Test Driven. One of the biggest factors in making Tinderbox possible, and practical, has been the development of test driven development. Professionals don't like to talk much about the practice of programming. It used to be fashionable to say that you were an analyst or an architect or whatnot, not just a programmer; I remember… Continue reading Test Driven
Author: Vince Kimball
Computing needs a Grand Challenge
Computing needs a Grand Challenge. Sir Tony Hoare lays down the gauntlet By Lucy Sherriff . [The Register]
Parks plan mired by turf battle
Parks plan mired by turf battle. The effort to establish a cohesive set of parks and buildings on the mile-long strip of land created by the submersion of the Central Artery — one of the most anticipated new urban spaces in any American city in a century — is faltering in the final stages because… Continue reading Parks plan mired by turf battle
Phoenix, new compiler technology underneath Longhorn
Phoenix, new compiler technology underneath Longhorn. On Thursday morning Charles Torre and I interviewed Kang Su Gatlin, program manager on the Visual C++ team. This guy knows a lot about compilers. Translation: he knows a lot about the future of Windows. One thing that I took away from the interview is that Longhorn (next version… Continue reading Phoenix, new compiler technology underneath Longhorn
Knowledge competencies
Knowledge competencies. What skills and abilities are needed to make KM work? 1) Wrestle with the meaning of knowledge until you feel & understand it. 2) Walk your talk with knowledge practices, share, search, structure, make meaning, learn, seek connections, teach & collaborate. 3) Understand the dynamics of knowledge through participation and engagement, validation of… Continue reading Knowledge competencies
The W in Seattle
The W in Seattle. Last night, my wife surprised me with a night at the W in downtown Seattle as a late birthday present. The W is currently my favorite hotel by far. I spent a little time last night thinking about why. It's not because they have a “living room” rather than a lounge.… Continue reading The W in Seattle
New from Iraq
New from Iraq. More on the mess at the Pentagon. This is going to end badly. Spicer is an enforcer for oil and mining companies with a “spicy” past, and we just gave him more than a quarter of a billion dollars. Occupation authorities in Iraq have awarded a $293 million contract effectively creating the world's largest private army to… Continue reading New from Iraq
The New Yorker
The New Yorker. Nice article on executive perks. The conclusion is that companies with lots of perks for senior executives underperform. This is excellent: The problem is not the cost of the perks themselves; at a ten-billion-dollar corporation, they’re hardly even a rounding error. It’s what they are symptomatic of. Perks and rigid management hierarchies… Continue reading The New Yorker
Terry Heaton
Terry Heaton: “The Federal Communications Commission yesterday took the first step towards reassigning frequencies to enable high-speed, wireless broadband in the US.” [Scripting News]
Sinus headaches often really migraines: study
Sinus headaches often really migraines: study If you think you have a sinus headache, think again, according to an Arizona headache specialist. You may have a migraine. In a new study, almost nine out of 10 people who thought they had sinus headaches actually had migraines, according to Dr. Eric J. Eross, an associate consultant in… Continue reading Sinus headaches often really migraines: study