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Saturday, May 31, 2008 9:37 AM

Taking Advantage of Vim

Once you have mastered using Vim to replace Notepad.exe , it is time to starting taking advantage of what Vim has to offer. Doing so can increase your productivity. Below are most of the commands I use most frequently. It is important to note that Vim
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Friday, May 30, 2008 7:57 AM

We Need A Better Way To Test

Testing started simply. Developers would run their code after they wrote it to make sure it worked. When teams became larger and code more complex, it became apparent that developers could spend more time coding if they left much of the testing to someone
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Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:08 AM

GVim As Notepad

When I first encountered Unix in the early 1990s, I needed a text editor. I tried Emacs but the meta key and double control keys struck me as wrong. I tried Vi but couldn't figure out how to type anything. I came across Pico and for years used that as
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Friday, May 23, 2008 10:34 AM

Are Audiophiles Going Extinct?

This article says that they are. More importantly, it says that people do not care as much about their music or the quality of their music-listening experience as much as they once did. That's very interesting if true. I wonder if this is a permanent
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:04 AM

Get Rid Of Your Security Blankets

A while ago I took a class on Scrum and Agile Project Management. During the discussion on Scrum, it became apparent to me that there are several unchallenged assumptions in many peoples' minds that make accepting Scrum difficult. People assume that Scrum/Agile
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Monday, May 19, 2008 7:58 AM

Intel Atom's CISC Legacy

Interesting article over at Ars Technica discussing the CISC nature of the Atom processor and how that affects its performance compared to other embedded processors. Does CISC have more liabilities in the mobile space than it did in the desktop space
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Saturday, May 17, 2008 1:52 PM

Vim Tip: Finding a Variable Declaration

For most programming, I use Vim as my text editor of choice. It has a steep learning curve, but is very efficient once you get accustomed to it. I'm far from an expert on Vim and I'm always learning new things. From time to time I will endeavor to post
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:27 AM

Design Principle: Don't Repeat Yourself

There's a design principle I neglected to mention in my initial list but which certainly merits attention. That principle is this: whenever possible, don't repeat yourself (DRY). Put another way, do things one time, in one place rather than having the
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:47 AM

Keep Your Eyes on the True Goal

We recently went through mid-year reviews and I found myself repeating similar advice several times. Here it is: Be very clear about what your goal is and continuously reassess whether you are on track to get there. To make this more concrete, consider
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