I have a client who needs a Web-page component that does some photo compositing. Nothing super-fancy, but it needs to be professional, obey some business rules, and do some things dynamically based on static data.

The prototype is in Flash, but is filled with hideous programming -- magic numbers, a big …

Daniel Choi has created a Ruby gem that consolidates feeds into a Kindle-readable format! Say aloha to paying \$2 to subscribe to a single blog! link

The Midori coverage from SD Times has gone mainstream, even making the front page of BBC World News this morning. Since I reviewed the technical portions of the documents for the story, I thought I might clarify some things. First, though:

• I have no idea who wrote the document
• I …

Via Mike Gunderloy comes this link to the claim that a crossword puzzle app for the iPhone is bringing in the developer \$2K per day.

A forthcoming column of mine observes that while Microsoft is still the absolute king of corporate development, Apple has become increasingly appealing for development of …

I am aware of the irony that I talk a lot about software quality and the infrastructure of this blog is... well, I think it's up more often than Twitter! ...

But, yes, I'm aware. The cobbler's children go barefoot, and all that...

Not only am I as old as dirt, I started programming professionally when I was 16. So this may just be me being crotchety. But I perceive that the average quality of the code in today's software projects is going down.

That doesn't mean that software projects today don't have …

I have a job that is probably about 120 hours total work for a good Flash programmer. By that, I mean I estimate that you could probably do it in about 30 hours, but if you can deliver in 120, everyone is happy.

The only caveat is that you need …

I know that these little Zoho polls I'm running are totally unscientific, but they are interesting. Only thirteen people have voted on the question "Are corporate SD managers too risk averse or too eager?" but every vote has been "too risk averse."

I'm very surprised by that, because back when …

Here's a fun one to make up for all the dry process questions I've been asking: What rewards do you appreciate at software project completion? Money? Vacation? Time to learn?

(If you're reading in an aggregator, poll probably only visible if you jump to the site)

I've been pondering this series of polls I've been running and wrote the following paragraph:

Standing in opposition for this need for high productivity is risk: risk of major delay, risk of a show-stopping technical incompatibility, risk of embracing a tool or technique that is reaching the end of its …