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  • Coding Horror: The Rise and Fall of Homo Logicus

    Oct 4 2004 3:05 PM
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    it'll be a truly exciting and simplistic day when program managers and contract managers realize the point reiterated in this Coding Horror link that reminds us all of the work of a true genius, alan cooper. i'd agree with jeff on one significant point above all - that a developer should not be designing the solution. this "a developer can be a business analyst too" mentality is the sole point of frustration 99% of my colleagues face. they (we) have no idea how the business is supposed to work, or one that mimics idiocy when you're looking at it from a depth-of-understanding point of view. so why would they - the owners of the processes - want us - the implementors of the solution - to be the ones who tell their users "this is how it's supposed to work." that just makes zero sense. if you want a solid application, the goal is simple - tell us what you want and then make sure you've told us what you meant to tell us. then move aside for a few months and let us make it happen.

  • a new addition on the contact page

    Oct 2 2004 3:11 AM
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    on my new contact page, i've included a new validation component i've written that ensures my form won't get spammed (as has been the trend for the past few months). so drop me a note - if you're a human!

  • yes,

    Oct 2 2004 2:25 AM
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    jason old buddy. indeed, kerry did win. i mean come on, you didn't think i'd let the whole day go by and not make one single comment about how bush was speaking his own language up there on the podium, did you? or about all the stammering? or about all the times he almost dove across the stage in frustration at the fact that kerry had [again and again] used verbal kung-fu on old dubya. yeah, i had quite a few laughs out of this one. can't wait to see what bill maher has to say about it later.

  • update:done

    Oct 2 2004 1:59 AM
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    this is the new site. one of these days (say like, in two years or so, hopefully) i'll redesign it again. but i think this look and feel will stick. to boot, i've done something kind of nutty. i've gone back to blogger. i'm really sick of relying on .text and of getting away from the xml roots my site began on. so this is the first post of the new architecture. well, the new/old architecture. all of the posts are intact from the .text site. i just had to start on the first day of a month to make a clean break from the old architecture. so this is just the first post in the new format. all the rest of the stuff is still there, just click on "archives" to see what i mean. (go on, click it. it won't bite) yet another chapter in a life of j&b whiskey ads. always coming back to what always worked.

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