Archive for January, 2008
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Why I Hate HTML and How SlickEdit Saved the Day
I hate HTML. I know that is a little unfair, after all, so much of my life revolves around it. Like everyone in the tech industry, there is a browser open on my computer almost all the time and without it, I’d lose my major source for news, entertainment, and communication. But I still hate [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Code Editors,Programming by David O
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Right Now, What are You Listening To?
There are two kinds of developers – those who wear headphones so constantly that they could be some kind of cybernetic implant, and those who I guess are not distracted as easily. For me the headphones are a constant, except when working at home, but then the stereo is a constant. I normally start the day with [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in Productivity by Dan H
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
QA Deathmatch
I’ve worked previously at several companies that didn’t have a QA department available. When the code freeze happened, all of the developers would go into QA mode. We’d then spend the next few weeks testing the features, and typically each developer would test their own. It was possibly the most feared and hated time of [...]
