At some point we Linux users have to install anti-virus and malware software, if for no other reason than to protect the token few completely useless Windows boxes left in the world. A few enterprising rectal sphincters have also been writing email viruses for cross platform email clients and their various address book solutions. There’s even a token few Linux specific viruses. On a few machines I installed clamav from the distro repos. Two machines … Linux Anti-Virus Software ExperimentsRead more
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Another Shining Example of AGILE
Facebook (FB) is one of the most notorious proponents of AGILE. “Move quickly and break things.” AGILE – hacking on the fly without any design or road map while committing accounting fraud. Hacking on the fly gets you stories like these. The Declaration of Independence flagged as hate speech. When it comes to the Facebook development team, I can’t help but think of this movie. Definitely the kind of people you want working on a … Another Shining Example of AGILERead more
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Never Do a Friday Interview
I have one policy which, every time I break it, ends in tragedy. Never do a Friday Interview. I started this policy over twenty years ago while under contract at Waste Management. While I had done a lot of software development before that, I hadn’t really learned the ins and outs of corporate culture. I learned it there. Corporate policy meant everyone had to come into work on Friday, but, nobody actually had to work. … Never Do a Friday InterviewRead more
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The Standard Rate Trap
Quite some time ago I wrote a three part series on how to calculate your billing rate. Not enough of you appear to have learned from it given various conversations I’ve had. It appears the majority of people who actually read it were bottom feeding pimps because now they’ve reverted to asking consultants for their “standard rate.” Most of you knee jerk an answer for what would be a good rate with you able to … The Standard Rate TrapRead more
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Worst User Interface In The History of Man
Once you’ve been in IT for a while you get really offended by sucky user interfaces. For quite some time the rank of worst user interface in the history of man was held by the Yahoo redesign team. The previous interface wasn’t pretty, but at least it had everything one would need to do proper investing. Now it has the second ugliest interface ever and is fill with nothing but pump & dump paid advertising. … Worst User Interface In The History of ManRead more