 05/05/2004 04:55 PM
Internet News May 5 2004 9:45PM GMT

Nokia goes full speed ahead with world's
smallest 3G megapixel phone

Nokia goes full speed ahead with world's
smallest 3G megapixel phone 06/20/2004 06:54 AM
AME Info Jun 20 2004 10:38AM GMT

Chipmakers push ahead with new tech

Chipmakers push ahead with new tech 03/30/2005 04:55 PM
IBM wants gear makers to get into Cell, Intel heads online and AMD pushes software skills.

Go-Ahead For 128 High-tech Projects

Go-Ahead For 128 High-tech Projects 09/07/2004 07:04 AM
Bernama Sep 7 2004 11:33AM GMT

A look back, and ahead, at our high-tech
times

A look back, and ahead, at our high-tech
times 12/31/2003 07:21 PM
Last Jan. 1, I searched for the terms "San Joaquin," Tulare, and Agriculture together on Google. That search netted over 7,000 pages. ...

Week ahead: Tech takes the stand

Week ahead: Tech takes the stand 06/20/2004 06:27 AM
Ongoing Oracle antitrust case and a SCO hearing should provide plenty of action for tech industry's peanut gallery.

Week ahead: Tech takes a vacation

Week ahead: Tech takes a vacation 08/15/2004 09:32 AM
The summer doldrums have set in for tech happenings, with only a trickle of conferences and earnings.

Week ahead: Wrestling with tech confabs

Week ahead: Wrestling with tech confabs 09/19/2004 09:25 AM
A crowded schedule of technology industry events could have conference organizers fighting for attention.

Week ahead: Tech bellwethers report

Week ahead: Tech bellwethers report 07/18/2004 08:41 AM
There'll be an earnings avalanche this week, with industry leaders in numerous niches scheduled to post results.

Week ahead: Dell, other tech titans to
report

Week ahead: Dell, other tech titans to
report 08/08/2004 08:40 AM
A number of industry bellwethers are scheduled to post earnings. Quarterly profits are expected for most.

Tech lets Trek race ahead on bike
development

Tech lets Trek race ahead on bike
development 06/30/2004 07:13 PM
ZDNet Jun 30 2004 11:32PM GMT

Silicon Stocks: Tech shares lower ahead
of Apple's earnings update

Silicon Stocks: Tech shares lower ahead
of Apple's earnings update 04/13/2005 11:59 AM
CBS Marketwatch Apr 13 2005 3:35PM GMT

tech.life@play | Full Spectrum Warrior
intense, low-casualty treat

tech.life@play | Full Spectrum Warrior
intense, low-casualty treat 06/17/2004 03:19 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Jun 17 2004 7:16AM GMT

Full Tilt Poker’s “Main Event Mania™” Is
in Full Swing

Full Tilt Poker’s “Main Event Mania™” Is
in Full Swing 06/05/2005 10:52 PM
More than 50 people have already qualified for Full Tilt Poker’s $10 million giveaway. [PRWEB Jun 1, 2005]

Flawed Core Tech, Flawed Cyberdating,
Flawed (i.e., Full of Child Porn)
Computer Auctioned: Cyberspace's Wacky

Flawed Core Tech, Flawed Cyberdating,
Flawed (i.e., Full of Child Porn)
Computer Auctioned: Cyberspace's Wacky 04/20/2004 10:15 PM
AVN Online Apr 21 2004 2:49AM GMT

Singapore shares end up, tech stocks
higher on hopes of high-tech recovery

Singapore shares end up, tech stocks
higher on hopes of high-tech recovery 12/26/2003 09:00 AM
Channel NewsAsia Dec 26 2003 7:42AM ET

Tech Undertaker: Business troubleshooter
takes aim at high-tech woes

Tech Undertaker: Business troubleshooter
takes aim at high-tech woes 01/04/2004 03:31 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Jan 4 2004 2:10PM ET

Give a book, a low-tech gift in a
high-tech world

Give a book, a low-tech gift in a
high-tech world 12/03/2003 07:32 AM
SiliconValley.com Dec 3 2003 6:54AM ET

High Tech: Fiber opticsMall Tech: Tree
decoration

High Tech: Fiber opticsMall Tech: Tree
decoration 12/22/2003 03:15 AM
Boston Globe Dec 22 2003 2:35AM ET

High Tech: Data storageMall Tech:
Keyring storage

High Tech: Data storageMall Tech:
Keyring storage 12/22/2003 02:02 AM
Boston Globe Dec 22 2003 1:01AM ET

High-tech weapons defeated by low-tech
warfare

High-tech weapons defeated by low-tech
warfare 06/05/2004 07:47 PM
Straits Times Jun 5 2004 11:20PM GMT

High Tech: RoboticsMall Tech: Boxing
robots

High Tech: RoboticsMall Tech: Boxing
robots 12/22/2003 02:02 AM
Boston Globe Dec 22 2003 1:01AM ET

Voting: When low-tech beats high-tech

Voting: When low-tech beats high-tech 06/25/2004 04:08 AM
Online Journal Jun 25 2004 8:31AM GMT

Tame the Tech Training at the Next SLS
Tech Summit

Tame the Tech Training at the Next SLS
Tech Summit 04/27/2004 12:31 AM

I am most pleased to announce that Michael Stephens and Bob Lewandowski from the St. Joseph County Public Library will be presenting at the next SLS Tech Summit! Come see their infamous SJCPL Staff Day 2003 video if nothing else, but I guarantee you'll come away with a lot more. Oh, and we'll be taking them out for dinner afterwards if you'd like to join us.

