Key job interview point: if you could pull off a one liner or otherwise make me giggle, the chances that we’re going to connect significantly increases. Adept comedy shennanigans are not a prerequisite for good interview, but, chances are, if you’re going to make it to the Rands Monthly Poker Game… you can tell a… more
You can smell when crunch time is coming. Engineering is saying the features are done. QA is pulling their hair out trying to get these working features actually working. Meanwhile, there is a steady flow of bugs trickling in and no one is looking at them. These are the side-effect bugs introduced by landing these… more
Ever wonder what the hell your manager is saying? You sit there and watch their lips move, but yet there appears to be no content… just flap flap flap. Thing is, they are trying to say something to you, but they’ve been going all day on three cups of black coffee and no lunch and,… more
A recent Slashdot article about, yet another, start-up founded by Stanford grads got me reminiscing about the good old days when databases where in your face… and… fun? I was a Borland barbarian back in the late 80s and 90s and we had a head full of steam and we had a crazy Frenchman steering… more
Designing phenomenal UI is a thankless, unfair task which is full of contradictions. Let’s go over the list of goals for good UI and notice how screwed our UI designers are. Good UI should: Be easy to learn, but powerful to use Be pleasing to the eye, yet not annoying Integrate with a user’s natural… more
It had to be done.
There are a couple of early websites that are just burned into my memory. So much so that I often go to the Internet Archives to see the ancient versions of the sites in their original GOOD LORD WE NEED CSS SOON glory. It’s the same feeling I get when I return to my high… more
Having a full blown case of N.A.D.D., I know two things: There is an infinite amount of information out there I have a limited time to find it all The consequence of these truths is simple. I’m in an incredible fucking hurry to learn as much as I possibly can. My desktop is my primary… more
I’m scratching my head regarding my recent upgrade to Movable Type 3.0. Back in April, it became fashionable to rip on Six Apart and their apparent desire to make money as a company. Rabid discussions ensued regarding their pricing and, to their credit, the general agreement is that they’ve nailed their revised pricing, but still… more
It takes time for a holy shit to sink in and become a real holy shit, but the holy shit experience is so few and far between that when you even get a whiff of one, you pay attention. I’m likely the last person to discover Quicksilver, but I’ve been using it all damned day… more