November 2007 - Posts

• Are Trackbacks (still) Worth It?

  Blog Herald has an interesting post, " Have Trackbacks Become Too Spammy To Be Worthwhile? " You may have also discovered a surge in trackback spam recently as autoblogging software is being used by more and more spammers to reach out and cull... Posted Nov 24 2007, 06:22 PM by Simpable Filed under: Technology

• 7 of Hardest Things I Learned About Writing Software

  Learning to write code is not that hard. With a book, Google, and a little free time just about anyone can hack something together. However, to become a good software developer you need a passion to constantly and continually learn. Listed below is a... Posted Nov 15 2007, 09:23 PM by Simpable Filed under: Software

• 1000 Lines Of Code

  I have a new theory on development, if you cannot build an interesting working version of an application in less than 1000 lines of code, you are likely over complicating things. What has now become Graffiti is actually is actually attempt number three... Posted Nov 14 2007, 10:57 PM by Simpable Filed under: Software

• ASP.Net MVC - A Step Towards A More Simple ASP.Net?

  Although I have get my hands on ASP.Net MVC bits, I have a gut feeling I am going to like it, but I think my reasoning is different than most others. It looks like there are lots of good things coming; better testability, cleaner separation of UI and... Posted Nov 13 2007, 09:52 PM by Simpable Filed under: Software

• The Value in Being First

  Almost a month ago, in reaction to Google's purchase of Jaiku , I said: Personally, I think this is end of the road for Twitter. The logic was correct. Jaiku has a better overall feature set, seems more reliable, and has Google backing it now. However... Posted Nov 05 2007, 03:36 PM by Simpable Filed under: Business