Archive for the 'Google' Category

Ten Additional Software Development Myths

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

Yesterday, I wrote about ten software development myths, which unfortunately are still around. In his comment to my post, Tim King wisely argued that the ten myths I had listed were all big-company myths.
Tim, I know you said you are going to write your own top-ten small-company myths and misconceptions, but I just couldn’t resist […]

Posted in Process, Google, Methodology, Project Management | 5 Comments »

Hiring Great Developers?

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

Stop whatever it is you’re doing. There’s a new buzz in town.
In our ultra-dynamic industry, yesterday’s Holy Grail is today’s old news. A couple of days ago I wrote about Googlism as the new emerging religion, and what do you know, I’ve just discovered the signs of a new one, already creeping into blogs, articles, […]

Posted in Management, Mentoring, Process, Strategy, Google, Professionalism, Motivation, Leadership | 26 Comments »

Agilism: Out, Googlism: In

Friday, September 29th, 2006

When I started reading Steve Yegge’s latest article I was optimistic. The title sounded promising. The quote from Wikipedia was great. And the arguments against the Agilism religion were well articulated. The first couple of pages were really a great read.
Then, as I began to read Steve’s description of “the Google experience”, my enthusiasm started […]

Posted in Organizational Culture, Article Review, Agile, Google | 12 Comments »

What Kind Of A User Moves Files Around?

Monday, March 6th, 2006

Here’s a nice real-world story from which we can all learn a lot about usability, design and quality in general.
Everybody knows Google Desktop. As it happens, Google Desktop has a problem with re-indexing files if you move them from one location to another on your hard drive. According to this article, the solution is […]

Posted in Design, Usability, Business, Google | No Comments »