In Joel’s article, he joked about “architect astronaut” and the idea of synchronization. Alright, there seems to be something really weird. Microsoft is not the only guy in this “synchronization” business. If synchronizing files is not making profit, why so many folks keep burning money on it?
IMO, synchronzing files does not make money by itself. It’s [...]
For enterprise applications, web-based architecture has great potential and advantages, especially in deployment and patching. For web-based applications, IT people no longer need to install computer by computer (theorectically), and having fewer applications installed on a PC implies stabler system. Web-based applications may also lower the hardware requirements for client-side PCs because most tasks are performed [...]
For the sake of memory leak, I couldn’t tell the exact time but it should be around VB 5.0 timeframe, there was a “new trend” in UI development, the HTML. Desktop applications embedded HTML engine to render their UI. The reasons that I could remember were:
It feels cool!
It’s much easier to deal with i18n problems with HTML.
The look-and-feel [...]
In the good old days, the definition of a witty computer power user was that he/she knew something about GW-BASIC (or dBASE III, Lotus 1-2-3, you name it). All screens were 80 by 25 green text console and there were little requirements for UI. It was a paradise for UI programmers! Users were forced to learn all the [...]
FedEx delivered my shiny new XPS 420 yesterday and I was very happy to receive it right before Christmas. My XPS 420 came with a Intel Q6600 quad-core CPU hosted on a Intel X38 based motherboard, plenty of USB ports, two 1394a ports, five sound jacks, SPDIF, and a surprise eSATA port. Dell also included a card reader with bluetooth receiver [...]
People read reviews from media when they are shopping. What if the reviews that they found are actually technically inaccurate? Okay, in plain English, what if these reviews are bull shitting and average Joe can’t tell?
I’ve seen these for several years when I read reviews about the products that I worked on. Apparently I am [...]
The latest report from Forbes listed top 100 “best to work for” companies. I am a bit curious about how IT-related companies are doing. Here’s a brief summary of my observation:
1 Google (newly enlisted)
6 Network Appliance (was 27, up 21)
11 Cisco Systems (was 25, up 14)
14 Qualcomm (was 23, up 9)
31 Adobe Systems (newly enlisted)
33 Intuit (was 43, up 10)
44 Yahoo [...]
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