Some programmers are also great designers, but most aren’t. Programming and human interface design are separate skills, and people good at both are rare. So it’s important for software to have dedicated designers.

I’ve just attended a briefing on Microsoft Server and the future of the Small Business variant was one of the things we discussed. There are a couple of issues with Small Business Server that make me question its future. One is that, at a time when...

Just as the EU declared victory over Microsoft having secured the dubious benefit of a browser “choice screen” – I’m wondering if users will suspect malware when this thing appears – the FTC has stepped in with an anti-trust case of its...

I listened to Adobe’s investor conference call yesterday following the release of its fourth quarter results, to the end of November 2009. The results themselves were mixed at best: revenue was down in all segments year on year and there was a $32...

Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference has long been a key event in the company’s calendar. CEO Steve Ballmer and his colleagues are famous for their belief that developers make or break a platform, and PDC is where the most committed of...

Jeff Attwood has lost the content from two popular blogs that he runs: http://blog.stackoverflow.com http://www.codinghorror.com thanks to: 100% data loss at our hosting provider, CrystalTech. He gives a little more detail here. He is now trying...