Joel Spolsky’s article on Inc.com is a must read. Here are five easy steps to kill your technology project: Mistake No. 1: Start with a mediocre team of developers. Mistake No. 2: Set weekly milestones. Mistake No. 3: Negotiate the deadline. Mistake No. 4: Divide tasks equitably. Mistake No. 5: Work till midnight. Read an [...]

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Some ads speak for themselves. This one showed up in my Gmail sidebar today: Hint: “Certificaiton” isn’t a word. Maybe they aren’t targeting English teachers.

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The RSS Profile is a really helpful document that helps developers use best practices and avoid typical pitfalls when handling or producing RSS feeds. That said, why isn’t the RSS Advisory Board – the very people who created the profile – following the profile recommendations in their own feeds? The Feed Validator now produces warnings [...]

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