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Joel on Software

September 2008 - Posts

  • Imaginary product

    Why doesn't somebody make this? It's a power strip It's a network hub It's a USB hub You clamp it onto the back of any desk This would make it easy to plug in laptops, USB peripherals, and all your rechargers at your desk without crawling...
  • Stack Overflow Podcast #22

    In Episode #22 of the Stack Overflow podcast, Jeff and I talk to guest Josh Millard of MetaFilter about moderating community sites. Not loving your job? Visit the Joel on Software Job Board : Great software jobs, great people. Read More...
  • Stack Overflow Launches

    You know what drives me crazy? Programmer Q&A websites. You know what I’m talking about. You type a very specific programming question into Google and you get back: A bunch of links to discussion forums where very unknowledgeable people are struggling...
  • Password management finally possible

    Now that DropBox is shipping, there's finally a good way to manage all your passwords. This system works no matter how many computers you use regularly; it works with Mac, Windows, and Linux; it's secure; it doesn't expose your passwords to...
  • Stack Overflow Podcast #21

    Episode #21 of the StackOverflow Podcast is up, in which Jeff and I talk about the anthropology of abusive users. “You’ve got a bunch of people playing Chess, but certain people want to play ‘throw the chess pieces all over the park...’” The site itself...
  • We're finally moving!

    This weekend, Fog Creek is finally moving into the big new office space we've been working on since last March . These things take FOREVER. The new office will be: twice as big as the old office in a better neighborhood costing about 5 times as much...
  • StackOverflow Podcast #20

    This week's StackOverflow Podcast is up: episode 20. We talked about the deadlock that was fixed, which was the last thing holding up the public beta... caused by a very small bug in third party libraries, which is exactly why I've always had...
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