OT Rants

I took it!

Jannik Anker — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:56:44 GMT

How 'e' are you?

Jannik Anker — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:24:12 GMT

I'm an e-vangelist, apparantly... I envy all the e-experts here on GWB :-D

your e-score: 78
your e-group: e-vangelist
your e-ranking: 1040/9733

Check your own score at www.howeru.com.

Computer Laws

Jannik Anker — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:01:08 GMT

I found a bunch of great Computer Laws...

A few highlights:

Ellison's Law: The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. (Harlan Ellison)
Jakob's Law of the Internet User Experience: Users spend most of their time on other websites. (Jakob Nielsen)
Nathan's First Law: Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container. (Nathan Myhrvold)
Ninety-ninety Law: The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time. (Tom Cargill)
Osborn's Law: Variables won't; constants aren't. (Don Osborn)

Also, sysprog.net has quotes on everything from design over bugs to tech writing - plus a collection of predictions à là Bill Gates' 640K blunder...

Which superhero are you?

Jannik Anker — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:31:00 GMT

Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man		85%
Robin		73%
Superman		70%
Hulk		65%
The Flash		60%
Iron Man		50%
Batman		40%
Green Lantern		40%
Supergirl		38%
Catwoman		35%
Wonder Woman		8%

You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

A "do not forget this (again)" post...

Jannik Anker — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:34:00 GMT

Note to self: Hey self! That fantastic tool you forget the name and URL of, and found out that you badly needed at your new job, was Steve Millers PureText. The Googled URL to Steves web site seemed to be invalid, so you found it at pcworld.com instead :-)

I just noticed something funny...

Jannik Anker — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:33:00 GMT

Over at feedicons.com (great initiative, by the way), I can't find the link to their feed ;-)

I can, however, subscribe to their newsletter!?

Finally, it's all been worth it...

Jannik Anker — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 11:35:00 GMT

The hard work, the countless hours and endless nights. I am now finally a respected blogger (not like back in the old days):

My blog is worth $1,129.08.
How much is your blog worth?

Hehe ;-)

[OT] Mmmmm... Spore...

Jannik Anker — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:24:00 GMT

Did you guys hear about Spore from EA before this years E3? I certainly didn't - but it looks goooood... And won some awards, too!

CAPTCHA rocks!

Jannik Anker — Tue, 16 May 2006 17:33:00 GMT

So, I finally figured out why my blog didn't have CAPTCHA (why am I constantly writing CAPTHCA?) for the comments. It turns out that Jeff (Julian) had forgotten to add it to the skin I'm using here - I wish I had known before I manually deleted something like 60 spam comments, all from the same stupid [product name] moron.

I had been looking for the ~~CAPTHCA~~ ~~CAPTHCA~~ CAPTCHA (I hate that "word") option for ages, but didn't find it. Because it isn't there. So I asked Chris Williams what he'd done to get it, and he directed me to Jeff.

Thanks, guys!

Joel Spolskys Bionic Office

Jannik Anker — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:55:00 GMT

Okay, so it's not really news, but I stumbled across this excellent post about the office design of Fog Creek Software, Joels company.

Two things came to mind:

1) I wanna work there!
and
2) It's a fantastic filosophy to have as an employer, that the work space actually matters. Not only for those working in it, but also when having to find new employees. There's nothing new about the everyday effect that our surroundings have on us, but in the software industry (and many other industries), it tends not to be prioritized much. That's a damn shame, considering how well it could be done, and how much it could potentially do for you.