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Ruminations on Computing - Data Science, Programming, Test Development, Management and More

E-mail Is Not A Good Motivator

Another conversation I find myself having over and over is telling people that e-mail isn’t a...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 03/17/2009

10 Papers Every Programmer Should Read

I’m always on the lookout for good reading material.  Michael Feathers over at ObjectMentor has...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 02/28/2009

Now, Discover Your Strengths

This is the title of the follow-up to First, Break All the Rules by Marcus Buckingham.  The...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 02/23/2009

Check Out Stack Overflow

I’ve recently become quite addicted to the website stackoverflow.com.  It is a joint venture...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 02/16/2009

Why We Conduct Bug Bashes

My team recently finished what we call a “bug bash.”  That is, a period of time where we tell...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 02/13/2009

Managing Humans

I just finished reading Managing Humans by Michael Lopp, aka Rands in Repose.  Michael is a...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 02/12/2009

Alan Kay on User Interface Design

As part of the Berkeley Webcast project, a pair of presentations by Alan Kay (of Smalltalk fame) is...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 01/26/2009

James Whittaker Netcast

James Whittaker is the author of books like How To Break Software.  He ran one of the few...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 01/09/2009

10 Programming Languages Worth Exploring

Now that I've completed the final class toward my Masters Degree I have the time to explore some...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 12/24/2008

Why You Get Nothing Done When You Have So Much Free Time

Interesting musings on a subject I can attest to be true. Why is it we get so much done when we're...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 12/21/2008

Modern Computing Began 40 Years Ago Today

Modern computers all utilize the same user paradigms: interactive computing, mouse, windows,...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 12/09/2008

Improving Task Estimation Accuracy

In my opinion estimating how long it will take to write a piece of software is difficult if you...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 12/05/2008

Happy Thanksgiving 2008!

Here's wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving day. It's a great time to reflect on the past year and...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 11/27/2008

Using Perl for Mass In Place Editing

Have you ever wanted to update some text in a bunch of files all at once without a hassle? I had...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 11/26/2008

More Win7 Previews

Previews of some specific parts of Windows 7 which are of interest to me: Audio Media Center

Author: SteveRowe Date: 10/29/2008

Win7 Previews Starting To Appear

Windows 7 is being unveiled for the first time at PDC and the initial previews are starting to hit...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 10/28/2008

The MUD is 30 Years Old

Back before World of Warcraft or even Everquest there existed an entity called a MUD or Multi-User...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 10/22/2008

Some useful traveling gear

I just returned from a trip to the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. I brought some items...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 10/18/2008

Change Your Environment

As people grow in maturity in their jobs, the way they interact with their environment...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 10/15/2008

Windows 7 Will Be Officially Called... "Windows 7"

After Millenium, XP, and Vista comes... Windows 7. Yep. Not a lot of imagination in this one. As...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 10/14/2008

22,500 Paper Airplanes

Rainn Wilson (Dwight K. Schrute from the Office) was the MC at this year's Microsoft company...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 09/27/2008

Test Suite Granularity Matters

I just read a very interesting research paper entitled, "The Impact of Test Suite Granularity...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 09/26/2008

This Blog Makes Top 100 Software Development Management Blogs

Just barely, but I made the list.  It is determined by Technorati authority, Alexa rank, Google...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 09/26/2008

Metallica's Death Magnetic Poorly Mastered

Metallica's new CD, Death Magnetic, is pretty good.  Certainly it is better than St. Anger...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 09/18/2008

Not Everyone Has the Same Definition of "Done"

Years ago I had an employee, let's call him Vanya (not the real name). He was struggling a bit so I...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 09/05/2008

My PAX08 Experience

Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) is an annual gaming convension in Seattle put on by the guys at Penny...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 09/02/2008

Code Review Options

There are many ways to conduct a code review.  Here are a few ways I've seen it done and the...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 08/15/2008

Code Review Rights and Responsibilities

Code reviews are an important part of any project's health.  They are able to find and correct...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 08/13/2008

The Company You Work For Matters

In an episode of Stack Overflow Podcast, Jeff Atwood made an interesting point.  He spoke of...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 08/08/2008

Test Code Must Be As Solid As Dev Code

All good development projects follow certain basic practices to ensure code quality.  They use...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 08/08/2008

Cause of "Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet Site" found

Perhaps you, like me saw a rash of sites giving the error "Internet explorer cannot open the...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 08/03/2008

Loving My Eee 1000H

I was attracted to the "netbook" market with the release of the initial Eee PC from Asus. The laptop...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 07/31/2008

10 Pitfalls of Using Scrum in Games Development

Interesting article about using scrum to manage game development. Many of the pitfalls are true...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 07/15/2008

Becoming a Manager: Losing Direct Control

When my wife was expecting our daughter, someone gave me this advice, "When you have your first...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 07/10/2008

Get Out of E-mail and Walk Down the Hall

I was about to write this article anyway when XKCD posted this comic which reinforces my...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 06/23/2008

Vim Tip: My .vimrc File

.vimrc is the config file for Vim. It can be stored in the Vim directory or in your user directory....

Author: SteveRowe Date: 06/21/2008

June Netcast Update

By popular demand (seriously), here is an update of the netcasts I'm listening to on a regular...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 06/16/2008

Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 Beta Is Available

At long last, there is a preliminary fix for the corruption issue that has dogged WHS since its...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 06/11/2008

Vim Tip: Better Searching

Two things I discovered about searching: * will search forward for the word under the cursor. No...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 06/07/2008

Better Writing

The Manager Tools podcast has an interesting series on better writing. This isn't a...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 06/06/2008

Test For Failure, Not Success

We recently went through a round of test spec reviews on my team. Having read a good number of test...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 06/04/2008

What Won't Our Kids Ever Know?

A friend of mine just posted an interesting anecdote about the difference in the world we grew up in...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 06/04/2008

Refactor To Make Immediate Change Easier

Jeremy Miller gives his reasons for refactoring. He gives two over-arching reasons. The first is "To...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 06/02/2008

Taking Advantage of Vim

Once you have mastered using Vim to replace Notepad.exe, it is time to starting taking advantage of...

Author: SteveRowe Date: 05/31/2008

We Need A Better Way To Test

Testing started simply. Developers would run their code after they wrote it to make sure it worked....

Author: SteveRowe Date: 05/30/2008

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