Game development post mortems all sound the same: The game was late. It had too many bugs. Functionality was not what was originally intended. Getting the game out the door took too many development hours and the development team was under too much pressure. Even when the game was launched, management was not pleased. - David Petar Novakovic
I am the technical lead (and now also ScrumMaster) on a development team that spent most of 2006 implementing various agile practices into our daily routine. We had traditionally followed a waterfall process, so it was a little difficult at first to get the team members (and management) to digest some of the new agile methods (Two- week iterations? Developers writing tests? No Gantt charts?)—we truly were stepping through the looking glass. - David Petar Novakovic
Sebastian Bergmann pointed out a blog entry of Sebastian Nohn who has written blog about how to setup Continuous Integration with CruiseControl, Ant and PHPUnit. - David Petar Novakovic
Even though Selenium has been widely used for testing web applications, we did not find any resources linking Selenium to Flash or Flex when we started developing and testing Flash applications ourselves. After some work, however, we had a working solution for Selenium to test a deployed Flash application. - David Petar Novakovic
The most difficult thing to grasp in Flash for the non-programmer is Object-Oriented Programming techniques. Luckily for us in the latest release of Flash, Flash MX. Object Oriented programming techniques have become easier than ever to start using. - David Petar Novakovic
Google Tech Talks September 5, 2006 Ken Schwaber co-developed the Agile process, Scrum. He is a founder of the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance, and signatory to the Agile Manifesto. Ken has been a software developer for over thirty years. He is an active advocate and evangelist for Agile processes. - David Petar Novakovic
With the power of the underlying Mozilla Gecko engine, Pencil turns your excellent Firefox 3 browser into a sketching tool with just a 400-kilobyte installation package. Pencil will always be free and can run on virtually all platforms that Firefox 3 supports. - David Petar Novakovic
Hi David, why do you say that? The API is open, etc. This is the first I have heard of this, would mind elongating your answer? - Roger Kondrat
could that be a separate business? as was summize, tweetscan, etc? i don't know how they get along, and how much they want to share... i rarely encounter intense debate ... - gregory lent
Hi Gregory, intense debate is very popular although not as popular as Disqus granted as well SezWho has a large following too. I know Rahsheen uses a non-disqus comment system. I use both Disqus and ID on two sites. I don't really think the project depends on how they get along since they both use APIs in their plugin so their consent is unnecessary but their support would make sense and be appreciated of course - Roger Kondrat
The Gillmor Gang talked about referencing URIs to link discussions across the web. - Vezquex
I didn't know that, can you drop the link in here? - Roger Kondrat
Nah, not believer. But their reasoning is stupid. Everyone knows what the big twitterholics that made a mangatar look like. I just see it as pointless create a site over. - Dennis Jackson
Yeah, I made one and had it for a little bit. I prefer my own pic though. - Dennis Jackson
I'm assuming it's all in good fun. I don't even go on Twitter, but I see these things enough everywhere else to know that I'd rather see the person's actual face. - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
@Rahsheen You do a *very* good job of using humor to bring up a topic that I think has been bugging everyone... Well done. stopthemanga! - Nicholas Kreidberg
1000000% behind you bud. I am really hating it. The internet already feels less intimate than a handshake in the offline world, and it would be nice if we could at least know what the person looks like... - Roger Kondrat
I've recently started using my actual photo. In the past, I feared strangers would see my picture and hunt me down for fun. Then I realized that the information I share online is enough--manga or not. - Niguel Valley
I love FF3, Memory is my favorite improvement XD - fiorano
It's a lot faster and I love how a 'new tab' button is defaulted... It's going to take some time to get used to. Do you have theme recommendations? - Mona N.
Since I'm now on Linux, it was either FF3 or Opera. I installed Opera. Hated it. Went back to FF3. It's nice, but slow on my system. - Helen Is SOOO Not Of Troy
Dennis: I was waiting for all the add-ons + stability. I dl'd it, to contribute to the 'World Record' thing, but never installed. @LG: I'm so used to FFx interface, Safari doesn't do it for me... That, and I'm not a keyboard shortcut person. - Mona N.
SB and fiorano: is the memory allocation what's making it run so smooth? i've still yet to read up on the exact changes - Mona N.
It already themes itself to the OS so if you're using Mac than it would look like Safari. - Andrew Trinh
How do I make the toolbar smaller? @Andrew: I KNOW ugh - Mona N.
