Month: November 2005

Ten worst bugs. Wired has offered their list of the ten worst software bugs of all time. I wonder what list the collective wisdom of comp.risks would compile? What does comp.risks make of Wired's list? My favorite line: What engineers didn't know was that both the 20 and the 25 were built upon an operating… Continue reading Ten worst bugs

Python web app framework explosion. So the Python community has begun reacting to the Ruby on Rails mania, and this is a good thing. It means I'll be able to write my next web app project in Python without having to roll my own everything. It's one of the downsides of Snippy: I wrote everything.… Continue reading Python web app framework explosion

Get back in the box. Douglas Rushkoff has published a new book aimed at getting it through the thick heads of America's CEOs that they aren't going to rescue their companies by fancy marketing working from the outside in. Instead, what they need to do is return to what they do best and concentrate on… Continue reading Get back in the box

Download of the Day: Who's Connected. Freeware program Who's Connected analyzes and displays your active Internet connections. It's a quick and simple tool for finding out what programs are using your bandwidth. Who's Connected may come in handy when you suspect a bandwidth hog on your computer, but can't seem to find the culprit. While… Continue reading Download of the Day: Who's Connected

Veritas Support Plus Symantec Support Adds Up to What?. There's been a lot of talk in the financial press about Symantec investors being unhappy with the way the Veritas acquisition is working out, but how are Veritas customers faring under the merged entity? It's a question I find interesting, since separately both companies have been… Continue reading Veritas Support Plus Symantec Support Adds Up to What?

Will you be a microISV casualty?. When discussing success rates for new business startups, most people are quick to quote the statistic that 95% of new businesses will fail within X (1, 3, or 5 seem to be most common) number of years. If this is true, then the failure of microISV businesses will be… Continue reading Will you be a microISV casualty?

Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks With Geeks. As most readers know, I am a fan of Joel on Software. My company typically runs on a 12/12 from the Joel Test. (We have our moments). Anyways, if you are a fan of Joel you know about Project Aardvark. If you don't, it was a summer intern project that… Continue reading Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks With Geeks

Learn how to make Rails fast from a master. Stefan Kaes has been untiringly pushing for optimizations of Rails. Since the release of Rails 0.12.1, Stefan has lead an effort that made his own sample application no less than 4 times faster with Rails 0.14.x. Pretty impressive stuff. Now he’s blogging about Rails performance in… Continue reading Learn how to make Rails fast from a master

How to implement a strategy Knowledge management expert James Robertson offers 10 principles of effective information management . Robertson's paper is specifically about knowledge management implementations, but I think the principles apply equally well to the implementation of any strategy. Here is a summary of Robertson's 10 principles: 1. Recognise (and manage) complexity: There is… Continue reading How to implement a strategy

Diocese property deals net $90m. Since the summer of 2003, the Archdiocese of Boston has sold or reached agreements to sell more than $90 million in real estate, a Globe review has found. That sum is in addition to the $99 million sale of the cardinal's residence and surrounding property in Brighton last year. [Boston… Continue reading Diocese property deals net $90m