A Mess is not a Technical Debt.
Technical debt decisions are made based on real project constraints. They are risky, but they can be beneficial. The decision to make a mess is never rational, is always based on laziness and unprofessionalism, and has no chance of paying of in the future. A mess is always a loss.
Technical debt decisions are made based on real project constraints. They are risky, but they can be beneficial. The decision to make a mess is never rational, is always based on laziness and unprofessionalism, and has no chance of paying of in the future. A mess is always a loss.
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Health care reform: without a correct diagnosis, there is no cure
Nearly everyone agrees on the symptoms: rapidly growing health expenditures, diminished access to affordable insurance causing many to be uninsured, and inadequate quality and outcomes for the dollars spent. But what are the root causes? While there are many contributing factors, three merit special attention.
Wanted: a script that auto-replies “You’re welcome!” to people that sign their every email with “Thanks!”
American Vice: Mapping the 7 Deadly Sins
Now *this* is a file server: http://tr.im/xK5k
Kurt Vonnegut explains drama
Now you, too, can fix all your friends’ and family’s computers with this handy Computer Repair Flowchart
IEEE Spectrum: Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens
I wrote a paper in 2004 for one of my ICAM courses on the social impact of just such devices. Five years later and we’re starting to see some pretty competent prototypes. Cool.