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According to critics, an eavesdropper, constantly striving to go behind the curtains of heaven in order to steal divine secrets. May grant wishes.
or use my wishlist (at amazon.com) if you are in the mood for gifts.
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featherless biped, chocolate addict
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant
2002-Nov-24 ![[this day]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/images/dailyLinkIcon.gif)
Problematic software engineering
Initially it was thought that the reason why projects were experiencing trouble was that the programming part wasn't being done properly. ... Attention then shifted upstream, and a variety of approaches were created that sought to rectify problems in the design activities. ... Shortly afterward, we got some structured analysis or structured analysis and design approaches that demonstrated it wasn't really an analysis problem either. Shortly after that, depending on how you read history, attention shifted to either the project management aspects of projects or to an integrated, whole life cycle approach to software development.And now, agile methods place a lot of emphasis on testing. [Pete McBreen via Tony Bowden]
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Instant Messaging as application interface
IM is evolving. Instead of just being able to communicate with a person, users could also communicate with an application via IM.
CNET.com:
Sprint on Monday is expected to introduce technology that lets businesses use instant messaging to access data contained within corporate applications.
The new tool is called Universal Application Messaging. Part of
Sprint's business IM technology, it allows users to retrieve information held in remote databases. Imagine "chatting" with the human resources directory to review a co-worker's recent project assignments, and retrieve his phone number (or IM id). This may be the point where intelligent agents become a practical, widespread reality.
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