Andrew Cherry - The Cherry Pit ... 'cuz life's like a bowl of cherries?

A little bit incendiary... my response to an article on Zdnet about Yahoo!'s new BOSS initiative:
I gotta say, it seems this article is less evidentiary and a lot more rhetoric than anything else. You're methods for supporting your main thesis are bordering on flimsy, and really don't take into account the overriding fundamental shift in a business's philosophy when they choose to make an open source move.

You're reasoning for a 'wait and see' approach feel a bit too contrived to really give serious thought.

Boy has Dreamhost put an expiration date on their long term business viability!

They have taken what is seemingly good idea for their bottom line in terms of support and maintenance of mail server services, and have just sold themselves out of one of the most important aspects of the hosting business ( and most any subscription-based service businesses)...... VENDOR LOCK-IN!!

Javalobby had another great article today, this time on Micrmanagment:

Micromanaging - Tasks versus Goals
By Eric Redmond

This is something I've wanted to write about for a while, but held-off for fear of another 10 page rant. But, taking a page from Seth Godin, I've decided to try writing less. Here goes.

My Weekly e-newsletter from Javalobby hit my Inbox today and there was a great posting from a 'guest editor?', David Walsh. Here's the article, visit Javalobby for the original:

8 Ways For A Programmer To Stay Sane
By David Walsh

Being a web programmer is hard work. Long hours, coupled with the fact that we're presented with nothing but problems, can make our job unbearable. Not to mention deadlines and unreasonable customers. Oh, and the fact that we're all casualties of the never-ending browser wars.

A man in London was arrested for using his Wifi enabled Skype phone on an open Wifi access point. Police actually stopped him when they observed him using his laptop in a public area and busted him!!! Reported here is the article on ZDNet, apparently this is not the first time this has occurred.

Now that the buzzword 'Web 2.0' is on the tip of the senior exec's tongue when speaks about what's next for technology adoption, I was asked by a buddy in my program the other day to explain it what it is...... bit of a problem!!

Richard Burton, Tech Lead of the Google Mashup Editor Team talked about the choice to use GWT:
The Article on the GWT Blogspot

Dateline NBC Mole Outed at DefCon - An anonymous reader writes "Dateline NBC allegedly attempted to infiltrate the DefCon hackerfest with a producer using a hidden camera. The show hoped to tape hackers admitting to illegal activities, but DefCon got wind of the plot and displayed the would-be-mole's photo before every presentation. Dateline refused to deny the planned infiltration.