LINKBLOG for July 20, 2007

• Learning from Dave Winer - Joel on Software
  


• Sony: Anatomy of a good web interaction - Scott Hanselman
  


• *** The Code Less Traveled: Thinking Different In A Uniform World - the.codist{}
  ' The one constant in this industry is that change never goes away. I'd rather go away from programming than ever admit that everything is just good enough. '
  


• GOTO - xkcd by Randall Munroe
  Still considered harmful
  


• The Principle of Least Power - Coding Horror
  Jeff is the next one to come up with his own law. Hmm, maybe I also need to dream up one....
  


• Marc Andreessen on Venture Capital - how it works, VC investment rules - Don Dodge
  


• Code Critique as an Interview Tool - rococo - then rubble
  ' One of a software engineer’s most critical skills is the ability to read code. '
  


• Reality check: Planning is everything - Zac Belado
  


• *** Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex - Friday Reflections
  Small but very insightful storyline
  


• Is estimation at your company like this? - Silver Stripe Blog
  ' DEV MANAGER: We cant have that date, the board wants to have it done by the end of the year. Lets just cut the estimate to fit it in. '
  
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  The MakingITclear® Newsletter - 10 Rules for IT Job Success
  ' ...the people with the most experience are the ones who have made (or observed) the most mistakes in the past; making mistakes is how they got the experience in the first place. '
  


• Why You Should Polish Your Code - Basil Vandegriend
  ' Anything longer than about one screen warrants a closer look to see if it can be simplified, usually via an extract method refactoring. ' uh..uh...
  


• Why an average career can be a great career « Angry 365 Days a Year
  ' ...who exactly is served if we set ourselves goals that are so far beyond what is realistically achievable we spend our lives feeling like miserable failures? '
  


• Microsoft patents the mother of all adware systems - Joh McBride
  


• Never Use a Warning When you Mean Undo - A List Apart
  Haven't looked at A List Apart in 1-2 years because of shifting interest, but this is one we all can learn from