Personality Traits of the Best Software Developers

August 21, 2006 | Comments

Personality Traits of the Best Software Developers: "Someone who fixes a problem but doesn't take the time to find out what caused it is doomed to never become an expert in their field. Experience is not years on the job, it's learning to recognize a problem before they occur, which can only be done by knowing what causes it in the first place."

Nutracheck on I-mode

August 21, 2006 | Comments

Nutracheck on I-mode: "In the UK, i-mode and Nutracheck have got together to offer a full-on diet programme. You set your weight loss aims, and then enter what you eat on your i-mode phone. You can even enter the barcode number of certain items, such as coffee shop products and alcoholic drinks."

Maintaining Nature’s Balance

August 21, 2006 | Comments

Maintaining Nature’s Balance: "A business is in fact a small-scale ecosystem. In order to survive it must maintain a fine balance between the number of customers, features, and projects at any given time and the availability of resources."

Life Cycle of a Silver Bullet

August 21, 2006 | Comments

Life Cycle of a Silver Bullet: "Attention! Throw out those other improvement methods - we have just discovered the best ever. With our method, your quality will go up and costs and cycle time will go down."

Summer school gradings

August 07, 2006 | Comments

Summer school update: gradings have occurred, and a clean sweep for the Airenjuku Massive. Dan and Yvonne got 6 kyu, Steve 4 kyu, and I got 2 kyu. Not long before we form a crime-fighting super-team then...

I actually enjoyed the grading this time around. Molloy hall is at a temperature human beings can breathe within in the mornings and my uke made me look good :)