Archive for September, 2003

OPML, Book Authors

Wednesday, September 17th, 2003

Just got back from a meeting with a bunch of book authors, here for the publishers’ summit. They’re all under NDA, of course, but sometimes I am still surprised at how much some of these people know. Robert Scoble is organizing a bloggers/authors dinner at Crossroads tonight, which I’ll also be attending.
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In other news, I […]

My Boss Has a Blog!

Tuesday, September 16th, 2003

OK, he posted a second post, so it looks like it’s for real. Mark Fussell is my manager, and now I don’t have to worry about him reading my blog because I know he is too busy writing his. Now as long as Dare and I can keep nagging him, you should see a steady […]

Computing Supply and Demand

Tuesday, September 16th, 2003

I was impressed with this interview with Greg Papadopoulos, Sun Microsystem’s new CTO. First comment that caught my attention was when he said, “I think the biggest piece of crap going around right now is that this is a mature industry and innovation doesn’t matter.” He goes on at length about how improvements in computing […]

Test Dynamics

Wednesday, September 10th, 2003

Recently I was discussing with one of our developers the impact that managed code is having on the product groups. For a group like mine, which develops APIs, the ratio of dev to test is usually 1:1; in other words, one tester for every dev. However, with the advent of managed code, our devs are […]

iPod

Friday, September 5th, 2003

Dare, Andy, and Omri are enjoying their new iPods. I’ve been enjoying mine as well. Iwas previously able tolisten to music on my Siemens XDA using a 256MB SD card, but the 30GB drive of the iPod is nice. I’ve already used about 10.5GB, and now am using the Belkin Car Stereo hookup to listen […]