Joel on SoftwarePainless Software ManagementStack Overflow Podcast 2- April 23, 2008 The next podcast is up. Today we talked about why we're doing a podcast in the first place, took some questionssuggestions from listeners, and got into a fight over whether programmers should learn C. Guess which side I took. There are some improvements, already. First, there's an RSS feed, so you can subscribe and get each weekly podcast pushed to you. Here's how you would subscribe using Apple iTunes, for example: Run iTunes Choose Advanced Subscribe to Podcast Paste in this URL:...http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/04/22.html stackoverflow.com- April 17, 2008 What is stackoverflow.com Nothing, yet. But here's the concept: Programmers seem to have stopped reading books. The market for books on programming topics is miniscule compared to the number of working programmers. Instead, they happily program away, using trial-and-error. When they can't figure something out, they type a question into Google. And sometimes, the first result looks like it's going to have the answer to their exact question, and they are excited, until they click on the...http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/04/16.html First Joel on Software conference- April 14, 2008 Registration is now open for Business of Software 2008 (the first ever Joel on Software conference). Neil has lined up great speakers: Seth Godin, Business Week's "Ultimate Entrepreneur for the Information Age", is the best-selling author of 7 books (including Permission Marketing and Purple Cow) as well as the most popular eBook of all time. Eric Sink, founder of SourceGear, author of "Eric Sink on the Business of Software" and the person who coined the term "Micro ISV" Steve Johnson of.http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/04/14.html |