Category: Computer
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Bad name choice
It seems strange to me that in a business that lives on acronyms, that anyone in their right mind would name a conference so that its acronym is “GITS.” But apparently no one on the committee gave it a second thought… stupid gits.
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Microsoft Access – Fail
The OS can’t kill a running process, so it tells you to reboot your computer. This seems to have been added to Office 2010, because I haven’t seen it before then. An epic fail!Just so I can find it again, the dialog has a title of, “Microsoft Office Program Recovery,” and error message of, “We…
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Big Shoes
Learned while driving in my car this evening that Steve Jobs the co-founder of Apple died from pancreatic cancer today. This is a sad day for all of us who have grown up with the microcomputer, and his death leaves some very big shoes for the industry to fill. He will be missed. Condolences to…
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When GMail crashes
You don’t see this too often, in fact this is the first time that I have ever seen it, but Gmail crashed on me the other day and they had this very attractive crash page.
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Programmed Politeness
A computer interface should only present terminology users can understand, in the [domain] language they’ve selected.Kai A. Olsen, IEEE Computer, July 2011, Pg. 106
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IT Certifications
The available certifications connote little more than minimal classroom knowledge. More accurately, there is a slight prejudice against candidates with many certifications. The more you have, the more suspect you become. They are like reverse merit badges.Andrew Binstock, Dr. Dobbs Update, 2011-08-17
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Project Management
The more project management you do the less likely your project is to succeed.Former Google CIO Douglas Merrill quoted at Slashdot