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by bmccormack 9y ago
The entire 6-DVD Making Better Software series, which was produced after Aardvark'd, is now free on YouTube as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXZ75Ds5vOs&list=PLXOSex6PRP... I remember when Fog Creek first a
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by bmccormack 9y ago
Back in 2005, Fog Creek produced a documentary called "Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks", about their internship program. There are lots of great interviews in there, including Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston from the early
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by bmccormack 10y ago
I was surprised that the JSONView Chrome extension wasn't working when I opened a tab with JSON that didn't get reformatted. When I checked chrome://extensions/, there was a note: "This extension contains a ser
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JSONView Chrome extension contains a serious security vulnerability(chrome.google.com)
1 points by bmccormack 10y ago|1 comments
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by bmccormack 12y ago
Two things: 1) Being in debt sucks. Become incredibly passionate about the idea of never being in debt again. If you don't have a giant student loan weighing around your neck, you are far more free to pursue work that interests you. So
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by bmccormack 12y ago
From what I gather watching the video, you only need the xlwing.bas module and the supporting VBA code if you plan to invoke python from within the Excel file. If you're only manipulating an Excel file with Python externally, which was
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by bmccormack 12y ago
My favorite reference is the VBA Developer's Handbook by Getz & Gilbert from 2001. You can probably learn everything you need from Googling for solutions to problems, but that book was great when I was committed to working with Exc
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by bmccormack 12y ago
> Does anyone have any suggestions other than browsing Amazon or strolling through a Barnes and Noble? Go back in time. Read classics. Re-read the stuff you glossed over in college because you didn't have the time.
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by bmccormack 14y ago
That's the library.
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by bmccormack 14y ago
While Fog Creek doesn't announce features and services prior to shipping, we do keep a fairly public account of what we're working on at http://trello.com/dev . Note the cards labeled "Trello Power-ups" in green. Specifically, check out h
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Big Board: Having Fun with Data(blog.fogcreek.com)
4 points by bmccormack 14y ago|0 comments
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by bmccormack 14y ago
After OWS forgives random debt, is it also going to help teach people how to avoid debt again? By avoiding keeping a balance on credit cards? By saving up an emergency fund for a rainy day? By saving for retirement? A one-time forgiveness o
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by bmccormack 14y ago
I really like how the LookBook is viewed as a way of "increasing customer happiness." You're essentially helping the customer validate how great they feel about themselves for doing business with you, which I would expect goes a long way t
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Choosing Medical School over Competitive Sports(juliefoucher.com)
1 points by bmccormack 14y ago|0 comments
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Schedule Calls, Protect Your Support Team(blog.fogcreek.com)
5 points by bmccormack 14y ago|0 comments
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Fog Creek’s Email Workflow(blog.fogcreek.com)
1 points by bmccormack 14y ago|0 comments
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by bmccormack 14y ago
"Switching customers to annual billing radically decreases churn, one of the key risks to SaaS businesses long-term." Where I can I read more about annual billing decreasing churn? I've read your blog post (or email?) about switching to ann
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by bmccormack 14y ago
When I was teaching myself how to program in VBA, I remember thinking "there's got to be some syntax to take a list of things and iterate over each of them." I was of course looking for a for loop (or for each). Without knowing to even goog
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by bmccormack 14y ago
Sorry if my comments were confusing. I intended no sarcasm nor arrogance. I started off in VBA hacking recorded macros. I would then write hundreds of lines of code into a single function (usually named "DoSomething" or something equally va
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by bmccormack 14y ago
"Becoming a good Visual Basic 6 programmer took much less time than becoming a good C++ programmer." I love this line because it implies that you can actually become a good VB6 programmer. Sure, you may not be able to sort a linked list, bu
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by bmccormack 14y ago
This resonates a lot with Spolsky's "How Microsoft Lost the API War": http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html
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by bmccormack 14y ago
I still have a soft spot for VBA, especially in Excel. I wrote a supply-chain management application in Excel+VBA that's still in production today. As comfortable as I am with VBA, I wouldn't mind in the least ditching it for Python, which
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by bmccormack 15y ago
My favorite line from the blog post: "If you are looking for a free solution, you can read the Posterous API documentation to create your own backups." Well said and great job on the tool Chad! If had a posterous blog, this would be a $9 no
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by bmccormack 15y ago
I loved the Paleo button. Made it a lot easier to get started!
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by bmccormack 15y ago
The site looks nice. Whether or not their methods are the best, I've worked for quite a few folks who would find their presentation very appealing. Because they've been burned by companies who wrote code for them that didn't meet their expe
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by bmccormack 15y ago
Professor Christensen gave this talk (or one very similar) at Business of Software this year. He was phenomenal. One thing I like a lot about the culture in younger companies, especially in tech, is that while we are conscious of the approp
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by bmccormack 15y ago
This seems like a relatively simple business proposition to a client. "X% of users on the internet today use IE6. I will be happy to provide pixel perfect support for Y dollars." Adjust Y up and down based on your ability and desire to cont
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by bmccormack 15y ago
This is an excellent episode. The story of Adrian Schoolcraft is a great example of how data, when used to irresponsibly set quotas, can be abused.
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by bmccormack 15y ago
EXCELLENT suggestions. I'm 100% positive that being blindsided by the "previous salary" question cost me thousands of dollars when negotiating for a previous job.
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by bmccormack 15y ago
It's not working for me on Chrome Stable 14.0.835.186 m. The report bug link gives me a 404. Looks like it works fine on Firefox 6.0.2, though.

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