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Comment on Your iPhone flies (to you) for 46 cents by scottru

scottru — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:46:49 +0000

Good point and helps with the overhead analysis. Thanks Dan!

Comment on Your iPhone flies (to you) for 46 cents by Dan Shapiro

Dan Shapiro — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:50:50 +0000

Cool analysis! One refinement: according to this site, fuel’s only 40% of UPS’s operating costs.
http://aviationdb.net/aviationdb/FuelExpenseByCarrierQuery#SUBMIT

Comment on Programming: When you’re stuck, write it down by White space, thinking, speaking, doing « Enlightened tradition

White space, thinking, speaking, doing « Enlightened tradition — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:38:59 +0000

[...] It works in other contexts as well. In the programming context Scott Ruthfield says: “when you’re stuck, write it down.” Say you’re trying to figure out how to do something in [pick a framework], and you’ve [...]

Comment on Those who can’t do, consult by Paul Brown

Paul Brown — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:08:13 +0000

Welcome to the ranks of the gainfully unemployed.

Comment on Amazon’s iPhone mobile app and privacy by Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:05:39 +0000

There’s no need to wait for strangers at Amazon to respond to your searches. We have developed an iPhone app, Pricepad, that syncs your Shopping Wishlist, including photos, with the web. You can share your list with anyone directly from the phone by sending an email.

Pricepad is available for US, UK, Canada and can also lookup barcodes.

Comment on Software Management: Avoiding Boss Bugs by lee

lee — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:46:14 +0000

Great topic. I’ve been cutting corners in QA just to keep up with release dates. It always comes back to nip you in the behind!!

Comment on Those who can’t do, consult by Dave Schappell

Dave Schappell — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:12:01 +0000

Congrats, Scott — of course, when you’ve arrived at the point where Sawickipedia is giving sane advice, you may want to start looking for the number for that truck driving school…

Comment on Programming: write it down (again) by Adam Jacob

Adam Jacob — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:42:51 +0000

I do this all the time. I sketched out a significant refactor today on the bus, on two pages in a notebook. In addition to the reasons you list above, I have a third:

When I type, it’s in pass-through mode. It’s a conduit – brain thinks, hands type, screen shows characters. I hardly ever remember what I type. It’s true for note taking, and it’s true for drawing architecture: if I type the first draft, I won’t remember it nearly as well as if I write it down by hand.

I had to start my own business to realize it, but there is no substitute for pen and paper of you want something to stick… at least for me.

Comment on Programming: When you’re stuck, write it down by Programming: write it down (again) at ScottRu

Programming: write it down (again) at ScottRu — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:36:14 +0000

[...] day of last month, I talked about the importance of writing down your questions when you’re programming. Last day of this month, similar post – now, it’s about writing down your algorithms when [...]

Comment on Not-at-all-fun things to do with Twitter by lydia

lydia — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:33:31 +0000

also announcing to the world you’ve been arrested.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/16/twitter-saves-man-from-egyptian-justice/