Posted by Doug Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:30:38 GMT
One of my clients wants to allow her customers to book appointments through her web site. I’m breaking this down into two parts: available time slots and actual appointments. To get more “Web 2.0” pizzaz I’m also using jscalendar from Dynarch. The good news is: I don’t have to wrestle with Time Zones!
Posted by Doug Fri, 02 Sep 2005 14:07:36 GMT
Ezra Zygmuntowicz was the sole developer redesigning http://yakimaherald.com in Ruby on Rails. It strikes me as a fairly large project that probably has lots of “legacy” stuff to deal with. I had asked for a break down of how he built the site and his experiences. Here’s the short of it: 4 month project from start to finish with just under 1500 LOC. Here’s his full write-up
Success stories like this help everyone. Thanks for sharing Ezra!
Posted by Doug Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:00:31 GMT
The occasion that gave me time to read TDD was a 3 hour round-trip flight to New York City. I’ll get into what I was doing in NYC later, but I wanted to talk about the experience itself. One of my strengths/weaknesses is that I typically think more highly of myself than I should. Sometimes I just call it self-confidence, other times it’s flat out pride and even arrogance.
I only had a day and some change and didn’t really know which of the billion things to do in NYC given my limited time and limited budget. What I decided on is a self-paced walking tour of Manhattan.
So, I’m walking around Manhattan on Sunday by myself. New York is one of those places where it’s easy to be alone while in the middle of everything. Like many, I enjoy people watching. What I observed is an incredible amount of diversity and similarity. Many people in NYC dress, walk, and act similar. However, the range of people is mind boggling.
I just kept thinking, with all these people, surely I’m walking right past lots of people who are top notch in their field. In fact, I’m probably walking past people who are top notch in my field. I’m walking past people who are mediocre or who are barely making it. I’m just one of the millions of people here.
The whole experience made me feel quite ordinary. It reminded me of Randall Swartz’s Just Another Perl Hacker. Of course, there was a bit of showing off in that tradition. In a way it was false modesty.
I hope the effects of this trip can add some temperance to my attitude. I like to believe there’s a reason that customers, clients, and employers come to me to work for them. However, I need to also remember there’s thousands (if not tens or hundreds of thousands) of others they could have chosen instead.
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