Vista: Issues and Struggles Abound Even in New Installations

February 25, 2007

It’s been a very discouraging day setting up a brand new computer with factory-installed Vista.

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More on “Cheap” Software

February 23, 2007

There are no shortcuts to the truly “affordable” software … the stuff that’s on time, works right, is stable and flexible, and delights the customer.

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Seeing What your Users See: User Interfaces And Limited Choice

February 17, 2007

Many developers easily forget that their software is not the center of its user’s universe. It is simply a tool, a means to an end.

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What Kind of Software Will You Be Developing in Ten Years?

February 14, 2007

Once in awhile I try to stretch outside the current box to see where things are heading, because every few years there is some kind of paradigm shift.

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Getting Your Feet Wet With VMWare

February 12, 2007

I decided it was high time to get my feet wet with virtual machines (VMs).

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What PayPal, eBay and UPS Can Teach Us About How NOT to Treat Online Customers

February 9, 2007

Two starkly contrasting things happened to me today. One of them makes me want to ram my head repeatedly into the wall, and the other one gives me faint but distinct hope that mankind is not about to be drawn into a bottomless suck-hole of mediocrity and indifference. In these experiences are some lessons for software developers designing customer-facing web sites, as well as some insight into how the devil such abominations can possibly be so common.

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Do You Use Language-Specific Features That Replicate provided .NET functionality?

February 7, 2007

My personal tendency is to avoid legacy language constructs except when they aid porting.

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Project Estimation Made Plain

February 6, 2007

Okay, I’ve tried to get this across in previous posts, but as usual, Bob Lewis says it much better than I could ever hope to. Read his post, and get wisdom! For those in a hurry, the key paragraph is reproduced below: Projects of any size and scope should always be about helping one or […]

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Looking for Vista Drivers?

February 2, 2007

RadarSync has created a web site aggregating the latest Vista drivers from a number of vendors. If you’re hunting for Vista device drivers, try this site first.

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Vista: Resistance is Futile?

February 1, 2007

Despite my earlier rant about Vista, we are about to acquire the first Vista box in our household. My wife’s old Dell is so full of XP lint that we are faced with a clean re-install of XP, which seems like not worth the effort on a 4 year old box. So when her shiny […]

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