yesterday at 8:42 am
- cowboyprogramming.com
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From the page: "The denigration of âÂoeCowboy Programmingâ is one of those absurd yet inevitable simplifications that evolve into misunderstood dogma, like âÂoegoto considered harmfulâ, âÂoepremature optimization is the root of all evilâ and âÂoeC++ is slower than Câ. âÂoeReferences are better than pointersâ. People spout them like they know what they are talking about, when in reality they donâÂt really understand the nuances of the situation." - Finney Kewa
From the page: "Scrum adopts an empirical approach, accepting that the problem cannot be fully understood or successfully defined in a predictable and planned manner. The focus of Scrum is on maximizing the team's ability to deliver quickly and respond to emerging requirements. This method is praised for making the team more productive, reducing risks and maximizing the business value of a developed product and minimizing the period of the development time. Scrum is based on defining sprints - time periods (usually 2 to 4 weeks) during which the prioritized work (sprint backlog) should be done. During a sprint, the team gets together for daily meetings where team members discuss what they have already done, what they are going to do till the next meeting and what prevents them of doing something that they planned to do. In other words, Scrum meetings are supposed to keep teams on track and help members get their work done." - Finney Kewa
Awesome worldcharts from Google acquired Gapminder.org.
From the article: "While there's a compass and a sea monster on the map, the directions are not North and South, but Healthy and Sick, and not West and East, but Rich and Poor. The data the visualization is based on is from 2006." - Finney Kewa
From the page: "What made the 1960s so ripe for the characters you write about?
It was a time when things were flying so fast and definitions were up for grabs in a way that they haven't been for some time. People had to rise to their times. They always did it in risky ways. Sometimes they did it in foolish ways. Sometimes they did it in remarkably inspired ways. It may be what people had in common was the nature of the times." - Finney Kewa
From the page: "Andrew Bird is an unlikely rock star. A classically trained violinist and former swing-jazz musician, he performs a quirky mix of Gypsy ballads, jazz, folk and art-rock, with frequently whistled melodies. It's a sound that leaves critics swooning and fans giddy with the kind of devotion normally reserved for pop idols." - Finney Kewa
From the page: "I talked about newspapers and RSS for the mainstream a little over two months ago, but that was in the context of newspapers doing the right things compared to some of the personalized homepages. Newspapers are doing a good job of getting their information on the internet and in a very readable format. However, most people want news from various sources. Yahoo may be one of the leading news sites, but if you are using the Yahoo News page, you are not getting any aggregation except for some wire sources. You could use a service like My Yahoo, but most people do not want to do that much work. I stopped using My Yahoo, mainly because an RSS reader is much more efficient for me. Most mainstream users will not take that approach, so recommending an RSS reader like Google Reader is just not a good idea." - Finney Kewa
