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I left MSFT and went to Viair (with folks from the MSN Mobile and Outlook Express team), and we didn't have a bug tracking system... so we had someone send us a

by chadd 7y ago

I left MSFT and went to Viair (with folks from the MSN Mobile and Outlook Express team), and we didn't have a bug tracking system... so we had someone send us a few screenshots of RAID and built a VisualJ clone one weekend. Fun side project, didn't really want to be in the business of bug tracking, was slightly before the web app era... We called our bug tracking system "BlackFlag" because it was a competing brand of bug spray. (And obviously we used the logo from the punk band...)

airstrike 7y ago
I feel like I'm watching an episode of Halt and Catch Fire. Thanks for sharing!
- ShamelessC 7y ago
  Such a great show. I wish more people knew about it.
  - jjordan 7y ago
    Never heard of it, but as a tech nerd from the 80's it sounds awesome. Will definitely check it out.
    - unnouinceput 7y ago
      1st season is very good. Rest are crap.
      - noir_lord 7y ago
        A bit unfair, first season is amazing, the rest are merely very good - it’s a brilliant show overall though.
        dagw 7y ago
        Really depends on what you want in a show. If you came in expecting a show about people designing computer and solving hard and interesting technical problems along the way you will be become more and more disappointed as the show goes on and focuses more on the characters personal problems and whether or not they get married/divorced/sleep with each other.
        droidist2 7y ago
        Yes, it's very similar to Mad Men in that respect.
        unnouinceput 7y ago
        There is no comparison to Mad Men. MM was good all the way to the final season, with both professional view of advertising world and personal growth of characters. Was perfect balance. HaCF only had that in 1st season, in rest it lost its balance becoming a soap opera, which I can't stand.
        aguyfromnb 7y ago
        >focuses more on the characters personal problems and whether or not they get married/divorced/sleep with each other. This is an unfair summary. There might be a divorce (does no one in the tech world get divorced?), and a relationship (that starts in Season 1, Episode 1 and is a driver of the plot), but it is nowhere near about "who sleeps with who". The show has good character development; would you rather the people not do anything in life, over the 15 or so years the show covers? Halt and Catch Fire is great television that loosely follows the technology arc/personal computing age from the early 1980s through the 2000s. It has great acting and characters, including two strong female leads. If you go in thinking it's going to be about people sitting around "solving hard problems on computers", yes, you will be disappointed. There are coding screencasts for that. It's a shame to discourage someone from watching wonderful television about a subject we're all here for.
whalesalad 7y ago
Everything about this story is awesome, especially the fact that you used the same logo from the punk band.
OakNinja 7y ago
Fun fact, one of Sweden’s most influential music- and culture journalists was being interviewed on national television about a weird documentary wearing a pink “Pink Flag” t-shirt with a modified Black Flag logo. Beyond meta.
- OakNinja 7y ago
  The t-shirt was all pink of course.
- brigandish 7y ago
  Is that a clever way of referring to Black Flag at the same time as Wire's Pink Flag?
  - OakNinja 7y ago
    That’s how I interpret it. I actually asked him on Twitter an hour ago - I’ll keep you posted :)
- joachimma 7y ago
  Lokko or Strage?
  - OakNinja 7y ago
    Strage!

by chadd 7y ago

airstrike 7y ago

I feel like I'm watching an episode of Halt and Catch Fire. Thanks for sharing!

ShamelessC 7y ago
Such a great show. I wish more people knew about it.
- jjordan 7y ago
  Never heard of it, but as a tech nerd from the 80's it sounds awesome. Will definitely check it out.
  - unnouinceput 7y ago
    1st season is very good. Rest are crap.
    - noir_lord 7y ago
      A bit unfair, first season is amazing, the rest are merely very good - it’s a brilliant show overall though.
      - dagw 7y ago
        Really depends on what you want in a show. If you came in expecting a show about people designing computer and solving hard and interesting technical problems along the way you will be become more and more disappointed as the show goes on and focuses more on the characters personal problems and whether or not they get married/divorced/sleep with each other.
        droidist2 7y ago
        Yes, it's very similar to Mad Men in that respect.
        unnouinceput 7y ago
        There is no comparison to Mad Men. MM was good all the way to the final season, with both professional view of advertising world and personal growth of characters. Was perfect balance. HaCF only had that in 1st season, in rest it lost its balance becoming a soap opera, which I can't stand.
        aguyfromnb 7y ago
        >focuses more on the characters personal problems and whether or not they get married/divorced/sleep with each other. This is an unfair summary. There might be a divorce (does no one in the tech world get divorced?), and a relationship (that starts in Season 1, Episode 1 and is a driver of the plot), but it is nowhere near about "who sleeps with who". The show has good character development; would you rather the people not do anything in life, over the 15 or so years the show covers? Halt and Catch Fire is great television that loosely follows the technology arc/personal computing age from the early 1980s through the 2000s. It has great acting and characters, including two strong female leads. If you go in thinking it's going to be about people sitting around "solving hard problems on computers", yes, you will be disappointed. There are coding screencasts for that. It's a shame to discourage someone from watching wonderful television about a subject we're all here for.

whalesalad 7y ago

Everything about this story is awesome, especially the fact that you used the same logo from the punk band.

OakNinja 7y ago

Fun fact, one of Sweden’s most influential music- and culture journalists was being interviewed on national television about a weird documentary wearing a pink “Pink Flag” t-shirt with a modified Black Flag logo. Beyond meta.

OakNinja 7y ago
The t-shirt was all pink of course.
brigandish 7y ago
Is that a clever way of referring to Black Flag at the same time as Wire's Pink Flag?
- OakNinja 7y ago
  That’s how I interpret it. I actually asked him on Twitter an hour ago - I’ll keep you posted :)
joachimma 7y ago
Lokko or Strage?
- OakNinja 7y ago
  Strage!