http://godswearhats.com mortals wear shoes Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:32:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [Garak takes a drink of root beer] Quark: What do you think? Garak: It's vile. Quark: I know. It's so bubbly and cloying and happy. Garak: Just like the Federation. Quark: And you know what's really frightening? If you drink enough of it, you begin to like it. Garak: It's insidious. Quark: Just like the Federation. - Star ... http://godswearhats.com/2008/07/25/google-is-like-the-federation/ The movers are here. Packing is on-going. Everything will soon be in a container heading off the island and across the ocean. My wife and kids are flying to her mother's tonight, and I fly out in a couple of days (we got tickets on different flights ... http://godswearhats.com/2008/07/18/moving-day/ In virtually everything to do with software, there is often some kind of metaphor used to describe it. Often, these are taken from the building or manufacturing industries (even some of our titles are taken from these: Architect, Engineer, etc.) and many times different metaphors seem to suit different ... http://godswearhats.com/2008/07/14/software-is-like-cooking/ I've been playing with Google's App Engine as part of their beta and I started thinking about what benefit Google got from it. Presumably, there will be some kind of monetary payback as those apps which exceed their "free" limit then start paying, but at the prices they are ... http://godswearhats.com/2008/07/10/google-acquisition-engine/ MJ recently wrote about the Wise Fool, as a contrast to the Wisdom of Crowds. However, I'd like to ramble for a bit on why the Wise Fool is a great thing to have in a software development team. Developers solve problems. This is their raison d'etre. If ... http://godswearhats.com/2008/07/08/the-wise-fool/ MJ writes about the iPhone for games: The tools for building are readily available and free (though there’s a £50 charge for the certificate) Due to the App Store distribution, the customers are accessible and many of them are looking for new software to load The hype machine is already built . I think this ... http://godswearhats.com/2008/07/02/iphone-for-games/ Anyone using Wordpress should beware some nasty hacks, like that recently suffered by my good friend. Creators of malware should every bone in their hands broken.  Twice. http://godswearhats.com/2008/06/28/wordpress-hacking/ MJ recently blogged about identifying one's own strengths. I thought it would be useful to share a tool that I've used over the last seven years as a herder of cats (read: software development manager). I call it the self-development window (or the career development window, as I ... http://godswearhats.com/2008/06/26/self-development-window/ http://tinyurl.com/5b98j8 (Creative Commons Attribution license) http://godswearhats.com/2008/06/25/photos-of-salamis-in-famagusta/ A point well made. http://godswearhats.com/2008/06/20/war-and-peace/