Archive for June, 2006

X-Macros

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

When looking for X-Macros on Google, the only reference I came across was this one (ddj.com), which is also the place where I happened across X-Macros by accident (in the printed version of the magazine). I have since put them to great use in production code. What are X-Macros? They are basically a clever way to [...]

Your insecurity does not matter

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

In a recent chat with two of my now ex-colleagues (our employer having been brutally, swiftly and completely obliterated about 3 weeks ago), we talked about schedules, project management and milestones, and why they don’t work. I said it is because people don’t like to feel insecure. And they have the false believe that schedules, [...]