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Comment on There will be a Nexus Two by Mike

Mike — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:53:12 +0000

That’s a really great point about the 1ghz Nexus setting a trend. Thanks for stopping by!

Comment on There will be a Nexus Two by Abhi

Abhi — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:46:27 +0000

I hope they do release a new hardware before holiday season or maybe in Jan 2011. I think Nexus one set the tone for Google this year with a 1 GHZ phone. I strongly believe, Gingerbread would put an end to the shenanigans of the custom UI. I do understand that there was a need to custom UI in 2009, but this year, Android has at least matched to the functionality of it’s competitors and the key in the next release would be the UI.
I am betting the next phone would be Pentaband frequency sold unlocked on google.com/phone

Comment on Sure, Change Jobs! by links for 2010-07-16 » Daniel Roux: Web Developer | Ruby | Rails | Music - All things must pass…

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:04:38 +0000

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Comment on Project Management should go to Boot Camp by Mike

Mike — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:48:18 +0000

Great comment! You’re right. Thanks for giving me another topic to think about. :-)

Comment on Project Management should go to Boot Camp by PHB

PHB — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:32:29 +0000

Ouch. A lot of points hit home for me. I want to work at a place like that.

One thing I think you miss is

“detailed instructions” != “requirements”

It’s possible to view requirements as a shared responsibility – a map you create as you explore the problem together. And also something that tells you when you’re ready to start hacking – when you go through the requirements and there’s no more questions, no more flip-flopping between painful choices, then it’s time.

But yeah, typically it’s a CYA exercise so blame can be assigned later and the requirements suck.

Comment on Project Management should go to Boot Camp by Mike

Mike — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:06:33 +0000

I wouldn’t think so. First you have to identify what the end state should be and allow people to work towards that goal the best way they can.

If you get something completely different at the end, then that’s a failure to either specify the goal or you’re worrying about the implementation too much.

Comment on Project Management should go to Boot Camp by xyzklm

xyzklm — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:55:34 +0000

Senior programmers shouldn’t need detailed instructions.

By this way at the end of the day you will get completely different from what you want.

Comment on Have an IE6 only application? by Dropping the IE6 project | Another guy named Mike

Dropping the IE6 project | Another guy named Mike — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:36:23 +0000

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Comment on Have an IE6 only application? by Mike

Mike — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:16:21 +0000

I got ya. That was the very problem I had when I set out, an app written by consultants (recently!) that required IE6. I was able to upgrade to IE8 and still run the app, without any changes to their code.

I’m not worried either about single-purpose machines. But there’s a big slice of the internet stats that are still using IE6. It seems to me that whole companies are putting off upgrading for the sake of a few apps.

If there’s a technical reason they’re not upgrading, then I can help. Hopefully the rest are dedicated for specific purposes and are never allowed on the internet. :-)

Comment on Have an IE6 only application? by Barry

Barry — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:05:55 +0000

Don’t be so sure about that. There are plenty of consulting companies that wrote apps a few years ago that are probably still being used today. Getting them updated usually involves making a call to the same company and then paying to have them updated. So it’s cheaper to keep running IE6.

There are two computers where I’m at where, thankfully, a new application is forcing the upgrade to Windows XP (yeah, XP). These computers do maybe two tasks and that’s all they do, so management doesn’t like to get “modern” systems for them.