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Does Usability Really Matter?

I’ll be the first to admit that I am not a usability expert and, in general, I think that there is too much talk about usability with little real benefit. However, as a good computer scientist, I believe that it is an important part of software engineering. There are people who know a hell of [...]

Roger’s Wars Epilogue

This is the last post on my battle to get an iPhone for myself and a Blackberry Pearl Flip for my wife from Roger’s wireless. Previous episodes: Episode 1: The Phantom iPhone, Episode 2: A Lack of a Phone, Episode 3: Revenge of the Pissed, Episode 4: A New Phone, Episode 5: The Empire Bills [...]

Roger’s Wars Episode 8: Resolution

This is part 8 of a multi-part post on my battle to get an iPhone for myself and a Blackberry Pearl Flip for my wife from Roger’s wireless. Previous episodes: Episode 1: The Phantom iPhone, Episode 2: A Lack of a Phone, Episode 3: Revenge of the Pissed, Episode 4: A New Phone, Episode 5: [...]

Roger’s Wars Episode 7: Seeing Red

This is part 7 of a multi-part post on my battle to get an iPhone for myself and a Blackberry Pearl Flip for my wife from Roger’s wireless. Previous episodes: Episode 1: The Phantom iPhone, Episode 2: A Lack of a Phone, Episode 3: Revenge of the Pissed, Episode 4: A New Phone, Episode 5: [...]

Roger’s Wars Episode 6: Return of the Mad Guy

This is part 6 of a multi-part post on my battle to get an iPhone for myself and a Blackberry Pearl Flip for my wife from Roger’s wireless. At the time of this writing, the saga is still on-going so I cannot say how many episodes there will be… Previous episodes: Episode 1: The Phantom [...]

Roger’s Wars Episode 5: The Empire Bills Back

This is part 5 of a multi-part post on my battle to get an iPhone for myself and a Blackberry Pearl Flip for my wife from Roger’s wireless. At the time of this writing, the saga is still on-going so I cannot say how many episodes there will be… Previous episodes: Episode 1: The Phantom [...]

Roger’s Wars Episode 4: A New Phone

This is part 4 of a multi-part post on my battle to get an iPhone for myself and a Blackberry Pearl Flip for my wife from Roger’s wireless. At the time of this writing, the saga is still on-going so I cannot say how many episodes there will be… Previous episodes: Episode 1: The Phantom [...]

Roger’s Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Pissed

This is part 3 of a multi-part post on my battle to get an iPhone for myself and a Blackberry Pearl Flip for my wife from Roger’s wireless. At the time of this writing, the saga is still on-going so I cannot say how many episodes there will be… Previous episodes: Episode 1: The Phantom [...]

Facebook Delivers a Painful End to the MFS Sprint 1

Here we are struggling to get our application tested thoroughly and polished up for the end of sprint when Facebook starts pulling all kinds of crazy shit on us.

Roger’s Wars Episode 2: A Lack of a Phone

This is part 2 of a multi-part post on my battle to get an iPhone for myself and a Blackberry Pearl Flip for my wife from Roger’s wireless. At the time of this writing, the saga is still on-going so I cannot say how many episodes there will be… Previous episodes: Episode 1: The Phantom [...]