<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082306270130499476</id><updated>2009-11-06T16:15:31.575-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cranky Slacker</title><subtitle type='html'>Software developers complain a lot.  I complain more.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crankyslacker.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8082306270130499476/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crankyslacker.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>dave</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11819582249490963890</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082306270130499476.post-5354061575742152034</id><published>2007-06-21T15:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-22T08:29:14.590-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sheer Brilliance</title><summary type='text'>Asshole Driven DevelopmentI think Scott has a really big book outlined by this blog entry.  My last company featured 90% of the listed management techniques at any given meeting. I don't even know where to start.  Perhaps a job at one of the nicer places.I suspect it all springs from enforcing engineering style management on what is inherently a creative process.  You can get a room full of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crankyslacker.blogspot.com/feeds/5354061575742152034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8082306270130499476&amp;postID=5354061575742152034' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8082306270130499476/posts/default/5354061575742152034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8082306270130499476/posts/default/5354061575742152034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crankyslacker.blogspot.com/2007/06/sheer-brilliance.html' title='Sheer Brilliance'/><author><name>dave</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11819582249490963890</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08252749922856129849'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082306270130499476.post-62405498035604905</id><published>2007-06-20T07:12:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T10:27:38.941-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Twitter is Fucking Stupid  and We All Know It</title><summary type='text'>Twitter has to be a top contender for the future poster child of Web 2.0.  So I'm sure they'll get bought for millions by some moron.  Ok... so let's see... a 'service' that let's you txt your 'friends' with pointless info about what you're doing.  Ahh... how cool is that!For the love of the sweet baby jesus why is this interesting to anyone over the age of 12?You've got email, IM, sms and all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crankyslacker.blogspot.com/feeds/62405498035604905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8082306270130499476&amp;postID=62405498035604905' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8082306270130499476/posts/default/62405498035604905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8082306270130499476/posts/default/62405498035604905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crankyslacker.blogspot.com/2007/06/twitter-is-fucking-stupid-and-we-all.html' title='Twitter is Fucking Stupid  and We All Know It'/><author><name>dave</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11819582249490963890</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08252749922856129849'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082306270130499476.post-7548743870731480375</id><published>2007-06-12T13:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-13T07:41:08.856-07:00</updated><title type='text'>iPhone Haterz</title><summary type='text'>The haters are out in force about the iPhone non-SDK.But they've missed the key point.The web 2.0 (sucks!) stuff has services built into safari that it can use.  Think about that for a minute.  The javascript environment in the browser provides services to the javascript application.  These are not web services back on some server.  They are services IN the browser.That's pretty interesting.A big</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crankyslacker.blogspot.com/feeds/7548743870731480375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8082306270130499476&amp;postID=7548743870731480375' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8082306270130499476/posts/default/7548743870731480375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8082306270130499476/posts/default/7548743870731480375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crankyslacker.blogspot.com/2007/06/iphone-haterz.html' title='iPhone Haterz'/><author><name>dave</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11819582249490963890</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08252749922856129849'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082306270130499476.post-2961364115043174865</id><published>2007-05-31T12:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-31T12:41:23.130-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I Promise Not To...</title><summary type='text'>I'm a developer.   Developers tend to swing their privates around to prove how smart they are.  I promise not to do this.  Unless you send me some dumbass comment and you need to be smacked down.I will not:- Post anything where I show you some nifty little trick I spent all day figuring out.   If it's that tricky to do then I shouldn't be doing it myself.  Leave alone encouraging others to do it.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crankyslacker.blogspot.com/feeds/2961364115043174865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8082306270130499476&amp;postID=2961364115043174865' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8082306270130499476/posts/default/2961364115043174865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8082306270130499476/posts/default/2961364115043174865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crankyslacker.blogspot.com/2007/05/i-promise-not-too.html' title='I Promise Not To...'/><author><name>dave</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11819582249490963890</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='08252749922856129849'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>