Joel on SoftwarePainless Software ManagementStackOverflow Podcast 19- August 28, 2008 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 Software. Big-bang launches can be disasters (viz.: cuil); quiet, gentle launches without announcements where you slowly build can work a lot better (viz.: Gmail). Will StackOverflow's launch overwhelm our servers and underwhelm our audience Not...http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/08/28.html How I Learned to Love Middle Managers- August 26, 2008 &8220;Another programmer came to us. &8216;I thought you should know that people are really unhappy,&8217; he said bluntly, &8216;and it&8217;s starting to make it so that people just complain all day, instead of doing their work, and that&8217;s not good.&8217;&8221; From my latest Inc. column: How I Learned to Love Middle Managers Not loving your job Visit the Joel on Software Job Board: Great software jobs, great people.http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/08/26.html |