Archive for May, 2005
Moving to Textdrive
I’ve used Force 9 aka PlusNet for about 8 years as my ISP, then also to register and host my domains. However, since I now get broadband access paid for by my employer, I don’t really need an ISP. (As it happens this broadband access is via the very same PlusNet at my suggestion). So, [...]
Posted: May 27th, 2005 under domains.
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Borland have got a silver bullet
Hold the front page! Borland have discovered the holy grail of software development. To quote their ad which appears in Computing Magazine (and doubtless elsewhere in the IT press):
Software Delivery Optimization transforms software development into a predictable, reliable, managed business process.
I’m sorry, but as soon as I read something like this, it makes me set [...]
Posted: May 26th, 2005 under software.
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Sign a petition against ID cards
I think that the UK Government’s idea of a compulsory ID card and associated giant identity database is dreadful idea. There can be no doubt that it is an invasion of privacy and curtailment of freedom. In effect, you’ll have to register with the government for the right to exist. Otherwise, you’ll [...]
Posted: May 20th, 2005 under id cards.
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Software Development and Game Theory
I’ve started reading “Agile Software Development” by Alistair Cockburn. I haven’t had the time to get very far as yet, but I do like the way he analyzes software development as a game (that’s game as in Game Theory). He characterizes it as a co-operative game of invention and communication. He also [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2005 under agile.
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