StackOverflow Podcast #19 1 days ago Original link 
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 t...
How I Learned to Love Middle Managers 3 days ago Original link
“Another programmer came to us. ‘I thought you should know that people are really unhappy,’ he said bluntly, ‘and it’s starting to make it so that people just complain all day, instead of doing th...
A review of the Nokia E71 7 days ago Original link
When Apple’s iPhone 3G came out, I was pretty sure I’d get one. It had all the features I was waiting for. But the lines just weren’t going away.
I searched Twitter. For a week, then two, every d...
StackOverflow Podcast #18 8 days ago Original link
This week's StackOverflow Podcast is up: episode 18. It was the first chance I've gotten to speak to Jeff since the beta went live, which is, honestly, exceeding even my highest expectations. Perf...
Good System, Bad System 31 days ago Original link
“I pass six Starbucks every morning on my walk to work. Just to clarify, that's counting only the Starbucks that are actually on the west side of Eighth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. I think there ...
Pecha Kucha 42 days ago Original link
We've already got a great lineup of speakers for the Business of Software conference:
Seth Godin
Eric Sink
Steve Johnson
Richard Stallman
Paul Kenny
Tom Jennings
Dharmesh Shah
Mike Milinkovich
Jes...
Annual Fog Creek Open House 46 days ago Original link
Here at Fog Creek Software we get a lot of requests for a tour of the office, which we usually have to decline: we have this unusual obsession with giving programmers quiet working conditions.
But...
Don't hide or disable menu items 59 days ago Original link
A long time ago, it became fashionable, even recommended, to disable menu items when they could not be used.
Don't do this. Users see the disabled menu item that they want to click on, and are lef...
Desks 84 days ago Original link
A reader wrote in to ask what kind of desks we're going to be using for the new office.
The ergonomics experts always want you to have your feet flat on the floor. So you have to adjust your seat ...
