LINKBLOG for September 1, 2008
Sep 1st, 2008 by AZuidhof
Code Metrics in Minutes - Meera Subbarao
I would estimate - I. M. Wright
nice opinion, it’s not estimation that is hard, but acceptance‘ Estimation is among the most trivial tasks an engineer has to perform on a regular basis. Get over yourself, it is ‘User Interface That Works - The Microwave With Only 4 Buttons - Thomas Williams
Simplest interface you’ve seen in a long time. While this is about a microwave, it is equally applicable to softwareFireFox 3 and Static File Caching Problems - Rick Strahl’s Web Log
Rick explains, has not really a good solution, merely a CSS hack to temporarily solve his problem
‘ While this is good for performance in many situations I’ve noticed that this is seriously becoming a problem in some of my applications (…) ‘Recycle Bin - Joaquin Jares
A perfectly average user find ways to Windows in a way that would be hilarious if it wasn’t so serious. Makes you think about your own apps, doesn’t it?Transitioning - part II - oh, the expectation - Sergio Pereira
‘ The phases of a new job
a.k.a.: From “what the..?” to “yuck” to “a-ha!” to “this is great” to “this can be better” ‘Which is faster? Flash or Silverlight? - Simone Chiaretta
As always: it depends…. ‘ Flash/Flex is faster when it comes to graphic rendering, but Silverlight is faster when it comes to pure computation speed ‘Factory Method + Reflection : Achieving better extensibility in applications - Caio Kinzel Filho
‘ This article shows how to take advantage of the Factory Method design pattern and Reflection, to add more extensibility to your applications ‘An Engineering Mantra: Architectural Shelf Life - Adding Simplicity
‘ if you have the chance to start over, complete green field, what architectural patterns and technology do you use ‘Obligatory Utility Roundup Post - Matt Hinze
Matt provides a handy list of all steps and tools he currently does for a new Windows (XP) installUse the DebuggerDisplayAttribute for your types - Daniel Moth
‘ The DebuggerDisplayAttribute overrides what you see for a Type in the expression windows, similar to what ToString does (except the attribute takes precedence ‘
‘ Modify the behaviour of any enumerator to make it circular, reversible, constrained or stepped ‘Weekend Watching: David Levy on Having No Time to Think - Gina Trapani
‘ (…) our fast-paced world doesn’t allow for time to think deeply, the time when we come up with our best ideas and most important insights ‘ My idea
Ideas are cheap, they require some serious mulling over to triage their worth…
G’Day Arjan, and thanks for the link - my post on the microwave certainly got some interesting comments.
Cheers, Thomas
@Thomas: thanks, simplicity rules!