We’ve got a problem.
These days, there are no shortages of interruptions. Cell phones, pagers, email, IM, RSS feeds, blogs, and now twitter.
As a developer in a rather small team, at any given time I’ve got several projects I’m working on. Each with a relatively significant duration. In other words, I’m busy, and [...]

Color of the bikeshed
I’ve experienced this so many times it’s something I come to expect when I work on any upcoming project.
The bigger - and more abstract - problem related to this is quite simply that a requirements grow, deliverables are behind and deadlines get missed.
People stay quiet on technical issues, but when an issue [...]

Old news… I know. But I had to chime in.
First thought. wow.
Second thought… wow.
Third thought…… I wish I hadn’t caved so early.
You had to know it was coming. I know I did. I just didn’t expect it quite yet. I don’t know why, but I was starting to [...]

Chris has just announced it, he’s released version 1.1 of the Web Developer Extension.
Go get it while it’s still hot!

Let’s start by asking:
do you recognize there is a difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents?

It’s painful, but quite funny. Poor guy had to sit through several Verizon operators and managers and they still couldn’t agree that there is a difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents.
Oh man…
A semi-happy ending