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It would be interesting to hear what other delegates are saying about this news. Just tweaking RE doesn't sound like much of a plan for the future.
Commented Oct 1, 2012 on Jana Eggers on Blackbaud's new product vision at Purple Patch Blog
Jana Eggers on Blackbaud's new product vision
At its annual conference in Washington DC, software vendor Blackbaud today announced the outcome of its review of the many software solutions it has amassed through a series of acquisitions in recent years. There has been concern and controversy in the build-up to this announcement and you can ...
I wonder if developing an Open Source blog engine to rival Wordpress in another language would help its decline?
Commented Jun 29, 2012 on The PHP Singularity at Coding Horror
The PHP Singularity
Look at this incredible thing Ian Baker created. Look at it! What you're seeing is not Photoshopped. This is an actual photo of a real world, honest to God double-clawed hammer. Such a thing exists. Isn't that amazing? And also, perhaps, a little disturbing? That wondrous hammer is a de...
The trouble with high resolution PC displays is that Windows 7 and earlier doesn't scale up well. You can increase the font size, but that doesn't make everything scale up, so some things you need to click on are very small. Also, not everyone tests their applications with different font sizes, so you get strange effects with bigger fonts.
Commented Mar 20, 2012 on Welcome to the Post PC Era at Coding Horror
Welcome to the Post PC Era
What was Microsoft's original mission? In 1975, Gates and Allen form a partnership called Microsoft. Like most startups, Microsoft begins small, but has a huge vision – a computer on every desktop and in every home. The existential crisis facing Microsoft is that they achieved their missi...
I worked one place where they had yellow plastic "men" which were put out when the floor had been mopped. We used to say to people - go ask the yellow man. I didn't realise that technique had a proper name. (If it's on wikipedia it must be proper, right?)
Commented Mar 14, 2012 on Rubber Duck Problem Solving at Coding Horror
Rubber Duck Problem Solving
At Stack Exchange, we insist that people who ask questions put some effort into their question, and we're kind of jerks about it. That is, when you set out to ask a question, you should … Describe what's happening in sufficient detail that we can follow along. Provide the necessary backgroun...
I don't normally comment because so many others have. However in case you have time to read all these:
My first thought was, "will Stackexchange survive without him?". Then I thought, "because he's done a good job of building it then of course it will".
Enjoy your new phase of life!
Commented Feb 7, 2012 on Farewell Stack Exchange at Coding Horror
Farewell Stack Exchange
I am no longer a part of Stack Exchange. I still have much literal and figurative stock in the success of Stack Exchange, of course, but as of March 1st I will no longer be part of the day to day operations of the company, or the Stack Exchange sites, in any way. It's been almost exactly 4 ...
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