todd hoff: Stupid Human ProgrammingTalk on software development.I Thought of Twitter for Eclipse, Too Late, Drats!- March 20, 2007 I Thought of Twitter for Eclipse, Too Late, Drats!A few years ago I had the idea of a Twitter like add-in for Eclipse. Too late now I guess. He who codes first wins! The idea was pretty simple. Eclipse would broadcast out to all team members every major action that was completed in Eclipse. So when you created a new class, a new method, etc everyone on your team would know. Likewise, if you were starting something new or wanted everyone to know how close you were to done you could just...http://radio.weblogs.com/0103955/categories/stupidHumanProgramming/2007/03/20.html#a240 You Can't Twitter at Relativistic Speeds- March 20, 2007 You Can't Twitter at Relativistic SpeedsTwitter is entraining the technorati on an unbreakable hedonic treadmill. The treadmill gorges itself on an infinite supply info mediated dopamine hits. Addiction, divorce, 12 steps, and the grief cycle are sure to follow . But what really should concern twitterites is their global stream-o-conscious will shatter once we travel in space at near light speed. Let's say you're accelerating towards Vulcan in your new Mercedes X Series Space Coup and you type.http://radio.weblogs.com/0103955/categories/stupidHumanProgramming/2007/03/20.html#a239 What if Cars Were Rented Like We Hire Programmers- March 13, 2007 What if Cars Were Rented Like We Hire ProgrammersImagine if you will that car rental agencies rented cars like programmers are hired at most software companies...Agency : So sorry you had to wait in the reception area for an hour. Nobody knew you were coming to today. I finally found 8 people to interview before we can give you a car. If we like you you may have to come in for another round of interviews tomorrow because our manager isn't in today. I didn't have a chance to read your...http://radio.weblogs.com/0103955/categories/stupidHumanProgramming/2007/03/12.html#a238 |