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Four Pillars: Time to rethink Frederick Brooks?

June 28th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Four pillars

I’m going to be lazy and use parts of Wikipedia’s summary of The Mythical Man-Month. And make a few assertions as to why we may need to revisit the whole shebang. Yup, another very provisional post. More musing than thinking.
The Mythical Man-Month: When we develop for the web, are there really any more large teams [...]

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Four Pillars: Time for a Jailer’s Dilemma? Let the Games begin!

June 28th, 2006 · No Comments · Four pillars , Uncategorized

Wish I was a Kellogg’s Cornflake/Floating in my bowl taking movies
Relaxing a while/Living in style
Talking to a rais’n ‘cas’nally played LA
Casually glancing at his toupee
Simon and Garfunkel, Punky’s Dilemma
Love those lyrics, the meaninglessness of everything they portray. I have this image of the cornflake wearing sunglasses and a beret and a loud red shirt while [...]

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