EDSK ... they will benefit from a breadth of experiences

"The ideal engineer is a composite … he is not a scientist, he is not a mathematician, he is not a sociologist, or a writer; but he may use the knowledge and techniques of any or all of these disciplines in solving engineering problems."—N. W. Dougher...

podcastarama

In case anyone is interested, these are the podcasts I'm currently subscribing to: .NET rocks Alt .NET Deep Fried Bytes Hanselminutes Herding Code NxtGenUG Radio 1 Mini Mix RunAs Radio stackoverflow The Moth Startup Success The Thirsty Developer this WEEK in TECH WMExperts spot the odd two o...

The duality of programming languages that are easy to learn

Or. The duality of easy adoption. I'm calling out programming languages here but it applies to other things also. If a programming language is easy to learn, lots of people will use it. Lots of people, with no formal training or idea about best practices or the consequences of the coding decisions they make (because they don't need it - as the language is easy to use) leads to lots of bad code. However,...

Indicators that a company will provide poor customer service

Found this list, I made earlier in the year, prompted by spending a day talking to companies at exhibition stands at a conference. No collateral If they haven't got anything you can take away to remind you about a product, it shows that you aren't doing everything you can to make it easy for me, a potential customer. Why should I think that you treat actual customers any better? No info on website...

What's stopping you presenting?

It's like Dr Pepper said ... But, most people want it/you to be good and go in with that expectation. I'm pretty sure, psychologically, that means they'll think it better that it was/is anyw...

My Presentation at DevEvening #5

The 14th of November saw my first presentation at DevEvening and it went down pretty well. I presented on the topic of "What you 'really' need to know about developing for Windows Mobile." It was my attempt at a 30 minute crash course introduction to developing for Windows Mobile and some key things you should know when you do. In part it was a response to the idea that if you can develop for the...