Food for thought, something I would like to get feedback on, enviromental detachment from prosecuted activity. What do I mean by this? With the advent of technologies that we have today, it is becoming increasingly more standard/popular to telecommute taskings than to jointly, in communion, attack a project as a sole group of integrated professionals. Where does this lead us? Is everyone to become a 'freelance'… anything? Can a whole-team concept be effectively transmitted and sustained across wires, electrical circuits, fiber optics, microwaves and light energy for any extended period of time? Does this shift us into the next step in evolution of the wired/connected generation? Do the consequences gain as dramatic an impact when business decisions are corrupted, poorly executed or erroneous? Continue reading ‘Environmental detachment, what is it gaining us?’
Archive for August, 2006
As most professional developers are fully aware, when you start out building that exciting application for Joe Bloggs Inc, your intentions are always so honourable. You have your UML Diagrams, you have all your classes and libraries planned out and then you start writing. As you churn out your pre-defiened pattern that you lovingly spent hours drafting the client calls you "oh can we change this, and add in that?". The looming prospect of a 'hack' is on the way. Continue reading ‘A hack a day - Is it worth it?’
Native compiled applications are what we all use every day, that word processor, this web browser. But just what is the difference between all the other systems used that are interpreted (this web blog, all those networking myspace-esque sites) even that poker game on your cellphone. What are the benefits of these different types of applciation structure? Continue reading ‘Native or interpreted, which will survive?’
The saga revealed…
Consider this the vivid, no-holds barred e-documentary of the rise and leveling-off of the HNC Network. By our count, it has been almost 5 years since we ventured to publish anything to the world wide web, as a union. Continue reading ‘The saga revealed…’
