So it appears the idea of software as a service is getting more traction and acceptance, which is interesting when you start to take it to further conclusions… like will computers in general go poof and be managed from a big central repository? I know I’ve considered suggesting to at least one consulting client that they get a big server and ditch the workstations for dumb terminals.
Back to the green screens?
So I was trying to figure out how to repair my XP installation after the MS defrag utility killed it, and I ran across (Thanks, Google!) a page of tips on how to do stuff in XP. There’s more handy stuff on the page than what I would expect… unfortunately, nothing which helped in this instance.
I’m pondering a move of some of my dev machines to Ubuntu since it is getting such favorable press and seems to have a fast-out-of-the-gate goal, which is the one issue I had with Sarge/Sid. It’s darn hard to get consensus on anything, and with releases waiting can really slow you down…
But the Ubuntu folks have a couple of scary pictures on their site… it’s a bit more kumbaya than I expect from techie types…
rushing developers doesn’t work
In a (not really) shocking study, the results showed that trying to hurry software projects by adding developers doesn’t accelerate results. Interestingly, it also showed that adding money really didn’t change much, either. I’m not sure what that means, but it is a curious twist.
So now we find out that current information workers get work done in 11 minutes but that it takes three different attempts to complete the task (of average three minutes each) because of interruptions… and businessfolks wonder why we can never get anything done?
Now that my working life has devolved into all-meetings-all-the-time, even my interruptions are interrupted by people who need answers now. Whatever happened to planning ahead? Oh right, that’s what the meetings are for…
sigh…
Early for xmas/birthday, but there are signed OSC books available cheap… my self control is wavering…
Sed FAQ and how to use in a bash script (secret: use double quotes not single)
Bash quick intro (95% of everything I use… but does that say more about me?)
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