ICL Covid-simulation source code
I will not comment on Covid-19 and only make a few comments on the publicly available source code. This is not a comment about whether models should be used –…
Software: Why hiring professional software engineers might have been a good idea #IowaCaucus
Oh my: It wasn’t so much that the new app that the Iowa Democratic Party had planned to use to report its caucus results didn’t work. It was that people…
Case study: How not to run a Great Clips hair cut joint
A case study of how a "no show" at a Great Clips hair cutting place led to a cascade of errors resulting in a ditzy stylist giving me a completely…
STEM: “Apple CEO Tim Cook says 4-year degree not necessary for coding”
Software development has been evolving (no surprise!) Today much software can be written using tools that make development easier than ever. A consequence is that it no longer requires a…
A call for a code of tech ethics?
Some are calling for a "code of tech ethics", particularly regarding social media and privacy issues. Where this is logically headed is to Professional Engineer licensing for at least some…
Hawaii missile false alarm due to badly designed user interface, reports say
The user was to select from a menu of options including “Missile Alert” and “Test Missile Alert”, which were next to each other on the options menu. The system also…
Workaround: Barnes and Noble Nook e-reader app no longer available for PC, Mac #BarnesAndNoble
I discovered after a Mac OS X update that my very old Nook e-reader app for Mac OS X no longer works – and that Nook discontinued the app for…
Software Quality Assurance amusement of the day
I seem to run into many software defects, ranging from the amusing, like this one, to serious errors. I occasionally do screen captures and post them on my personal Facebook…
Top programming languages as of December 2016
Java C (but popularity has fallen by half year over year) C++ Python Visual Basic .NET PHP Javascript Assembly language Perl Objective-C Ruby Swift Visual Basic Delphi/Object Pascal Go R…
How Steve Ballmer, with help from Stephen Elop, largely destroyed Nokia
The former CEO says Microsoft got into the mobile device market too late Source: Steve Ballmer Says Smartphones Broke His Relationship With Bill Gates – Bloomberg