01 December 2004
By Daniel
In Code and Work
Andy sent me this article describing why email can be bad for you, and how to be more productive in general. (Homestar: “Ow … those things are BAD for you!”)
Let’s take the concentration impact first. I’m a software engineer, and programming requires extended periods of concentration. Actually this isn’t unique to programming, a lot of [...]
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11 December 2003
By Daniel
In Code and Work
As I vehemently instructed Guy tonight, there is a strict order of operations that governs when you are allowed to criticize my work. I made most of it up on the spot.
Functionality
Appearance
Optimization
Mind you, the ‘strictness’ doesn’t pertain to me, it just means you can’t say, “That looks dumb,” when I haven’t even gotten it all [...]
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