Topic

software

A collection of 2 issues

A quick argument for naming all software prototypes after birds

Software ought to have a memorable name.It's good if software has a name that accurately describes what it does, but it's bad if it inaccurately describes what it does, and the magnitude of the badness of the mis-description is usually much larger than the benefit of an apt description.

Reading notes: The Manager's Path

On the one hand, The Manager's Path is pretty conventional: it reads like a business book and it's structured like a business book. On the other hand, the experience of reading it is totally unlike that of reading most other business books. Fournier is clearly writing from real experience and