August 2008 - Posts

• StackOverflow Podcast #19

  This week's StackOverflow Podcast is up: episode 19. Jeff and I spent some time talking about the home page for StackOverflow. What goes there? What does it mean to vote on a question? We also talked about Aaron Swartz's article on How to Launch... Posted Aug 28 2008, 03:02 AM by Joel on Software

• How I Learned to Love Middle Managers

  “Another programmer came to us. ‘I thought you should know that people are really unhappy,’ he said bluntly, ‘and it’s starting to make it so that people just complain all day, instead of doing their work, and that’s... Posted Aug 26 2008, 11:45 AM by Joel on Software

• A review of the Nokia E71

  When Apple’s iPhone 3G came out, I was pretty sure I’d get one. It had all the features I was waiting for. But the lines just weren’t going away. I searched Twitter . For a week, then two, every day brought fresh reports of five-hour waits. And then the... Posted Aug 22 2008, 03:32 AM by Joel on Software

• StackOverflow Podcast #18

  This week's StackOverflow Podcast is up: episode 18. It was the first chance I've gotten to speak to Jeff since the beta went live, which is, honestly, exceeding even my highest expectations. Performance is terrific. The site is crisp and clear... Posted Aug 21 2008, 03:02 AM by Joel on Software