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Are You a Zen Coder or Distraction-Junkie?
Better ListView by Component Owl is a .NET WinForms control designed to replace the standard list view control included with C#/VB.net.
Startup dudes: Cut the sexist crap
Last week I was speaking on what would have otherwise been a terrific panel. It was Frank Artale from Ignition, Tom Duterme from Groupon M&A, Andy Sack from Lighter Capital & Founder’s Co-op, and me talking about funding & exiting. The only thing that spoiled it was yet another guy in the tech scene putting forth yet…
What I learned interviewing with Google
Over the last few weeks I've been interviewing with Google for a job doing primarily JavaScript development. I didn't end up getting the...
You're solving the wrong problem
Problem-solving is an important part of everyday life, from organizing your video library to deciding whether to buy a car. Small problems (like trying to
Suffering-oriented programming
Someone asked me an interesting question the other day: "How did you justify taking such a hu...
"Programmer" is an Overgeneralization
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." - Donald Knuth Earlier today, I came across a post during...
More damaging evidence on open plan offices
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How I Learned to Program
How I learned to program, and my advice for beginners: use Linux, want it badly, build small command line programs, write a lot, join IRC, have fun.
"Can you solve this problem for me on the whiteboard?"
Jim is a great chef. He's too modest to say that about himself, but he's worked either as head chef or assistant head chef at a number of re...
A brief guide to Tech Internships for CS students
Planning to be an Intern in the Bay Area during Summer 2012? Make sure to read an Intern's Guide to the Bay Area, and join the 2012 Facebook group. (via this guy, via this guy)Joel Spolsky, from the Joel On Software blog and StackOverflow, wrote an article with Advice for Computer Science College Students back in '05…
Why Every Professional Should Consider Blogging
Engineering Manager and AI Educator at IBM. Co-founder and Lead of IBM Skills Network, published author, and online educator with over 1.1 million course enrollments.
Why Software Development Estimations Are Regularly Off
Some people believe that carrying out a large software project is like building a bridge. You look at your past projects and use the data to estimate the time and resources needed. This view has been debunked decades ago; this analogy was frequently seen as an aspiration for the future when I did my Master in Software…
Making universities obsolete
Sebastian Thrun recently announced that he was leaving Stanford to found a free, online university called Udacity . This is based on his ...