Star Wars: A Different Point of View

I just stumbled across the “A Different Point of View” series of podcasts. The episodes are a set of somewhat humorous, but serious essays disproving myths about Stormtroopers and Star Wars universe from the point of view of a sand trooper.
A Different Point of View is a series of essays about the Star Wars Universe [...]

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Developers are Clone Troopers and Project Managers are … Storm Troopers

Max Pool of {CodeSqueeze} writes an interesting article titled “Why Managers Are Like Clumsy Storm Troopers“.
Anytime software development or project management can be related to Star Wars themes, it makes the inner-geek in me want to spread the news…
… developers are like Clone Troopers. They are quick, disciplined, and deadly in their specialty.
Managers are [...]

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I’m glad it has a name…

This morning’s Dilbert cartoon had me rolling.  The pointy-hair boss commands Dilbert’s team to start using Agile programming.  In the boss’s description, he states that Agile programming means “no more planning and no more documentation.” The boss goes on saying that the programmers can “start writing code and complaining.”
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"Who Am I" follow up…

I stumbled upon The Nerd Tests (version 2) and just needed to see for myself who I was.  After taking the test, it calculated that I was a … Uber Cool Nerd. Ha! Beat that! :)

Science / Math: 32%
Technology / Computer: 82%
Sci-Fi / Comic: 67%
History / Literature: 16%
Dumb / Dork / Awkward: 3%

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Fun with Web 2.0(tm)

There’s a new Web 2.0TM affiliation spouting some words that most software development organizations have a hard time saying (at least in public).
Huh Corporation lays out their strategy as:
Our main consulting strategy is to convince clients that we do stuff they can’t do themselves, and that we deserve lots of money for it. The best [...]

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