CodeQuotes http://codequotes.com random technology quotations Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:32:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 en “All methodologies are based on fear.” — Kent Beck http://codequotes.com/2008/03/12/beck-methodologies http://codequotes.com/2008/03/12/beck-methodologies#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:26:51 +0000 Neal Enssle Programming Development Process Problem Solving Technology Best Practices http://codequotes.com/2008/03/12/beck-methodologies “All methodologies are based on fear.”

— Kent Beck

]]> http://codequotes.com/2008/03/12/beck-methodologies/feed/ “The problem is that while logic is a powerful and effective programming tool, it is a pathetically weak and inappropriate interaction design tool.” — Alan Cooper http://codequotes.com/2006/12/14/cooper-logic-and-interaction-design http://codequotes.com/2006/12/14/cooper-logic-and-interaction-design#comments Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:48:55 +0000 Neal Enssle Logic Usability http://codequotes.com/2006/12/14/cooper-logic-and-interaction-design “The problem is that while logic is a powerful and effective programming tool, it is a pathetically weak and inappropriate interaction design tool.”

— Alan Cooper

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/12/14/cooper-logic-and-interaction-design/feed/ “Learning is limited by an organization’s ability to keep its people.” — Tom DeMarco http://codequotes.com/2006/11/15/demarco-organizational-learning http://codequotes.com/2006/11/15/demarco-organizational-learning#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2006 13:15:34 +0000 Neal Enssle Management Corporate Culture Business http://codequotes.com/2006/11/15/demarco-organizational-learning “Learning is limited by an organization’s ability to keep its people.”

— Tom DeMarco

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/11/15/demarco-organizational-learning/feed/ “People under time pressure don’t think faster.” — Tom Lister http://codequotes.com/2006/10/24/lister-think-faster http://codequotes.com/2006/10/24/lister-think-faster#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:42:33 +0000 Neal Enssle Management Development Process Problem Solving Productivity http://codequotes.com/2006/10/24/lister-think-faster “People under time pressure don’t think faster.”

— Tom Lister

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/10/24/lister-think-faster/feed/ “The ultimate metric that I would like to propose for user friendliness is quite simple: if this system was a person, how long would it take before you punched it in the nose?” — Tom Carey http://codequotes.com/2006/08/17/carey-user-friendliness http://codequotes.com/2006/08/17/carey-user-friendliness#comments Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:07:01 +0000 Neal Enssle Users Usability http://codequotes.com/2006/08/17/carey-user-friendliness “The ultimate metric that I would like to propose for user friendliness is quite simple: if this system was a person, how long would it take before you punched it in the nose?”

— Tom Carey

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/08/17/carey-user-friendliness/feed/ “The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.” — Robert R. Coveyou http://codequotes.com/2006/08/14/coveyou-random-numbers http://codequotes.com/2006/08/14/coveyou-random-numbers#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:05:42 +0000 Neal Enssle Programming Logic http://codequotes.com/2006/08/14/coveyou-random-numbers “The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.”

— Robert R. Coveyou

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/08/14/coveyou-random-numbers/feed/ “The evolution of languages: FORTRAN is a non-typed language. C is a weakly typed language. Ada is a strongly typed language. C++ is a strongly hyped language.” — Ron Sercely http://codequotes.com/2006/08/12/sercely-evolution-of-languages http://codequotes.com/2006/08/12/sercely-evolution-of-languages#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2006 11:04:32 +0000 Neal Enssle Programming Languages C and C++ http://codequotes.com/2006/08/12/sercely-evolution-of-languages “The evolution of languages: FORTRAN is a non-typed language. C is a weakly typed language. Ada is a strongly typed language. C++ is a strongly hyped language.”

— Ron Sercely

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/08/12/sercely-evolution-of-languages/feed/ “Managing senior programmers is like herding cats.” — Dave Platt http://codequotes.com/2006/08/11/platt-managing-programmers http://codequotes.com/2006/08/11/platt-managing-programmers#comments Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:03:41 +0000 Neal Enssle Management http://codequotes.com/2006/08/11/platt-managing-programmers “Managing senior programmers is like herding cats.”

— Dave Platt

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/08/11/platt-managing-programmers/feed/ “Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable.” — Ralph Johnson http://codequotes.com/2006/08/09/johnson-reusable http://codequotes.com/2006/08/09/johnson-reusable#comments Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:58:56 +0000 Neal Enssle Programming Bugs Design Best Practices http://codequotes.com/2006/08/09/johnson-reusable “Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable.”

— Ralph Johnson

]]> http://codequotes.com/2006/08/09/johnson-reusable/feed/ “Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.” — Bruce Brown http://codequotes.com/2006/08/08/brown-bugs-and-features http://codequotes.com/2006/08/08/brown-bugs-and-features#comments Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:58:11 +0000 Neal Enssle Programming Maintenance Bugs Humor http://codequotes.com/2006/08/06/brown-bugs-and-features “Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.”

— Bruce Brown

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