I love FF3 but unstable is right. Though I think my issue is more about the add-ons, specifically firebug. blip.fm locks up FF3 constantly. I often have to force quit due to unresponsiveness. The reason it's "Safari-like" has to do with OS UI consistency, using native controls instead of application-drawn controls. - stammers a lot
FF2 used to use like 160M on averrage. FF3 is usually 90M or less. They could have kept the featureset exactly the same and that would have been enough for me to switch :) - Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)
Does anyone know how to adjust the toolbar size in the default theme? - Mona N.
Which OS are you using Mona? View-Toolbars-Customise-Use Small Icons. - Andrew Trinh
OS X 10.5.4.... It's the bookmark toolbar I'm having the most issues with, ugh! - Mona N.
Really? Firefox 3 is amazing. I love it alot more than 2. Less of a memory hog. - Nate Pilling via twhirl
I've been running FF 3.0 on XP on three different PCs since it came out and haven't had any problems with it. I like the UI enhancements. - Jeff P. Henderson
Everything is too... large? for me, I don't like how the 'new tab' button is on the right, I don't understand why the RSS icon is blue, I hate how my bookmarks on my toolbar aren't buttons =| I'm trying to get used to it... - Mona N.
Right-click next to the address bar, customize and select to use small icons - stammers a lot
Be sure to check out The Awesome Bar. - Andrew Trinh
don't forget to install cooliris extension.. - Pico Seno
Hate the UI? It's just a refinement of FF2...but so much faster and way better memory usage wise. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
Pico: Ok :) Alex: I hate how everything is big, bubbly, and IN MY FACE. I hate how it's too Safari-ish, I hate how my bookmarks aren't separated by buttons, I how how the RSS icon is BLUE... - Mona N.
Looks like you have spacers in that toolbar. Mine is nicely compact and spaced without using any spacers. - stammers a lot
I liked FF3 in beta better than in final release. - Drew Z
Last.fm only does previews on individual song requests. You have to play a 'station' to get full tracks. Otherwise you might only listen to songs you like, and that would just be unacceptable - Glenn Slaven
"Most people dream of owning their own island, a piece of tranquil heaven to truly call their own. For the majority of people however, this will always remain just that: a dream. On the flipside, there is a definite island-buying trend growing amongst those lucky enough to be able to afford such a residence, from movie stars through to politicians, which will one day result in all such people living offshore… or maybe not.
We’ve decided to show you some of the smallest island-based houses and villas currently inhabited around the world in order to prove that such a dream isn’t that unattainable and that your own private island needn’t be the size of London. They’re also incredible places to visit and provide a great opportunity to come back from holiday with some truly unique photographs." - Cee Bee via Bookmarklet
Unfortunately, we're not cool enough to run on your OS yet. We really wish we had a version of Photosynth that worked cross platform, but for now it only runs on Windows.
Trust us, as soon as we have a Mac version ready, it will be up and available on our site. - Kyle Lacy
woah - very cool!!! i found your boy by the way... In 20 years maybe the entire world will be mapped this way. Very cool... Kinda frightening though that this could give people a basic walkthrough of your house... - Tad - just Tad
no mac, bummer cmon microsoft hurry up on all the mac support jesus theyre just asking to lose the cloud. - adolfo foronda
mujadarrah/kushari, hummus, baba ghanoush, - Harvey Simmons
falafel is what immediately jumped to mind. Mostly, I think of Andie's in Chicago, a fantastic restaurant. Where I never order falafel... - rudibrarian
Recipes with lots of yummy pictures, please! Oh, and any special holiday customs. I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Historical information on the food/recipes also. - JMS
Thanks for the input so far. Making my wife feel energized and inspired to go for it. Keep the ideas coming! - Adam Helweh
Oh that would be awesome! Immediate request: Homemade, from-scratch falafel. :-) I never get the moisture right and have since given up.... As for general interests: 1) I'm a vegetarian. 2) When there is cultural significance to a dish or technique, I'd love to hear about those. Food is so much more than the stuff we eat. - Joanmarie
That would be interesting. Do a small synopsis on the traditions or possible backstories behind each dish along with the recipes. - Adam Helweh
And I'd love to hear more about the culture and land beyond just the cuisine. On the cuisine side, how to pick the best ingredients and substitutions if you can't find certain things. - JMS
Shes good at that. She had to adapt a bit since coming to the US. Might be nice to divide the dishes up between vegetarian and "carnivore" on the site. - Adam Helweh