Staff and User Technology Training

"Two technology trainers from the St. Joseph County Public Library in South Bend, IN, will discuss how they motivate staff and library users for technology training, including Internet basics, Web searching and applications. How do we engage our learners? How do we design training that carries with them back to their desks or homes and translates to useful skills. Session will include examples and a sample training module."

Wednesday, May 19, 2004
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
At SLS Headquarters, Burr Ridge
Cost: Free!

Women Into Tech, But Not Into Tech
Jargon

Women Into Tech, But Not Into Tech
Jargon 09/07/2004 05:03 AM
While there have been some stories in the past suggesting that women are just as into gadgets as men, a new study in the UK suggests that even if that's true, they're not as on top of the gadget jargon as guys. Nearly all women in the study (96%) said they "lacked confidence" when a discussion turned technical, and most claimied they had no clue what words like kbps, ISP and googling meant. Only half of the women surveyed knew that 512kbps was approximately 10 times faster than dialup, while nearly 80% of the guys did. Of course, it wasn't so much lack of knowledge, but lack of concern. When asked about their broadband connection, women generally said: "It works, it's fast - that's all I need to know."

China: Our Tech Can Lick Your Tech

China: Our Tech Can Lick Your Tech 05/24/2004 09:15 AM
CBS News May 24 2004 1:54PM GMT

Tech education to go high-tech soon

Tech education to go high-tech soon 08/14/2004 02:46 AM
NewIndPress Aug 14 2004 5:44AM GMT

From high tech to mall tech

From high tech to mall tech 12/22/2003 03:15 AM
Boston Globe Dec 22 2003 1:54AM ET

What's Ahead for C++?

What's Ahead for C++? 08/17/2004 01:14 PM
These days, Microsoft's C# gets the lion's share of the attention (and ink). But Microsoft is continuing to work on Visual C++.

Don't Get Ahead of Yourself

Don't Get Ahead of Yourself 03/14/2005 06:07 PM

Here are two things that cut so many good ideas off at the knees. These two factors are the two biggest things that stop good ideas from getting implemented and make programmers pause when they should forge ahead.

1. The Urge to Generalize
Say you come up with an idea for a little transaction management system — a tracking app that follows a sales transaction from inception to closure. It works well for your company, but — you think — if I unleash this on the world, then it has to be able to handle other things, right?

I have to abstract the simple "Transaction Name" field away to be able to handle "Buyers" and "Sellers" in case someone wants to use it for third party brokerage, right? And what exactly constitutes a transaction? I need to have an object oriented "Attributes" sub-system to be able to handle any information they want to store, right? Etc. Etc.

Pretty quickly, you've decided that it's just too much work to do all this stuff you just made up and imposed on yourself, so forget it.

I think programmers equate "The software doesn't handle that" with "I can't make it do that because I suck." We never want to say no or have to admit that our software wasn't designed to do everything. If our image editing program can't also balance our checkbook, then we have somehow failed and it's not worth releasing.

(In terms of content management, I've talked about the The Urge to Generalize here. For some reason, I discussed it in positive terms...)

2. The Fear of Expansion
So you get past the first hurdle with your little transaction management system, and you're coding happily away. But then your mind starts to look down the road....

You think, well, I should put something in here so the user can indicate that an invoice was sent for payment. I mean, people don't want to do double-entry, right? But then why can't this system just generate the invoice....and track receipt of the payment...and display aggregate customer sales figures...etc.

Before you know it you (1) have mentally evolved your simple app into an accounting system, and (2) scared the crap out of yourself because there are apps like Peachtree and Quickbooks that do this better, and (3) thrown in the towel.

Why do we look at every app as always getting bigger? I appreciate ambition, but the problem with this is at the end of every development road is a bigger app that you're going to run into and encroach at some point. Why can't we stop three-quarters of the way down this road and just be happy with that? Do one thing and do it well. (Josh Clark has been very good at this, judging from the comments on this entry.)

These two things have killed millions of good ideas before they even got out of the starting gate. As programmers, we think too much, sometimes. Your app (1) doesn't need to handle every possible scenario, (2) encompass every aspect of functionaity, and (3) continue evolving into a successfully bigger and bigger app.

If this little essay makes sense to you, read this one from Joel Spolsky. Same concept from a little different angle:

These are the people I call Architecture Astronauts. It's very hard to get them to write code or design programs, because they won't stop thinking about Architecture. They're astronauts because they are above the oxygen level, I don't know how they're breathing. They tend to work for really big companies that can afford to have lots of unproductive people with really advanced degrees that don't contribute to the bottom line.

The Functionality Astronauts are just as dangeous as the Architecture Astronauts.

Google's IPO goes ahead

Google's IPO goes ahead 08/18/2004 08:24 PM
Melbourne Age Aug 19 2004 0:56AM GMT

Broadband changes ahead

Broadband changes ahead 07/18/2004 12:52 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Fri Jul 16, 07:52 am GMT

Trouble ahead

Trouble ahead 07/30/2004 01:53 AM
USA Today Jul 30 2004 6:02AM GMT
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