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Monthly Archives: December 2006
Private Blogs
I have started using the new private blog feature in Blogger to start my own personal diary. The only person who can view the blog is me, when I have logged in with my password. There are many uses of … Continue reading
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The Economics of a Free Lunch
Recently, I was talking with a friend whose IT career had previously taken him through a dot-com company which later went bust. Among other things, he said that the company used to provide free lunch to all employees. He cynically attributed … Continue reading
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Google Maps Calling Feature
Even though I know how the technology works, the following experience was still amazing and, should I say, so sweet. I had just returned from a morning meeting and had just half an hour to eat something before my next … Continue reading
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The "No Silver Bullet" Principle
I recently read one of the most significant papers regarding software development: No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., the author of the classic “The Mythical Man-Month”. The article is very relevant even … Continue reading
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The problem with Ken Blanchard’s books
I have read many of Ken Blanchard’s books like the One Minute Manager and Who Moved My Cheese. Many of these books occur high in popularity on the lists of many book vendors including Amazon. Many of my friends in … Continue reading
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Power Imbalance in Decision Making
Here is a fable (I believe from Aesop) about a wolf and a lamb. The wolf wants to eat the lamb and tries to justify the action with excuses, all of which are refuted by the lamb. Finally the wolf … Continue reading
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Windows Live Writer
I have been using Windows Live Writer to create and edit my blogs to post to Blogger. I am not sure that it is better than the online editor in Blogger, but it has proved to help me to organize … Continue reading
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Sourcegear Vault Admin Tool
Our company has been using Sourcegear Vault for quite sometime. It is a very good source code control management system for small to mid-size companies. We started using Sourcegear’s SourceOffsite product when we had a need to allow people to … Continue reading
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Keep Users Coming Back
Suppose you have this great web application idea. You successfully develop it and you are ready to have users experience it. You market the product through various means – ads in conventional media, blogs, word-of-mouth, etc. Users start visiting your … Continue reading
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Cliche Finder
Talking about cliches, here is an interesting link: http://cliche.theinfo.org/. You can copy and paste your text in it and the site would point out the common cliches within it. For now, there is no facility to paste your URL or … Continue reading
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