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It’s Definitely A Compiler Bug 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Previously, I wrote a post about a potential compiler bug with the g++ compiler in the GCC 4.7.2 collection that was driving me nutz: “Uniform Initialization Failure?“. In that post, I flip-flopped b...
Ain’t Life A Kitsch? 24 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
BD00 is proud to present the following post from his third guest blogger: twitter friend Serial Mom. When she submitted her story for “approval“, S&M gave the BD00 editorial staff free license to “bul...
POP! Whoosh! Pfft! 22 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
An integral part of my almost-daily gym workout is doing push ups with the aid of a balance ball. The sequence of events progresses as follows: Well, yesterday things didn’t go as planned. As I was r...
Big, No, And Just Enough 20 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Assume (which is a bad thing to do) that you can characterize a project by three activities: Planning, Designing, and Building. Next, assume (which is still a bad thing to do) that the planning and de...
One Or Many 18 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
The figure below models the increase in team stress level versus time for waterfall and time-boxed projects. As a project nears a delivery date, the stress levels increase dramatically as the team fix...
Codecharts 16 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
l felt the need to share this e-mail exchange with a fellow colleague.
The Magical Number 30 14 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
In agile processes, especially Scrum, 30 is a magical number. A working product increment should never take more than 30 days to produce. The reasoning, which is sound, is that you’ll know exactly wha...
When I Was Born 12 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Last Thursday, I went to the fabulous Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester NY to watch the opening round of the PGA golf championship. In prepping for the trip, I flipped through my considerable collect...
From Without 10 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
There comes into every life a time when the inner self can no longer be reached by things from without, when the soul craves that which it can supply to itself alone. – William Zinsser What a wonderf...
Just Say No! 8 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Whoo Hoo! The Dr. “No” movement is upon us! One currently popular way to carve out a money-making niche for yourself is to simply prefix any popular technology with the word “No“. Take your pick: NoU...