Retweet August 2009
From time to time I just blast tweets about software development, project planning, team dynamics, or whatever else comes to mind. Here is a synopsis of recent tweets and rants. If you want to follow the conversation follow me at techknow and/or juixe and I’ll be sure to follow back.
Software Development
- sudo gem install mixico; wishing sudo gem install vacation.
- Version control tools need a better way to diff source history than just diffing two versions of a file…
- If all bug defects are set to high priority, how are you to know, which one are really really really important ones?
- I have 20 bugs marked a high priority, but some are higher than others. In addition to the having a priority and severity on defects we need color code too, ‘high pink’ is lower than ‘high crimson.’
- Just remember, a two line fix can cost you a two hundred thousand dollar deal! Any code change to a production system must be tested.
- LOL, getting a NullPointerException in a method called initNullValues.
- Give me open source or give me piracy!
- Let your users help drive the development of your product, not the accountants.
Team Leadership
- Sometimes it seems that team meetings are anti-team building!
- You can still compare apples to oranges, but it is harder to compare apples to some ill-perceived subjective metric.
- Sometimes people tell you whatever you want to hear, because you are not listening to whatever they are trying to say.
- People are crazy, and you getting upset about other people’s craziness, will make you crazy.
- Not losing is not winning.
- Take your competitors and make them your competitive advantage.
Product Placement
- I don’t think Apple sponsored #iPhoneDevCamp 3, which is interesting because the iPhone dev camps generate a lot of business for Apple.
- One feature implemented in many MS products is to restrict other features unless you upgrade from the home to the super business edition.
- Why does Edible Arrangements require an answer to the following question ‘How did you hear about us?’ before I can place an order?
- Finally figured out how to cancel @UsWeekly, just typical of a old media company their web site/design/usability makes absolutely no sense!
- Facebook adds so many obstacles before you can follow someone… It’s like they don’t really want you to have friends.
- Updating and adding new plugins on my WordPress bloggie! Plugins are like bling for blog!
- You might have heard of ttyl, maybe of ttyn, but what about ttyat&t? ttyat&t: Talk To You if I get cell reception from AT&T.
Business Planning
- When you have lemons don’t just make lemonade, make lemon cake too!
- Having your mommy pay for your business plan is not a business plan.
- Everyone has a million dollar idea, I have a billion dollar idea, care to invest?
- Cash in your million dollar idea!
- If content is king, then context is like emperor.