Friday, March 07, 2003
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Minutes of the mozdev Admin Meeting of
Friday 5th March 2004
Minutes of the mozdev Admin Meeting of
Friday 5th March 2004
03/08/2004 11:13 PMMinutes of the mozdev Admin Meeting of
Friday 26th March 2004
Minutes of the mozdev Admin Meeting of
Friday 26th March 2004
04/09/2004 04:05 PMMarch 2003 Column> What's New 2003
March 2003 Column> What's New 2003
03/11/2003 09:44 AMMy 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.
Black Friday - After Thanksgiving Day
Sales List 2003
Black Friday - After Thanksgiving Day
Sales List 2003
11/19/2003 12:31 AMTechfocus Nov 19 2003 0:05AM ET
Minutes of the mozdev Admin Meeting of
Friday 19th December 2003
Minutes of the mozdev Admin Meeting of
Friday 19th December 2003
01/07/2004 03:07 PMMarch 03, 2003
March 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, 2003
March 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:
- private windowed offices are non-negotiable
- we need three times as many power outlets as anyone would think.
I'm sick of power strips. I have ten things plugged in right at my
desk. I specified 4 outlets every foot, is that absurd?
- I want to be able to pull my own lan, telephone, fiber, and cable
TV wires. Even if they're exposed.
March 14, 2003
March 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.
15-March-2003 -- F@ck That Job
15-March-2003 -- F@ck That Job
03/15/2003 09:42 AMF@ck That Job -- "my answer to employers taking advantage of folks
having a hard time finding a job in...
Pro News : March 7, 2003
Pro News : March 7, 2003
03/13/2003 10:20 AMMenubar 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
Thursday, March 06, 2003
Thursday, March 06, 2003
03/13/2003 10:23 AMRe-design in the Time of "Car"-lera.
8-March-2003 -- Usability Law
8-March-2003 -- Usability Law
03/11/2003 09:43 AMUsability Law -- "There are a number of ways that the law impacts on
the usability of software and its...
Pro News : March 3, 2003
Pro News : March 3, 2003
03/13/2003 10:20 AM1U 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
Pro News : March 4, 2003
Pro News : March 4, 2003
03/13/2003 10:20 AMBetter 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
BOLTS : March 10, 2003
BOLTS : March 10, 2003
03/13/2003 10:20 AMOK, so you?ve made the switch over to Mac OS X from another Unix
flavor (Linux, Solaris, whatever). What are some of the goodies that
OS X brings to the table?
CodeBitch : March 10, 2003
CodeBitch : March 10, 2003
03/13/2003 10:20 AMIn which CodeBitch discusses the finer points of log analysis for fun
and standards usage
5-March-2003 -- Nag-O-Matic
5-March-2003 -- Nag-O-Matic
03/11/2003 09:43 AMNag-O-Matic (Business 2.0) -- "I never thought I'd actually get to
meet Big Brother. And if I did, I never...
13-March-2003 -- Forward
13-March-2003 -- Forward
03/12/2003 10:17 PMForeword -- "The book design blog."...
13-March-2003 -- The Answer
13-March-2003 -- The Answer
03/12/2003 09:11 PMThe Answer -- "Why does searching my PC for a file take several
minutes, yet searching for phrase in a...
13-March-2003 -- Marketing Fix
13-March-2003 -- Marketing Fix
03/12/2003 09:11 PMMarketing Fix -- "For busy professionals concerned with Internet
marketing and media, we aggregate news and analysis from dozens of...
Pro News : March 11, 2003
Pro News : March 11, 2003
03/13/2003 10:20 AMToshiba 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
Pro News : March 14, 2003
Pro News : March 14, 2003
03/14/2003 01:39 AMStick Software adds screen saver to revamped line; Devon retools Think
Griffin extends ADC connections; Two developers offer file navigation
for OS X; Virtix adds iDVD themes to plug-in offerings; Stupendous
revamps for iMovie 3; Web tuner for the rest of the world released;
Server tool released for education market
Pro News : March 17, 2003
Pro News : March 17, 2003
03/19/2003 10:24 PMExtensis lands preflight deal; Your preprint files go anywhere;
Shutterfly makes independent move; HP starts trial run for photo
kiosks; New cameras from HP; Kodak tries computing end run; Canon
releases high-resolution scanner; Vendor releases 16-megapixel chip
18-March-2003 -- Just bluffin'
18-March-2003 -- Just bluffin'
03/19/2003 10:27 PMJust bluffin' -- "Here are some terms you should be aware of when next
you have to talk techie or...
