Category: Essays

Essay: Good, evil and technology. A fun philosophical inquiry

Are you a good person? How do you know? Most of us set our bar for good and bad…

You always want the best people, but sometimes the best people don’t fit together into a harmonious team. How…

There’s a nice thread in response to the essay why software sucks over at artima.com. Artima.com is an interesting…

Ever wonder why so much of what’s made is so bad? Here’s some answers and advice on what to…

A previous essay, Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas, continues to get feedback. People leave comments often and here’s…

So much time seems wasted doing work that doesn’t help progress things forward. Why does this happen? What can…

There’s another new essay of mine up on one of the O’Reilly websites. How to decide what bugs to…

If you’re doing something interesting, mistakes are inevitable. How you learn from your mistakes defines what kinds of mistakes…

One of the long standing tugs of war in the software world is between those who write code and…

Ever have a manager you couldn’t stand or thought was incompotent? Then this essay is for you: How to…

Slashdotted over the weekend

Latest essay is all about leaders, followers and specatators (or complainers) and why knowing where you stand and acting…