October 2007 - Posts
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That was a weird experience ... my first earthquake. 5.6 magnitude, centered 9 miles away, the whole hotel shook for about 15 seconds. At the Adobe building across the road, the lights must not be wired in very tightly, because lights were flashing on...
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Those of you who develop custom software for clients have probably been burned more than once by clients who are disappointed with what you thought was going to be the "final" version, and start demanding countless changes. You've probably...
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Jeff Atwood : “It's a tremendous credit to Joel Spolsky that he made this crucial feature the centerpiece of the new FogBugz . I'm not aware of any other software lifecycle tools that go to such great lengths to help you produce good estimates...
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Software developers don’t really like to make schedules. Usually, they try to get away without one. “It’ll be done when it’s done!” they say, expecting that such a brave, funny zinger will reduce their boss to a fit of giggles, and in the ensuing joviality...
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“Even though a bad team of developers tends to be the No. 1 cause of software project failures, you'd never know it from reading official postmortems. In all fields, from software to logistics to customer service, people are too nice to talk...
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Oh yes. It turns out the Māori translation we were using for the translation of the fictional Institute for Kiwi Studies had a slight grammatical error; thanks to Professor Ray Harlow of the University of Waikato, who wrote the most up-to-date Māori language...
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Here's a video (70 minutes, Flash) of the demo I gave of FogBugz in Austin, Texas last week. A few technical details for the geeks: The demo itself was broadcast live from the Hyatt Regency in Austin by the crew from NewTek , who came for the opportunity...
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Next up on the FogBugz World Tour: Europe! (Map thanks to Paul Demers and Google). Registration is now open for November: Nov 7: Dublin Nov 8: Cambridge Nov 9: London Nov 12: Amsterdam Nov 13: Copenhagen The morning of November 14th, I'll be speaking...
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The great music we've been using to launch FogBugz 6.0—in the demo movie and the world tour—is a song called Sound Scientist by a San Diego band named bill . Download the MP3 . Not loving your job? Visit the Joel on Software Job Board : Great software...
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At some point, while I was running around the country giving demos of FogBugz 6.0 , the development team officially got it out the door, and I don't think I ever officially announced, "FogBugz 6.0 is now shipping," so, here it is: FogBugz...
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The FogBugz demo in Austin is now streaming live here . Not loving your job? Visit the Joel on Software Job Board : Great software jobs, great people. Read More...
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Abbott & Costello pretty much had the last word on renting cars, in their who's-on-first-style routine on a company then known as Hertz U-Drive. As Lou says, "Well if it hurts to drive all over the country why should I drive and get hurt...
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About 110 people came to the beautiful Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta, and asked great questions. Some of the people I talked to in person had come from as far away as Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama. It was especially cool to meet, in person, Terry...
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The World Tour trudges along. Babak and I took the fast Acela train down to Washington DC and checked into the Crystal Gateway Marriott. Nice turnout in Arlington today: about 150 people. This Thursday, in Austin, at 5:30 Central Time, Jim and Ossie from...
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This week's travels: Arlington (outside Washington, DC), Atlanta, Dallas, Austin, and Boulder (outside Denver). You can still sign up . We've been doing a pretty good job of getting everyone in, so don't worry if you're waitlisted... we'll...
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I remember in college trying to call the catalog companies to get them to stop sending me mountains of paper catalogs. It was futile. Most of them had no way of doing that, and even if you got off the list, you'd always find your way back on again...
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Last Friday, I was sitting at the San Diego airport, trying to figure out if my flight was going to be on time. Of course, Continental thinks it will: Being suspicious, I notice that there's no plane at the gate. Where is it? Aha, looks like we're...
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The FogBugz World Tour continues. It was a beautiful weekend in the Bay Area: perfect weather, unusually clear skies, and no fog. Jared and I spent some time driving around Marin on the Pacific Coast Highway. Monday's demo in San Francisco had about...
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You get your brand new iPod home, in its shiny black box, which you open, and the first words you see are: “Designed by Apple in California.” It’s printed on the back of every iPod and iPhone, too: Ah, the way these five words evoke...
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