{"id":69,"date":"2006-12-11T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-11T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/be\/"},"modified":"2006-12-11T21:55:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-11T21:55:00","slug":"be","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/be\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Software Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This page contains links to the articles contained in Joel Spolsky&#8217;s <em>Best Software Writing I<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.joelonsoftware.com\/articles\/BestSoftwareWriting.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joelonsoftware.com\/articles\/BestSoftwareWriting.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.artima.com\/weblogs\/viewpost.jsp?thread=74230\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artima.com\/weblogs\/viewpost.jsp?thread=74230\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ken Arnold <em>Style is Substance<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.secretgeek.net\/ms search.asp#\" href=\"http:\/\/www.secretgeek.net\/ms_search.asp#\" rel=\"nofollow\">Leon Bambrick <em>Award for the Silliest User Interface: Windows Search<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.forio.com\/outsourcing.htm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forio.com\/outsourcing.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michael Bean <em>The Pitfalls of Outsourcing Programmers: Why Some Software Companies Confuse the Box with the Chocolates:<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/neopoleon.com\/blog\/posts\/434.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/neopoleon.com\/blog\/posts\/434.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rory Blyth <em>Excel as a Database<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.adambosworth.net\/archives\/000031.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adambosworth.net\/archives\/000031.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Adam Bosworth <em>ICSOC04 Talk<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.danah.org\/papers\/Supernova2004.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.danah.org\/papers\/Supernova2004.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">danah boyd <em>Autistic Social Software<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2003\/12\/23\/45779.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/oldnewthing\/archive\/2003\/12\/23\/45779.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Raymond Chen <em>Why Not Just Block the Apps that Rely on Undocumented Behavior?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.ok-cancel.com\/comic\/4.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ok-cancel.com\/comic\/4.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kevin Cheng and Tom Chi <em>Kicking the Llama<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2004\/11\/06\/save canadas interne.html\" href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2004\/11\/06\/save_canadas_interne.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cory Doctorow <em>Save Canada&#8217;s Internet from WIPO<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/ea spouse\/274.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/ea_spouse\/274.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">ea_spouse <em>EA: The Human Story<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/mindview.net\/WebLog\/log-0025\" href=\"http:\/\/mindview.net\/WebLog\/log-0025\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bruce Eckel <em>Strong Typing vs. Strong Testing<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.ftrain.com\/ProcessingProcessing.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ftrain.com\/ProcessingProcessing.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paul Ford <em>Processing Processing<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/paulgraham.com\/gh.html\" href=\"http:\/\/paulgraham.com\/gh.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paul Graham <em>Great Hackers<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2004\/06\/location field\" href=\"http:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2004\/06\/location_field\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Gruber <em>The Location Field is the New Command Line<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.eaipatterns.com\/ramblings\/18 starbucks.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eaipatterns.com\/ramblings\/18_starbucks.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gregor Hohpe <em>Starbucks Does Not Use Two-phase Commit<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.xprogramming.com\/xpmag\/jatPassion.htm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.xprogramming.com\/xpmag\/jatPassion.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ron Jeffries <em>Passion<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/ejohnson.blogs.com\/software\/2004\/11\/i find c intere.html\" href=\"http:\/\/ejohnson.blogs.com\/software\/2004\/11\/i_find_c_intere.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eric Johnson <em>C++ &#8211; The Forgotten Trojan Horse<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/ericlippert\/archive\/2003\/10\/28\/53298.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/ericlippert\/archive\/2003\/10\/28\/53298.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eric Lippert <em>How Many Microsoft Employees Does It Take to Change a Lightbulb?<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.randsinrepose.com\/archives\/2004\/07\/10\/what to do when youre screwed.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.randsinrepose.com\/archives\/2004\/07\/10\/what_to_do_when_youre_screwed.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michael &#8220;Rands&#8221; Lopp <em>What to Do When You&#8217;re Screwed: 5 Scenarios for High-Velocity Engineering Managers<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/larryosterman\/archive\/2004\/04\/20\/116998.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/larryosterman\/archive\/2004\/04\/20\/116998.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Larry Osterman <em>Larry&#8217;s Rules of Software Engineering #2: Measuring Testers by Test Metrics Doesn&#8217;t<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.poppendieck.com\/pdfs\/Compensation.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.poppendieck.com\/pdfs\/Compensation.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mary Poppendieck <em>Team Compensation<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/rick schaut\/archive\/2004\/02\/26\/80193.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/rick_schaut\/archive\/2004\/02\/26\/80193.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rick Schaut <em>Mac Word 6.0<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.shirky.com\/writings\/group enemy.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirky.com\/writings\/group_enemy.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clay Shirky <em>A Group is Its Own Worst Enemy<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.shirky.com\/writings\/group user.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shirky.com\/writings\/group_user.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clay Shirky <em>Group as User: Flaming and the Design of Social Software<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/software.ericsink.com\/bos\/Closing the Gap Part 1.html\" href=\"http:\/\/software.ericsink.com\/bos\/Closing_the_Gap_Part_1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eric Sink <em>Closing the Gap, Part 1<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/software.ericsink.com\/bos\/Closing the Gap Part 2.html\" href=\"http:\/\/software.ericsink.com\/bos\/Closing_the_Gap_Part_2.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eric Sink <em>Closing the Gap, Part 2<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/software.ericsink.com\/bos\/Hazards of Hiring.html\" href=\"http:\/\/software.ericsink.com\/bos\/Hazards_of_Hiring.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eric Sink <em>Hazards of Hiring<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/www.aaronsw.com\/weblog\/000931\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aaronsw.com\/weblog\/000931\" rel=\"nofollow\">Aaron Swartz <em>PowerPoint Remix<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"external text\" title=\"http:\/\/poignantguide.net\/ruby\/chapter-3.html\" href=\"http:\/\/poignantguide.net\/ruby\/chapter-3.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">why the lucky stiff <em>A Quick (and Hopefully Painless) Ride through Ruby (with Cartoon Foxes)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page contains links to the articles contained in Joel Spolsky&#8217;s Best Software Writing I. Introduction Ken Arnold Style is Substance Leon Bambrick Award for the Silliest User Interface: Windows Search Michael Bean The Pitfalls of Outsourcing Programmers: Why Some Software Companies Confuse the Box with the Chocolates: Rory Blyth Excel as a Database Adam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trentdouthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}