Cucumber has been a great success for our team. We've trained the BA's how to write cucumber scripts, which in turn has done a lot to train the BA's in how to think about the stories and features that they are requesting. The dev will sit down with this feature definition and the BA's, and the feature is groomed into a viable and feasible feature that is testable. We strap these to a web automation (we use specflow to watin), and get a fairly significant return on investment.
Cucumber is like any tool; if used correctly, it's great, and if it's used as a de facto tool, then you're going to struggle with it.
The only complaint I have about Stack Overflow is when you're looking for a library or toolchain and want to get a feel for some of the pros and cons of each of the tech currently being used. I understand the argument of why these questions are killed. But I also have to think that there is value in these conversations.
Top ground speed transportation has roughly doubled since the 60's. If Elon Musks hyperloop gets built, then you could see that become 3-4 times faster.
And there is of course the scramjet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramjet which set records in 2003 which is 10,000kph faster than the record set in 61.
There really isn't anything here that would have me wanting to get one. I feel this is a preemptive me too device with no real product vision. Well, other than "we really need to get a watch out before Apple so we can say they copied us".
Different companies, different business models, different strategies, different risk allowance, different lawyers. Two different companies in similar spaces would be illogical if they didn't have different strategies.
I agree with everything, with the exception of the need to solve a real world problem. Much of the code I write is to explore, and to play. It doesn't solve a business need, it only scratches an itch to see if I can do it. Design should be the same, because when we play, we discover new avenues and ideas that we may never have realized until we tasked our brains to solve some new problem.
Mindshare and a device in the living room is what keeps Microsoft from slipping into IBM territory. And with the consumerization of IT, OSX or Linux would be even more present today I suspect.
I used his drafts extensively while he was writing it, and had built and epub from the files for my own use. The day I could throw some money at him, I did. If you've been using vim, have the modes and chords down, but would like to eek out some more power and customization, buy this book. It explains vimscript much better than any other resource I've read to date.
Felt like extortion? To freely post your video to their free hosting service, which allows you free distribution and marketing of your brand to the entire world. For free. And this felt like extortion?
A decade ago I would go weeks working 18-20 hour days, 7 days a week. It wasn't good for my health, cost me my marriage, and started a dependency on alcohol. However, it certainly didn't kill me. I'd like to know the cause of death here, because working 100 hours a week isn't entirely uncommon in our line of work.
You would have to demonstrate that this was an encouraged practice, and supported by management. At the very least, you would have to show the company was negligent in responding to accusations of extortion.
Of course it is. If at any point where you think you have created a technology that will be tax free, it will only remain so until it becomes economically viable for the governments to tax it. We only have to look to Mass. software tax to realize this is the case, even when the implementation doesn't make a lick of sense.
I was certain that Bush Jr. was going to go down in history as the worst president in my lifetime. But if Obama doesn't straighten this out soon, it's going to be him. Which is very disappointing, because he showed so much promise before he was elected. But under his watch, whether directly or indirectly, he's created the least free regime of any president ever elected in the US.
I have not used GoDaddy in years, and will never do so again. However, in a world where the governments seem to be in a war against their electronic citizens rights and privacy, then there is no better countermeasure than to train an entire generation to circumvent security from the age of 13.
If you don't write favorably about Apple, then they don't invite you to the press releases. So their hands are no cleaner, just far more transparent and public.