David Kellam

Joel Spolsky’s rant is an absolute classic. I rant like this about restaurants (although with less clarity!) - expect a social reviews site soon.
DRK

So, what are we in the Blogosphere going to do about it next time?
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stole
Read this book:

Get angry. Be prepared.

I wish I knew more about Psychology… then I’d be able to explain why this site is currently sitting on >95% accuracy. It’s only got one guess wrong (out of more than 20) - it thought I was over 50. That probably isn’t too far from the truth, thought pattern-wise
Update:
Here is the list [...]

Just read Christopher Hawkins’ post on One-Stop tech shops and had to comment. I think he’s mainly right - there’s a serious argument (backed by economic theory and history) for specialisation. There’s also serious contemporary practice for it as companies are divesting their non-core assets and concentrating on what they do best. In a society [...]

This is how job applications should be. I can show you that one. I can’t show you the applications I received for this position, but suffice it to say most came nowhere near Guy’s second version, let alone his first.
I did lament this fact to a few people, but quickly realised I should not try [...]

I finally got around to fixing my C610’s wandering cursor problem without having to break anything in the process, thanks to these (brief) instructions and these more detailed ones.
Now I just have to convince Windows 2000 it’s still itself and doesn’t really need to reinstall all those drivers…
DRK
Update: Had a client (actually one of John’s [...]

Alright, so everybody is into this ‘web app’ thing. How is it, really?
What need does it really solve?
(Open-ended questions)
Let’s look at a few applications:
1. CRM
Example: SugarCRM (courtesy of myDataHub)
URL: demo.mydatahub.com.au
Technology:

Web 1.0 (LAMP)
Dedicated Server connected via Tier 1 peers in Australia (WebCentral)
Need solved: manage the sales process
Problem: Clients complain that it’s too slow.
Solutions:

AJAX-ify
Run a traditional app [...]

My vote for best /. comment goes to:
Re:Drumming up support for my hero Drake… [by nherm]
in response to the current pirate poll.
If you don’t get it…
(and one I hadn’t seen before!)

It pours.
7:30am-11:00am
Botched hard drive migration.
Attempting to recover. Downtime costs client organisation.
11:00am-12:30pm
A Docklands client urgently needed a presentation saved from PhotoStory. Easy. Just annoying timing
(And none of my ‘contractors’ (i.e. friends) were available!)
12:30pm-12:45pm
Ate a really bad muffin from Waterfront City. Don’t go to the place next to Red Rooster. Not at all fresh. Blueberry aparently [...]

“Teen, mom sue MySpace for $30 million”
It should read “Teen: your mum needs the $30 million to spend on parenting classes“