{"id":1026,"date":"2010-04-06T22:43:30","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T05:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2010-04-06T22:44:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-07T05:44:00","slug":"retweet-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/juixe.com\/techknow\/index.php\/2010\/04\/06\/retweet-march-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Retweet March 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/techknow\">techknow<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/juixe\">juixe<\/a> and I&#8217;ll be sure to follow back.<\/p>\n<p><b>Software Development<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Security pet peeves: captchas, security questions, having to login after changing my password.<\/li>\n<li>A supercomputer won&#8217;t solve the incompetence of bad programmers on a deadline.<\/li>\n<li>All software is in beta.<\/li>\n<li>The Like button needs to be killed.<\/li>\n<li>\\-: &#8220;premature optimization is root all of evil.&#8221; (-: &#8220;That&#8217;s what she said.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>This must be a record.  I just improved our app&#8217;s memory consumption by 80%, some 400MB, by changing one line of code.<\/li>\n<li>I love technology because I can now blame my misspelling on my iPhone.<\/li>\n<li>Where 2.0 is the new meme.  Is your website Where 2.0 aware?<\/li>\n<li>Building a community and building a business around a community are not the same thing.<\/li>\n<li>The linked list was recently patented, I&#8217;m going to patent something critical to civilization, like calculus or pottery.<\/li>\n<li>Dear debugger, I wish you could introspect my feelings and put a breakpoint on my heart break.<\/li>\n<li>A slew of computer bugs are caused by assumptions made by the programmer.<\/li>\n<li>You know things are bad when you get error code 0000.<\/li>\n<li>Bugs grow organically.<\/li>\n<li>It is possible to make spaghetti code out of Obeject Oriented Programmmmmming?<\/li>\n<li>Rule of thumb: use immutable objects as keys to hash maps otherwise get to you your debugger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Team Leadership<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The best ideas are free.<\/li>\n<li>No matter what, you will never be less busy.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s be honest, anywhere from 10-30% of a resume is a stretch.<\/li>\n<li>So as not to forget anything, remember nothing.<\/li>\n<li>When you give someone else time, you waste you own.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t give any answer, give the right question.<\/li>\n<li>If you have a one trick pony, ride it until it is ready to be put to pasture.<\/li>\n<li>Problems are meant to be solved only if they can&#8217;t be ignored.<\/li>\n<li>The one best possible thing you can do to make any situation better is to not make it worse.<\/li>\n<li>One can lead by asking questions, just as well as giving orders.<\/li>\n<li>If you build it, they will come.  But if you make it to complex or change it to often, then they will leave.<\/li>\n<li>The secret ingredient is to believe there is a secret ingredient.<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t express myself best when speaking, but when reflecting.<\/li>\n<li>Praying may not change the world, but it can change your perspective which is helpful to change your world.<\/li>\n<li>Folks usually want the what first but I think that the why and the how is more important than the what.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Product Placement<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facebook announced a major investment by the CIA.  It was reported that the US Gov will push for Facebook Connect as a National ID program.<\/li>\n<li>PayPal just sucks.  I can transfer money to former Soviet Bloc countries faster than I can between PayPal and my bank.<\/li>\n<li>Spam is like a staple in Hawaii.  So it comes as no surprise that Mahalo is one of the most spam ridden sites online.<\/li>\n<li>My suggestion to cable companies: give away basic cable to every American with on demand features.  Add value outside the cable box.<\/li>\n<li>Which will provide better value\/info for businesses, yelp or foursquare?<\/li>\n<li>The current Apple Appstore approval time is rand() * Months.<\/li>\n<li>McDs should make a tofu McMuffin.<\/li>\n<li>A sign at a Palo Alto church: redeem your soul, there is an app for that.<\/li>\n<li>Purple Cow Thinking: don&#8217;t be boring, safe is risky, design rules now, very good is bad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Quote<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If there is a limit, you should, you must test it. &#8211; Seth Godin\/Purple Cow<\/li>\n<li>Vision without execution is hallucination &#8211; Thomas Edison<\/li>\n<li>Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. &#8211; Herman Cain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;ll be sure to follow back. 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