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by Poiesis 17y ago
I'll add here that more people should date comments in code! Don't know how many of you are collaborating on projects, but It's a personal pet peeve of mine to see something like: // Updated for the new login system ...which of cour
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by Poiesis 17y ago
A related note: this is one reason why publishers like ebooks (obviously there are disadvantages for them, too). It's also why I don't like ebooks. I guess I'm a cheapskate. Well over 50% of my personal book consumption comes from used or
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Nice problem; I hope to have it someday. First: I echo the previous posters urging you to reconsider the stock market. It's low maintenance and is a nice way to diversify away from your business if you feel it's not sustainable. I just rer
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by Poiesis 17y ago
If anyone could point me to similar (iPhone-friendly) references for Objective-C and iPhone development I would be eternally grateful. I've downloaded the PDFs, which a reader like GoodReader does pretty well at, but something like an HTML
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by Poiesis 17y ago
There are many lurkers living vicariously. :)
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by Poiesis 17y ago
I can't agree more strongly here. I elsewhere argue for a website change; this is even a better idea because it'll even more clearly show the difference. And hey--maybe all of us are wrong and the academic minimalist look is more profitab
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Good work. For cheap stuff like this, you need to act right away to get data. Thinking doesn't really do anything. I hardly know anything about A/B testing (except what I read here), but I don't think you need to let this test stop you f
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by Poiesis 17y ago
regulators need paperwork, and Tarsnap doesn't have it. Well, if this is a pain point for your customers, then perhaps you should consider paperwork? Would also provide additional peace of mind to those not needing paperwork. Sometimes t
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by Poiesis 17y ago
I think what people are trying to tell you is that--with all due respect--your opinion on your website is not worth a damn. I mean, if you're interested in pageviews, and revenue--and your comments wrt Balsamiq seem to indicate you are--you
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Stating the obvious, but clearly at that time for you that was the most logical thing.
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Yes, Mexico is a pretty good description based on the folks I've talked to that have been stationed in Korea in that time period. Hosting the Olympics (1988) apparently really brought some positive change, at least to Seoul. It surprised
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Is there a convenient script to get these while I spend time with my family?
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by Poiesis 17y ago
I started responding to disagree with you, but now I'm not sure what you're saying so I'll just chime in with my views. :) I actually think production based pay is refreshing. I've personally worked under this system (OK, so technically my
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by Poiesis 17y ago
The funny thing is, every single one of those participants thought it was worth their time. They looked for something to earn money, and found this. They clearly thought the time/money tradeoff was sufficient. If you can earn a buck doing
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Unfortunately, Firefox 3.5 is blocked by the company proxy. 3.0 wasn't, but I guess they're getting wise to those wily engineers trying to use a (arguably) more secure browser. Reminds me of the sites they have blocked under the category
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by Poiesis 17y ago
An excellent point. What I find strange is the insistence on cheaping out on the food I see a lot of places. Once you've commited on food, the incremental cost of healthy vs. cheap and crappy isn't all that bad, and keeps the premiums down
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by Poiesis 17y ago
I much rather prefer managing names rather than codes/numbers. One major reason is that often in a standardized system, the least significant bits are on the right, and at least in Windows often a longer name will be truncated in a display
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Interesting question. When I was the developer, I tried to convince the manager to leave. Bad enough to ruin my own day; I'm not going to ruin his/hers out of vindictiveness if there's nothing they can do.
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by Poiesis 17y ago
No offense taken; I appreciate the opportunity for reflection. While composing the above, I noticed that the theoretical scenarios I was constructing were becoming harder to justify, so I admit I cherry-picked a more clear cut one. It see
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by Poiesis 17y ago
I feel old. Up until a few years ago I had original, shrinkwrapped Copland (what was to be the new Mac OS, pre-Next acquisition) demo disks. That isn't to say it was working code or anything, it was more of a promo "here's what it's gonna
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Should have answered this in my earlier post, as it's the natural question to ask. Life is complicated. I don't say that to somehow absolve me of responsibility, but rather because I feel that hardline extreme stances are generally counter
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by Poiesis 17y ago
I'm surprised this question would get asked--first because of possible legal problems with asking questions political in nature, second because in my experience the employer doesn't really care what you think as long as you do the work. Al
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by Poiesis 17y ago
There are a vast number of people--hiring managers and developers alike, good and bad--who haven't heard of Stack Overflow, or Joel Spolsky.
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by Poiesis 17y ago
The linked iPhone user guide (in fact the very default one from my iPhone) does not now load on my iPhone. On Firefox Windows I get redirected to http://support.apple.com/manuals/iphone/ . Don't know if that's in reaction to the article
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Isn't the wifi radio a much bigger power hog than the cell radio?
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by Poiesis 17y ago
(A close variation of the line works in non-business interpersonal relationships, too.)
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Age is not an issue[1]. Ability is an issue. Experience is an issue. You could be 60 years old and have just started learning software development last year. The funny part? That still doesn't necessarily tell you much about the ability
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Really cool read. It appears to be down now, which is a shame because I'm halfway done!
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Personally, my rule of thumb is not that you get what you pay for, but that you don't get what you don't pay for.
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by Poiesis 17y ago
Are you kidding me? I thought it was part of the joke. Nice pun, there.

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