LINKBLOG for November 21, 2007

• Has CAPTCHA Been "Broken"? - Jeff Atwood
  


• Stop the madness - Jimmy Bogard
  ' I think developers might be scared of exceptions, given the number of useless try...catch blocks I've seen around '


• Community Convergence XXXVI - Charlie Calvert
  


• A false sense of security - Ayende Rahien
  


• Stop Reading - Start Doing - Jean-Paul Boodhoo
  'If, and only if, you stop seeking pre-cooked answers from those who already tried it and start friggin’ DOING something '


• Velocity Inflation Triggers Productivity Recession - Bob Koss
  ' A team can inadvertently become so focused on getting points done that they sometimes forget the real goal – to deliver a quality product '


• Proof Of The Pudding Is In The Eating - Abhijit Nadgouda
  Or: ' If we ever want to prove anything about the software, it is its value to the user '


• Firefox 3 Beta Hits the Web - Faster, But Still a Memory Hog - Josh Catone
  I tried it, and on the service it *seems* FF 3 uses less memory, but this is only after very short use. There is a huge number of improvements behind the scenes, but the frontend looks amazingly the same as 2: most obvious new thing is starred items/urls


• Escape Your Location: How to Become Free From the Office - Leo Babauta
  ' Ever wanted to escape from the confines of your location, and be do your work from anywhere in the world? '


• How to Command Respect - Cultivate Greatness