The TIOBE Programming Community Index - April 2008

Friday, 25 April 2008 23:25

The TIOBE Programming Community index is a rough indicator measuring the popularity of various programming languages in used today. Interestingly Java ranks the top popular language followed by C (not C++) and VB ranks the third.

Gee I never knew there is a programming language called D and some languages such as Ruby and Cold Fusion are rising grounds !

Managerial Problems in Expanding Organizations - The Dead Sea Effect

Sunday, 13 April 2008 13:15

In Ref: slashdot.org - 

http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/04/12/2241216.shtml

http://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/11/the-wetware-crisis-the-dead-sea-effect/

Many large IT shops... work like the Dead Sea. New hires are brought in as management deems it necessary. Their qualifications... will tend to vary quite a bit, depending upon current needs, employee departure, the personnel budget, and the general hiring ability of those doing the hiring. All things being equal, the general competency of the IT department should have roughly the same distribution as the incoming hires. Instead, what happens is that the more talented and effective IT engineers are the ones most likely to leave -- to evaporate, if you will. They are the ones least likely to put up with the frequent stupidities and workplace problems that plague large organizations; they are also the ones most likely to have other opportunities that they can readily move to. What tends to remain behind is the 'residue' -- the least talented and effective IT engineers.

The 恆源祥 advert

Tuesday, 19 February 2008 11:28

This is a mainland China commercial advert -

Just in case you are wondering - the advert is a repeated loop of announcement of the advertiser's name "恆源祥 " 12 times with a different Chinese horoscope after the brand name -

ie 恆源祥 鼠鼠鼠, .... 恆源祥 虎虎虎 ..... 恆源祥 豬豬豬

The viewers in mainland China was bombarded during peak hours... I was laughing my head off - why ?

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