A couple of days ago I drove to my local Casey’s with my little barcode tag in hand looking to rent a movie. I was shocked, shocked I say, to walk in the store and not find the video rack. So shocked I actually asked the people who work there what they did with the videos. (And you say men won’t ask for directions!) The girl behind the counter said they got rid of them. … Don’t Brag About Your Software When Your Website Looks Like ThisRead 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
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Why You Suck As a Technical Recruiter – Again
It never ceases to amaze me how the most unqualified people tend to become “technical recruiters.” I had a big conversation a while back with the head/owner of a “consulting” company about why he can’t ever find Qt consultants capable of landing a contract. You only work W-2. Qualified people only work 1099. Your primary qualification for technical recruiters is that they are “priced right.” I told him flat out, when someone calls me, or … Why You Suck As a Technical Recruiter – AgainRead more
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Jed – Windows 7 binary
Another on the Jed mailing list created a fresh build for Windows 7. You can find it and other things here.
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JED – golang support
I didn’t create this language support file. I’m told it even has a few minor issues. It’s just that attachments have a way of disappearing in the archives, so I’m pasting it here. % An attempt to create a Golang mode for jed. % Mostly gratefully stolen from pymode. % Feel free to improve. % % Authors: bukin.dima@gmail.com % % Caveats: % many :) $1 = “golang”; !if (keymap_p ($1)) make_keymap ($1); definekey (“golang_insert_char_indent(‘}’)”, “}”, … JED – golang supportRead more