Programmers Who Defined The Technology Industry: Where Are They Now?

From the Dan Bricklin section: "One thing I've always done, for many years -- I know Bob Frankston did, too -- you have to figure out a path through the whole thing and implement that first,"

I believe we call that MVP now.

Very important point Bricklin makes, and one I agree with strongly:

"But one thing is and was necessary: experience shipping a product. You should know, he says, 'what it is to actually complete something and get it out the door. That's a real important thing to learn.' Nothing beats the experience of shipping software, to take something from start to finish. You get feedback from users, and find out what you did right and wrong. It's even better, he says, to do this with other people"

Ideas and knowledge are great. Accomplishment is something else altogether. Ship, ship, ship!

The ads on that site are absolutely horrendous, playing sound without warning and covering the main content. Flagged this link for that reason.

one page: http://www.itworld.com/print/124541

On the same topic, I really enjoyed this podcast that included Dan Bricklin:

http://thisdeveloperslife.com/post/1270441885/1-0-5-homerun

Some great stories by developers who hit a "home run"

adblock ftw! Very interesting read.