Pro News : March 20, 2003
Pro News : March 20, 2003
03/19/2003 10:24 PMTrinfinity scripts iTunes; Developers seek user input; Musical lessons
on net radio; Digital hub gets disconnected; HAM radio app gets
update; German browsers get IE toolbar icons; Flashcards for the
digital set; New movie editor hits the streets
Sunday, March 16, 2003
Sunday, March 16, 2003
03/16/2003 07:19 AMWar and the Studebaker
18-March-2003 -- Eve of destruction
18-March-2003 -- Eve of destruction
03/19/2003 10:27 PMEve of destruction -- "That this war, like Bush's larger "war on
terrorism," has no clear definition of its aims,...
19-March-2003 -- What Are
Telesymposiums?
19-March-2003 -- What Are
Telesymposiums?
03/19/2003 10:44 PMWhat Are Telesymposiums? -- "Free teleseminars which are part talk,
part action. We discuss concrete tactics which solve the problem...
14-March-2003 -- eBayersThatSuck.com
14-March-2003 -- eBayersThatSuck.com
03/14/2003 01:03 PMeBayersThatSuck.com -- "A public posting forum for ebay members to
inform ethical ebay users about problematic members, suspicious
occurrences, and...
Conférence PHP Québec 2003
- (Montréal, March 20&21rst,
2003)
Conférence PHP Québec 2003
- (Montréal, March 20&21rst,
2003)
01/29/2003 12:48 AM The PHP Québec association announces the Conférence
PHP Québec 2003. The conference will take place in the
École Polytechnique de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
The Conférence PHP Québec features two days of
conferences, with outstanding customer cases from Canada, and cutting
edge technical sessions, hosted by international experts. An
exhibitor room will showroom professional solutions. Learn more about
those exciting days at phpconf.phpquebec.com.
19-March-2003 -- Covering the Next War
Online
19-March-2003 -- Covering the Next War
Online
03/19/2003 10:44 PMCovering the Next War Online -- "The trade-off is image quality, which
is decidedly low resolution. But as Eason Jordan,...
The Parting Shot : March 21, 2003
The Parting Shot : March 21, 2003
03/21/2003 01:21 AMWhat a long colorful trip its been
The Parting Shot : March 14, 2003
The Parting Shot : March 14, 2003
03/14/2003 01:03 PMIts a small MacWorld after all...
5-March-2003 -- IT & Society (Vol. 1,
Issue 3)
5-March-2003 -- IT & Society (Vol. 1,
Issue 3)
03/11/2003 09:43 AMWebWord Comment -- Don't miss: IT & Society (Vol. 1, Issue 3) It is
all about information architecture, usability, web...
20-March-2003 -- is warchalking dead?!??
20-March-2003 -- is warchalking dead?!??
03/20/2003 11:09 PMis warchalking dead?!?? (warchalking.org) -- "It has been about 2
months since I wrote the article. I've thought about warchalking...
8-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment
8-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment
03/11/2003 09:43 AMWebWord Comment -- Warren E. Buffett is a great communicator. The
Berkshire Hathaway 2002 Annual Report (PDF) is available....
20-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment
20-March-2003 -- WebWord Comment
03/20/2003 11:09 PMWebWord Comment -- Want to visit Starbucks? Cookies are required.
Ha!...
8-March-2003 -- Five Reasons to Hope
8-March-2003 -- Five Reasons to Hope
03/11/2003 09:43 AMFive Reasons to Hope -- "New techologies that may help Silicon Valley
rise again."...
10-March-2003 -- Equal access
10-March-2003 -- Equal access
03/11/2003 09:43 AMEqual access (The Age) -- "But people with disabilities - whether
vision impaired, mobility impaired, speech or hearing impaired or...
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