Links for 2009-07-20
- Cracking the Code: Breaking Down the Software Development Roles - Software development is done differently at every organization, and in every home office throughout the world. The process that one organization or person uses to develop software may work for their specific environment and situation but may fail miserably in another set of circumstances. It is, in part, the differences in environments which make it so difficult to quantify the process of software development in a single set of terms that all practitioners can agree to. As newer approaches appear on the scene, such as extreme programming and agile development the perspective of the world on what the process should look like changes slightly or dramatically.
- The Amazing Blog : Your Web Service Might Not Be RESTful If… - I like this article because for the most part it confirms good design on the Compendium Blogware API.
- Study Hacks » Blog Archive » The Pyramid Method: A Simple Strategy For Becoming Exceptionally Good - My answer reflects an observation that plays an increasingly important role in my understanding of the world: if you want to do something interesting and rewarding — be it writing a novel, becoming a professor, or growing a successful business — you have to first become exceptional. As Study Hacks readers know, I think Steve Martin put it best when he noted that the key to breaking into a competitive and desirable field is to “become so good, they can’t ignore you.”
- xkcd - A Webcomic - Estimation - Oh how I love XKCD. In this episode, the author of the windows file copy dialog visits some friends.
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