Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
BASIC and the Rubik’s Cube
Remember when the Rubik’s Cube was still new and BASIC was cutting edge? Well, for that early generation of geeks, of which I was surely a member, it was unavoidable. You just had to write your own BASIC program to solve the Rubik’s Cube. I know there are other old programmers out there who have [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Programming by David O
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Works on my Machine
I report a problem to a colleague. After trying and failing to use the “works on my machine” excuse, he comes over to see for himself. He asks to drive so he can do a little debugging on my editor, so I step aside to let him use the keyboard. He squints at the code [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Code Editors, SlickEdit Products by Sandra
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Tom Brady on Software Management
Management… the term alone is enough to send shivers down most developers backs. It evokes visions of meetings, Power Point presentations and schedules. Maybe even a Dilbert comic or two.
Between contract work and full time work, I’ve worked at a lot of places. There have only been a few that I can say I really [...]
