August 2005 Blog Posts
I've spoken previously about interviewing developers from an employer
perspective, interviewing from a potential employee perspective, and
signs that developers are worth their salt. Now I figure it's
time to talk about the developers in your organization that you
actually want to keep. I've seen some companies do some pretty
boneheaded things that offend and otherwise drive their best talent
away and then they're mystified at why this has happened.
Sometimes Nothing is Better Than Something
The only thing more offensive than getting no bonus or salary increase
is getting one that is so insignificant compared to your
accomplishments that it feels more like a "slap in the face" rather
than...
Dear Nextel,
Thank you very much for your online account system being non-functional for the last 3 weeks so I couldn't pay my final bill.
Also thank you for having a phone bill pay system that seemingly does not recognize my account number.
In addition, I would like to thank you for a machine calling my house
several times a day, waking my baby, and leaving an automated message
about my account status that asked me to call a number with a pin that
was not found.
Finally, I would like to thank you for a customer service line that
kept me on hold for over 15 minutes...
You can download the latest here.
I have updated the images file names to be more read_friendly.
I have also addressed the job description page problem (it wasn't
really a code problem, the deploy folder was an older build... my bad).
In general, if you just replace the WebModules, Graphics, and Bin folders you should be good to go.
Setting up role based security for a website is a Very Good Thing (tm)
if you require flexibility in security. Many organizations I've
come across in my career struggle with security because they use a
system based on user type instead of groups and roles. The
obvious flaw with user type is that over time you end up with a new
user that is a "hybrid" and then you either have to add a new type, or
adjust all the pages that reference the types which grants other users
priviliges they've never had.
The worst of all sins I've seen in this scenario is actually HARD
CODING the user's...
Something of a mini-uproar in my email box and instant messager.
Why'd you do it? Why are you giving away the software you work so
diligently on?
It's actually not as complicated as one would think...
I'm busy, very very busy. I'm working full time and then some on
various projects and jobs, I'm building a new house, I'm also finishing
up my MBA, and most importantly I have my wife and newborn son to think
about. The cold hard fact of the matter is that for me to pursue
Easy Assets the way it deserves, I would have to take time out of the
above, which at this...
Call it temporary insanity. Call it an experiment to see if the "community" can really support a useful software program that isn't a browser or operating system. Call it what you will, but I have decided to release Easy Assets .NET as free open source software. You can download it here.
As per the license restrictions in the package, please note the following highlights:
You can't resell, charge for hosting, or otherwise make a profit off this application. It's for your internal use only.
You're more than welcome to submit tweaks, additional features, etc to me but you are not allowed to distribute...
For the most part, I like it.
Next version though can I please put the file menu up top where it belongs?