Retweet December 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
- Are we that good that some features work because of an unintentional side effect of a bug?
- I’ve heard of cloud computing, even ground computing, but I can’t wait until I can do intergalactic-interdimensional computing.
- Maintenance is a real full time job and it should be planned, scheduled, and budgeted accordingly.
- Maintainability is a feature.
- Team meetings should not feel like AA meetings.
- The debugger don’t lie, but the test might.
- Old legacy systems don’t die, they just complicate your architecture.
- Mashup data with dreams, feeds, and feelings…
Team Leadership
- Guilt is not the optimal way to inspire people to do what is right.
- Knowledge is like an fractal iceberg, and what you know is the tip of a snowflake in the tip of an iceberg in an ice planet.
- Usually there is only one way to win at a given time, but many ways to lose most of the time.
- When people don’t listen to the truth they are lying to themselves.
- Not all great ideas make for a good business.
- Thinking Asymmetrically!
Product Placement
- Should I get a Droid or wait for the new Google phone?
- Does Zuckerborg eat his own dog food when it comes to privacy, his real profile is not public, just his fan page in which he doesn’t post much.
- The only way Zuckerborg would appreciate privacy is if TMZ deployed their paparazzi on him.
- @zynga I would love to give points/credits as a gift in non-spammy and non-recurring way without signing up to services I don’t need.
- @zynga can I buy Cafe World gift card?
- I just got a subscription of Mobile Me. I like how I can track, lock down, and erase the data of my iPhone from the web.
- Got crack? There’s an app for that!
- Twitter should increase to 256 characters…
- Money don’t grow on trees, but with these prices for xmas trees you would think it does.
Quote
- What came first, chicken nuggets or the egg mcmuffin? – Little Jackie
- If I ask no questions I hear no lies. – Little Jackie.
- The Three Es of Good Work: Excellent, Engaging, and Ethical. – Howard Gardner
- The United States has been dominated by the three Ms: Money, Markets, and Me. – Howard Gardner
- If you can’t cover it up, turn it up. – Adam Curry/NA-152 #noagenda
- We have privatized our foreign policy – Philip Brenner
- The more complex an economy is, the more fragile it is, and the more cataclysmic its disintegration can be. – Bryan Ward-Perkins