Archive for August, 2003
Wednesday, August 20th, 2003
Form, Storm, Norm and Perform
A co-worker of mine pointed me to a very interesting article that mentions
stages of team development described by the NSDC Standard for
Staff Development
They are FORM, STORM, NORM and PERFORM.
It’s amazing how dead-on these stage descriptions are when they’re used
to describe group dynamics in a large software project.
Here’s an extended excerpt:
Forming: When groups are organized, a […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Technology by dkaz
Saturday, August 16th, 2003
Flash Mobs
Flash mobs (AKA smart mobs) seem to be spreading like wildfire.
Personally I hope they stay harmless (they’ve already been used for mild
forms of terrorism), because the idea does appeal to my primal tastes.
I signed up for the Chicago mailing list - should be fun to be a sheep for 10 mins.
Check out this or […]
No Comments » - Posted in Current Events by dkaz
Thursday, August 14th, 2003
POLL: Favorite Evil Geek
Vote on my Tech Index page.
I had to vote fo the CTO of my last company (”Flip” Filipowski). He’s a tool.
Reportedly he’s moved on to working on blogging software in North Carolina.
Watch out, blogger.com…
1 Comment » - Posted in Technology by dkaz
Wednesday, August 13th, 2003
java.lang.FixedLengthString and Generics
I like Martin Fowler’s FixedLengthString pattern idea, and I can’t help thinking implementation.
public final class FixedLengthString {
private int length;
private String value;
public FixedLengthString(int length) { this.length = length; }
public int getLength() { return length; }
public void setValue(String value) throws IllegalArgumentException {
if (value.length != length) throw new IllegalArgumentException(”text”);
this.value = value;
}
public String getValue() {
return value;
}
}
There is a couple […]
No Comments » - Posted in Java by dkaz
Tuesday, August 5th, 2003
Teddy Bear Infinite Loop
Damn teddy bear in the play room is stuck in an infinite loop and creeping
me out. Where the hell is my Phillips?
1 Comment » - Posted in Technology by dkaz
Tuesday, August 5th, 2003
21. “This driver may cause your computer to become unstable.” OK.
Check out Mark Pilgrim’s hilarious XP install story
