All Entries Tagged With: "Humor"
Communication: Are you the king, or a guard?
In this scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the king is giving the guards orders to keep an eye on his son, and not to let him leave the room. Sounds simple enough, right?
Sherlock Holmes on the Necessity of Requirements
During some time off a while back, I went to Project Gutenberg and downloaded The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I still haven’t read them all, but I was surprised to see the great detective speak out so strongly in favor of requirements in A Scandal in Bohemia.
Weekly Digest 08-43
Cockburn on methodology, free software, funny about IT & the business, great new business analyst blog, etc.
Weekly Digest 08-42
BABOK updates, “what vs. how”, new blog subscriptions, Google Pagerank and an awesome picture.
Weekly Digest – 08-16
IT communication problems, usability, suggestions for success, and a few funnys.
JB Weekly Digest (07-49)
Presentation tips, ten ways to screw up requirements, how to speed up your meetings and more.
JB Weekly Digest (07-47)
Language, productivity, a NASA dissertation on requirements specs, and a few funnys.
JB Weekly Digest (07-44)
Software developers are in pain, 10 types of programmers, best geek quotes, relationships, usability, and other goodies.
Does Humor on the Job Work for You?
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You Know It’s Getting Deep When..
I really enjoyed Chris Woodill’s collection of “weasel words” that IT delivery folks will use to buy time, deflect responsibility, or describe a situation as much rosier than reality. Now, I’ve never met Chris, but having read through this list, I’d almost swear we must have worked on the same projects with some of the same people!
Sharing the Love – 2007-04-01
Reuse, software methodology, use case driven development, methodology.org and more.
The REAL Development Lifecycle?
Ok, time for something light. This is funny stuff. Forget the phases or iterations – THIS is how the development lifecycle really plays out… Right?
What do software developers and drug dealers have in common?
More than you might think! Check it out!
Ok, not in line with most of my content, but I got a chuckle from it, and figured others might, too. Thanks to BOSO.ME for the link.
Great Software Engineering Proverbs
Lots of software engineering quotes and maxims. Some of them hurt to laugh at because they’re so true, some are classics, and some are just hilarious.