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	<description>Musings on the craft and business of software development</description>
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		<title>The Old Programmer&#8217;s Home</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/08/17/the-old-programmers-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should software developers be put out to pasture at 40?]]></description>
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		<title>How to Hire Great Developers</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/05/17/how-to-hire-great-developers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 02:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developers who know a lot of facts about programming, or who invariably look for the most baroque and theoretical path to a solution, are not necessarily good developers.]]></description>
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		<title>Fun With Software Development Contracts</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/04/23/fun-with-software-development-contracts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When any work for hire agreement becomes a document of distrust, you're setting the wrong tone by either putting such an abomination on offer, or agreeing to be a party to it.  Don't doom your projects in advance by putting lawyers first.  Seek out relationships that involve mutual trust and respect, and agreements that reinforce that.]]></description>
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		<title>Software Development is Wicked</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/03/03/software-development-is-wicked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 02:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there is anything inherently true about software development, it&#8217;s that it&#8217;s difficult.  Or as some have said, wicked.  As developers we need to realize we are solving &#8220;wicked problems&#8221; &#8212; problems with unstable problem statements, uncertain finsih criteria, no single objectively &#8220;right&#8221; solution, problems not exactly like any others that have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing Polite Code</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/01/06/writing-polite-code/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I ran across a generally excellent essay by Michael Feathers on what he calls Offensive Coding. The essence of his argument is that if you find yourself frequently writing defensive code (he uses checking for null as an example), the root cause may be that the code you're working on is called by offensive code. In other words, code that forces you to write defensively.]]></description>
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		<title>Is Development a Science or an Art?</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2006/12/27/is-development-a-science-or-an-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the same way light has properties of both waves and particles, software development is both art and science.]]></description>
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		<title>English: The &#8220;other&#8221; programming language</title>
		<link>http://bobondevelopment.com/2006/12/18/english-the-other-programming-language/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 04:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bob</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Your (in)ability to communicate clearly in writing has a big influence on your effectiveness as a developer.]]></description>
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