July 2008 - Posts

• Good System, Bad System

  “I pass six Starbucks every morning on my walk to work. Just to clarify, that's counting only the Starbucks that are actually on the west side of Eighth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. I think there are some branches on the east side, but that... Posted Jul 29 2008, 04:59 PM by Joel on Software

• Pecha Kucha

  We've already got a great lineup of speakers for the Business of Software conference : Seth Godin Eric Sink Steve Johnson Richard Stallman Paul Kenny Tom Jennings Dharmesh Shah Mike Milinkovich Jessica Livingston Jason Fried and me! Neil Davidson... Posted Jul 18 2008, 08:59 AM by Joel on Software

• Annual Fog Creek Open House

  Here at Fog Creek Software we get a lot of requests for a tour of the office, which we usually have to decline: we have this unusual obsession with giving programmers quiet working conditions. But once a year, we do have an open house. It's a rare... Posted Jul 14 2008, 05:12 AM by Joel on Software

• Don't hide or disable menu items

  A long time ago, it became fashionable, even recommended, to disable menu items when they could not be used. Don't do this. Users see the disabled menu item that they want to click on, and are left entirely without a clue of what they are supposed... Posted Jul 01 2008, 05:42 AM by Joel on Software