Huge adoption numbers, Tiger improvements, and the next Sun targets highlight the first day.

There are a lot of ideas in software engineering are considered as truth until someone pinpoints the fallacies. Peter Deutsch first came up with his “Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing” to debunk misconceptions about distributed computing. I happen to have a list of my own. Here are 10 Fallacies of Software Analysis and Design.

JavaOne is my favorite conference for many reasons: Seeing friends, learning, discussing technology, and being in SF, among others. This entry highlights some of the things I think will be worth checking out.

Artima has launched The C++ Source, the premier online journal for the C++ community. Edited by Chuck Allison, this magazine will publish technical feature articles, tutorials, and commentary for C++ programmers.

One of the most surpising things I've recently become aware of is how we as technologists are viewed by the non-technology public. We are assumed to be able to do the most remarkable things, which often lead to panic on the part of the general public and, worse yet, policy makers. We should do something about this, but I'm not quite sure what.

I think my mother told me this. Or maybe it was the principal.

An unprovable error is one that no amount of testing can ever be assured of revealing. With computers becoming more networked and security becoming more important, should we be thinking about how our programming tools can avoid unprovable errors?

mediocrity, principle of: The notion that our evolution (biological, cultural, and technological) and our surroundings, including the Earth and the Sun, are typical rather than exceptional.

Why not just use the installers already out there for crying out loud??!!

The reply of Jesus when Satan offered him all the kingdoms of the world if Jesus would worship him.

Sometimes, we're required to do things because "that's the way things are done around here." But interpreting corporate standards and applying subtle adaptations can yield substantial rewards.

... wherein we ponder on whether reality is best reflected by realism ...

Nothing quite like instant gratification I suppose. Of course you get what you pay for.

In software the race goes to those who go well, not those who go fast.

Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Yay.