September 2009
7 posts
“When trying to make a point involving business never interject your own...”
– Me
Things Every Programmer Must Do
Go Hard
A programmer without passion is pretty much useless. As this poster quotes, Productivity Stems From Passion. (Scroll down, the website sucks for product linking.) If you don’t have passion for your creations, you’re pretty much doomed. Notice that I didn’t say code or design; products are the lifeblood of any developer. Thousands of lines of source or amazing designs...
So the Zune Uses IE6 for Mobile
PM: Alright team, we've been handed down an edict to use IE6 for mobile as the Zune's browser.
Developers: Fuck IE6, that shits garbage.
PM: Well, we have a very specific release date and we want to make sure we don't delay this.
Developers: We originally had a stiff release date and wrote our own WPF variant and it worked wonderfully!
PM: We did let you do that, and it looked pretty slick.
Developers: So let us write our own browser, we can get it done on time!
PM: We also let you write your own date calculation code.
Developers: IE6 it is :(
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New Computer Part I
I recently built a new computer. My previous machine was garbage (destroyed by Vista and my choice of super-cheap computer parts) and doing even the most minor disk or cpu intensive activities sucked. To deal with the situation, I just shifted to doing most of my work at Work, and just did simple web browsing and chatting at home. I finally got frustrated with the six-minute bootup time and...
Please Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself
My name is David Sokol. I am a Software Developer in the finance industry. I focus mainly on risk management and developing excellent software solutions. This site and it’s related content does not reflect the views of my employer.
The format of this site is a daily update containing hopefully decent content. Content will either be technical (.NET, Finance, Software Development theory,...