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I found this on Michael Kaplan’s Blog and found them to be quite amusing yet true!
Axiom I: If you have not tested it, assume it is broken.
Axiom II: If someone changes it, they probably broke it.
Axiom III: Sometimes when it is not changed, it breaks too.
Axiom IV: What is broken on the test machine often works fine on the dev machine.
Axiom V:There is always another bug that a user can find.
And there is of course the first theorem of test, which is largely based on applying on the developer’s doubt of Axioms 2, 3, and 5 created by the circumstances of Axiom 4:
THEOREM I: Developers will often not believe there is a bug until it is proven to them, sometimes with extreme prejudice.
And of course the corollary to Axiom V:
There are at least as many bugs left to be found as there are users who haven’t yet run your code.
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Back in September, I made a post about a music service called Pandora. At the time, you could listen for 10 hours free or pay for the subscription ($36/year). I paid for the subscription myself because its such an awesome service.
Well, they just released version 2.0 of their service which supports a free ad-based service, but if you subscribe, the ads will be removed. I received an email from the Pandora team letting me know that my subscrption has been automatically extended for an entire year, but if I would like a refund instead, I could get that too. I chose the year extension. I listen to Pandora quite a bit and I think my $36/year is a small price to pay for great music. The thing I really like about the service is it has helped me find new music from bands I had never heard of before.
If you haven’t tried it out before, try it out now. You’ve got no excuse!
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For a limited time:
Free VS.NET & ASP.NET Online Courses from Microsoft
There are some pretty good ones there especially if you are just geting started with .NET.
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YAY. For those that don’t have an MSDN subscription or the money to shell out for the full version of visual studio, this is for you. Also, if you have been interested in giving .net a shot, now is the time! These editions are free to download for a year.
You can download Visual Studio Express from the links below:
Visual Studio Express is free for one year
Until November 7, 2006, Microsoft is promotionally discounting the downloadable versions of Express to free. This doesn’t mean that the product turns off after a year, but rather that as long as you download the product before November 7, 2006, you can get it for free and you can use it forever.
Check it out!!
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I recently read this AOL Press Release that states 61% of people who work outside of the home check ther personal email on the average of three times a day at work. While this is a large number, I was actually surprised that the percntage wasn’t more. When I worked from an office, I routinely checked my email during my lunch or surfed the web. I was good about not surfing or doing personal things during the day, but i can’t deny that it happened occasionally.
SmartPros released this great study that said the average worker admits to wasting 2.09 hours of their day NOT including their lunch break. From what I’ve seen, this is pretty accurate. Even before Internet existed in most workplaces, people found a way to slack off. I remember when I worked at an office in California, most people would get to work, check their work email, read the news, and then all meet to walk down to the local coffee shop. This took about an hour, but it was included in the workday. No one stayed an extra hour to make up for the time they wasted.
I think most employers are aware of these statistics and accept them. As long as their employees produce results and perform to their expected level, there usually isn’t an issue. The study shows that most employers expect the employees to waste an hour a day outside of their lunch periods. Another fact that doesn’t surprise me is the younger the worker, the more time they wasted.
What are your personal experiences with this; either as an employee or an employer??
Signs that we’re hooked on e-mail:
* We wake up and check it. Forty one percent check e-mail first thing in the morning, 18% check it right after dinner, 14% say they check e-mail right when they get home from work, and 14% do so right before they go to bed.
* We can’t make it through the night. Forty percent of e-mail users have checked their e-mail in the middle of the night.
* We can’t live without it! More than one in four (26%) say they haven’t gone more than two to three days without checking their e-mail.
* We have multiple accounts. Most e-mail users have two or three e-mail accounts (56%). The average user has 2.8 accounts.
* We check it anytime, anywhere. E-mail users have checked their e-mail in a variety of locations, including:
- In bed in their pajamas (23%) - In class (12%) - In a business meeting (8%) - At a Wi-Fi hotspot, like Starbuck’s or McDonald’s (6%) - At the beach or pool (6%) - In the bathroom (4%) - While driving (4%) - In church (1%)
* E-mail me, please… When meeting someone new, e-mail users are about as likely to give the other person their e-mail address (32%) as their home phone number (37%) or cell phone number (28%).
* About half of those who check personal e-mail at work (47%) check it sporadically throughout the day, while about one in four (25%) check it first thing when they arrive, 18% check it at lunchtime, 8% during an afternoon break and 2% right before they head home.
* Women are more likely than men to check their personal e-mail at work throughout the day (50% vs. 44%), while men are more likely than women to check their personal e-mail first thing when they arrive in the morning (28% vs. 21%).
* Those who check personal e-mail at work are slightly more likely to say they do so to take care of personal errands (26%) rather than to correspond with friends and family (20%).
* 20% feel guilty about checking personal e-mail at work, and women are twice as likely as men to feel guilty about sending personal e-mails from the office (27% vs. 13%).
* About one in ten of those who check personal e-mail at work (9%) have been busted by the boss for doing so.