the blog sounds fantastic! I like the idea of a "backstory" to a dish and the cultural link - maybe even getting people she knows to share their own food stories / family traditions as well - Kelly
Im getting excited for her. And then I remember that I will have to teach her all the initial ropes of the blog and new media stuff! - Adam Helweh
I told her we should do a list of important tools/utensils that are unique to middle eastern cooking. - Adam Helweh
I've had the dropped calls on alot of phones, the resets stopped for me after 2.0.1, and I'm not sure what you mean by an "immature OS", but I prrefer it to other smart phones. - Blackopsmanners
Has everybody had this many problems? I haven't had too much wrong with mine except for problems with visual voicemail, and that's not available anywhere else - I'd be curious to read what people have to say in comments. - Sanjay
The only disappointment I've had with the 2nd generation iPhone has been the GPS which rarely gives me the blue dot. - Akiva Moskovitz
Even with the 2.0.2 update I still get better 3G connectivity on my Windows Mobile phone in the same spots than I do with the iPhone. I have tons of dropped calls a day. UI gets sluggish and barely usable (like writing emails or sending text messages). Like Chris, I often have to do hard resets just to get hte phone to work. - Brandon LeBlanc via twhirl
I agree. And mine crashed the day I bought it >:( - Jax Dragon
You must be one of the 2%, 'cause mine rocks... either that or user error - Jason Carreira
Don't know about the actual phone, but on my iPhone 1.0 the OS bugs have been about fixed. Also I think that at&t service is crappy. Were I live there is like no service. Also I think Apple should have set up their own towers. - Daniel
I've had none of these problems with my 3G. Must be a hardware defect afflicting a small population. - Kevin Fox
I have a love/hate relationship with mine. Not sure what I could replace it with though. there's just nothing that compares IMO - Jesse Stay
mine hasn't crashed since the first update - battery is fine for my usage - applications just work (though some do indeed crash) - it definitely has less dropped calls than my last phone - Frederic
Wow. I've got the BlackBerry Curve and have enjoyed it lots. the boss is buying me a 2.0 iPhone. I've got this fear that I'm going to hate it. - Chris Brogan
The signal is a bit weak compared to my last phone, but no major problems. I love the applications. - Charles Lacz
Why is it if people don't experience these problems themselves they easily shrug it off as a problem "afflicting" a small portion of iPhone users. Because you don't have any problems hardly means its not impacting a good amount of people. - Brandon LeBlanc via twhirl
@chris brogan same here. I love my Curve, the only issue is that sometimes it freezes. - Phillip Jeffrey
@Brandon because Steve Jobs came out and said it was a problem affecting 2% of phones - Jason Carreira
To paraphrase Winston Churchill: It has been said that the iPhone is the worst form of smart phone - except all the others that have been tried. - invariant
My dad still has a great rotary dial. Has never crashed in 30 years. Next... - rob
As far as I know, my mother still has a rotary phone hanging in the garage. It can receive calls but, unsurprisingly, it can't make them. - Akiva Moskovitz
HATER! EVERYBODY DON'T BUY AN I-PHONE WHAT HIS NAME SAYS ITS BAD - orionstarr
Never dropped a call here, though I live in the city of AT&T's former international headquarters. - Robert Haas
The iPhone is the best smartphone, hands down. The problem here is that you expect it to be like all other apple products...near perfect. In the cell phone market, this is not really possible yet because apple does not own the telecommunications company. - Bob Blunk
I don't have problems with dropped calls, but 3G sucks in San Francisco on it. - Thomas Hawk
Absolutely LOVED my 1st gen iPhone with 1.1.4 firmware. Ever since the firmware upgrade ... suckage. Slow apps, frequent crashes, poor battery life ... that has NOTHING to do with cell coverage or network. It's ALL on Apple. *booo* - tj hanton
I'm trying to figure out what smart-phone to buy http://is.gd/1Nx3, so I'd appreciate any comments/hints/recommendations. - Alex Popescu
I love my blackberry. Never drop calls (even in the mountains), qwerty keyboard, awesome. I never actually "surf" on my phone so I'm perfectly happy with the browser for my immediate needs (ie - Wikipedia for bar arguments) - George Smith
I love my blackberry 8150 pearl also. surfing is great...Google apps work beautifully. email always right there...good speakerphone..no complaints1 - John Foss
Gotta say I disagree. I've been using the iPhone 3G for a month and am pretty happy. I haven't had many problems with it. It's not perfect, but I'm glad I switched from my Blackberry. - Mark Logan
I'm a blackberry owner too and want to gloat about what a wonderful phone I have. It's a 8300 curve with no dropped calls, it has a Internet browser that isn't 3G but that's why I also carry a really nice iPod touch. The blackberry operating system works really great, with no problems at all. I also have push email. And I got google maps, gmail all on the phone. :) - Colide81
