August 2007
“I have consulted at some companies where time reporting is so complex,...”
– Scrum Log Jeff Sutherland: Time Tracking is Anti-Scrum: What do you do when you need it for billing?
July 2007
“There’s a lot of ugly code out there. Most of the underlying code in the...”
– Weblogs Forum - Pardon My French, But This Code Is C.R.A.P.
“It’s hard to explain sometimes just how time-consuming it can be to get...”
– Bill de hÓra: Design for the web
“Any time the music on the radio starts to sound like rubbish, it’s time to...”
– For the unrepentant patriarch of LSD, long, strange trip winds back to Bay Area
“Contrary to - well - pretty much the entire software industry, I don’t...”
– The Agile Architect - Agile Software Process Improvement
“Scoble’s got a sweet job: he’s the only person outside the Bush Administration...”
– Global Nerdy » Blog Archive » Microsoft Outplaying Apple? Not the Way I See It, Scoble!
“Was I a criminal? No. I was a good member of society. Only my society and the...”
– For the unrepentant patriarch of LSD, long, strange trip winds back to Bay Area
“Our software needs to be solid before it can be beautiful.”
– Otaku, Cedric’s weblog: In defense of Design Patterns
June 2007
Four-year-old girl: Jose!
Latino dad: Stop callin' me jose! What's my name?!
Four-year-old girl: Jose!
Latino dad: If you don't stop callin' me Jose I'ma stick my foot up yo' ass, you hear? I ain't no Jose, I'm Daddy!
“Also of note: an mp3 of a religious service is referred to as a godcast.”
– kottke.org
“As the Gowers Commission concluded in Britain, a government should never extend...”
– Boing Boing: Lessig switches from copyright to corruption
“But in this country, while you have to be competent to pull off a terrorist...”
– Schneier on Security: Portrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot
“A friend is someone who will bail you out of jail. But your best friend is the...”
– Wake Up Tiger: best friend
Chick: I can't believe you can talk about how much you love your country, and you don't even pay taxes!
Dude: I've paid more taxes than you've sucked dick. Which is a lot.
Chick, after long pause: I don't know why you're walking so fast -- nothing's happening when we get to your apartment.
“The single most depressing thing for me in IT is how many applications are...”
– Service Architecture - SOA: CRUD is CRAP
“Want a productivity tip? Go away and do it fucking now.”
– The Secret to Super Productivity
“Your kid COULD have done that, but she didn’t. Nor did she design the...”
– Coudal Partners
“I don’t want to have to do this living. I just walk around. I want to be...”
– Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) - Memorable quotes 