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"Data! data! data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
— Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson in "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" by Arthur Conan Doyle.

"I like deadlines," cartoonist Scott Adams once said. "I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

"There is nothing like that feeling of spending days and days banging your head against a wall trying to solve a programming problem then suddenly finding that one tiny obscure and seemingly unrelated piece of the puzzle that unlocks the solution. Oh yeah!"

- Chris Maunder, CodeProject Newsletter 28 Jan 2002

"Management at eSnipe, which is me, is also feeling the pain of the 2002 bear market. So rather than pout about it, I bought some stuff on eBay that I really didn’t need, but made me feel better."

- Tom Campbell, president of eSnipe

Monday, April 28, 2003

7:30:55 PM Product road maps are often used with software projects developed for external customers but neglected on in-house projects. These tips can help you build a product road map to drive internal projects as well.

7:09:25 PM The hidden costs of cost cutting Vendors are good at preaching to the choir, but cost cutting and near-term ROI don't always lead to savings or the much-vaunted reduction in complexity. In fact, cost cutting and reducing complexity are frequently out of synch.