I was REALLY happy with the iPhone v1. The 3G has been lass reliable, but I love the apps. Updated to 2.0.2 yesterday and so far so good. Fresh issues aside, I'd never switch back to BlackBerry. I love my iPhone dearly. - Steve Isaacs
The new iPhone sheen is wearing off for me, too. I neglected to charge mine last night so now I have a dead phone. The battery life is poor. Reception not good, either. My screen requires constant cleaning. I'd say as a pocket computer it's very cool, but as a phone it's debateable. - Jason Kaneshiro
The styling is awesome, the screen is fantastic (when they don't use a bad supplier) and the browser is pretty good. The rest of the functionality? I prefer my Winmo phones which are pretty mature. The HTC Diamond Pro should bring it all together and not force me onto AT&. - Soulhuntre
And as its from Apple I bet you paid a tonne for it? I'm very happy to never have owned or desired to own anything from Apple. I'll give it to them their marketing department is brilliant but I seem to find their products are over-hyped versions of other products/unoriginal features put into a new box, more expensive and lesser quality. - Kol Tregaskes
my housemate has a 3G and it's UI is annoyingly sluggish. I used it briefly and it was immediately evident. He hates that part of it. - Chieze Okoye
People have actually asked me and my wife if we have a violent relationship... Talking like this is just how we talk and get rid of stress. Plus my fav is f*ck-stain... - John Worthington
Nah... If my husband calls me silly, I call him a silly f*cker. If I call him a goofball, he turns around and calls me a goofball f*cker. You get the idea. Gets interesting when one calls the other a silly goose =) - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Oh, I'm not THAT vulgar, Outsanity... Mattb4rd: aw, ty :) John: I know, people question my relationships all the time LOL - Mona N.
All of them except f*ckface, I love that word but I just can't use it without cracking myself up...I don't know why. - Joe Pierce
I had a "potty mouth" in high-school and college around my friends... But then I started dating Tad and spending time around his parents and had to make an effort to quit what had become a habit because it was obvious it was bothering them! I realized at that point it wasn't doing me many favors in general public either. And then the baby came and I'd pretty much quit. - Lindsay Donaghe
I like to drop the occasional "b*tchface," myself. - ::Kristen::
I just realized, I HARDLY cuss on FF. I wonder why. - Mona N.
The most common thing is I call my wife 'dude' or 'old girl' both of which are just really old habits. I would never, ever refer to her as a 'bitch' but I do sometimes jokingly refer to her as an asshole when she's been giving me shit or, when drunk enough, 'fucker!' Always in good humor, of course. - Akiva Moskovitz
Everytime I see my grandmother I say "get over here you sweet old f*ckface!". </sc> - Andrew Burd
Totally I use these as terms of endearment as well. I routinely call my sister bitch. - Keke
I had a Bangladeshi roommate once. The "Bangladeshi" word used by a super-close friend was also the derogative one used for "ughh" people. I thought it was very unusual. - Mitchell Tsai
My language really varies on situation Mona, perhaps your lack of FF cussing is the same. The way I speak with my husband in private vs. around my Independent Baptist preacher father in law are WAY different. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
Also one of my friends started teaching at UCLA, and he would swear 2-3 time every lecture. I'd remind him about it a little, but it was tough shifting from his college "potty mouth" to being a professor. :-) - Mitchell Tsai
oooh I do that all the time. Although my censoring for the kids has gotten REALLY creative - Erin Kotecki Vest
i can't even begin to figure out what you are saying, what, with all the MISSING CHARACTERS and such - Eric Rice
Quit yelling at me, Spin. Don't be MAD you're the only one around here wiht a filthy mouf! - Mona N.
My dad's nickname was The B*stard -- I bought him a shirt with "I'm not a b*stard, I'm THE b*stard ... and to you I'm 'Mr. B*stard'!" on it and he loved it (he never wore it in public). And my carer's pet name for me when we're alone is "c*ntface" :^) - Timothy Griffin
b*tch @ss trick and effing jackass are the one's i use the most with dear friends - mike
remind me never to get mona ... upset at me - fotographic
Wow, I'm totally feeling in the minority here. The only pseudo-pejorative terms of endearment I use with others are "silly" (used quite a bit) and "dork". Mind you, that doesn't mean all of my utterances are FCC-approvable; merely that my terms of endearment are. :-) - Joanmarie
Me and one of my bros uses terms like that on each other just to mess with each other. - Shawn
cursing is appropriate when environment calls for it :) i curse a lot where i work, both in Arabic and in English. On FF however, i didnt get the chance or opportunity to do so. People here are way beyond that!! But Mona, we at least know now how to interpret your cursing on FF, if any :) - Hayk Hakobyan
