19618

,

selected and introduced by Joel Spolsky

Apress,

xviii, 305 p. , ill. , 22 cm.

Style is substance /Ken Arnold --Award for the silliest user interface--Windows Search /Leon Bambrick --The pitfalls of outsourcing programmers /Michael Bean --Excel as a database /Rory Blyth --ICSOC04 talk /Adam Bosworth --Autistic social software /danah boyd --Why not just block the apps that rely on undocumented behavior? /Raymond Chen --Kicking the llama /Kevin Cheng and Tom Chi --Save Canadaʹs internet from WIPO /Cory Doctorow --EA, the human story /ea-spouse --Strong typing vs. strong testing /Bruce Eckel --Processing processing /Paul Ford --Great hackers /Paul Graham --The location field is the new command line /John Gruber --Starbucks does not use two-phase commit /Gregor Hohpe --Passion /Ron Jeffries --C++--the forgotten Trojan horse /Eric Johnson --How many Microsoft employees does it take to change a lightbulb? /Eric Lippert --What to do when youʹre screwed /Michael "Rands" Lopp --Larryʹs rules of software engineering 2--measuring testers by test metrics doesnʹt /Larry Osterman --Team compensation /Mary Poppendieck --Mac Word 6.0 /Rick Schaut --A group is its own worst enemy /Clay Shirky --Group as user : flaming and the design of social software /Clay Shirky --Closing the gap, part 1 /Eric Sink --Closing the gap, part 2 /Eric Sink --Hazards of hiring /Eric Sink --PowerPoint remix /Aaron Swartz --A quick (and hopefully painless) ride through Ruby (with cartoon foxes) /why the lucky stiff.

AU Spolsky, Joel.

QA

76.76

.D47,B478

2005

1590595009 (pbk.) ,

Includes bibliographical references and index.

c2005