Bookmarks
These are articles and links that I’ve saved from around the web using Raindrop.io
Making Wrong Code Look Wrong - Joel on Software
Way back in September 1983, I started my first real job, working at Oranim, a big bread factory in Israel that made something like 100,000 loaves of bread every night in six giant ovens the size of…
Painless Bug Tracking - Joel on Software
TRS-80 Level-I BASIC could only store two string variables, A$ and B$. Similarly, I was born with only two bug-storing-slots in my brain. At any given time, I can only remember two bugs. If you ask…
The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code - Joel on Software
Have you ever heard of SEMA? It’s a fairly esoteric system for measuring how good a software team is. No, wait! Don’t follow that link! It will take you about six years just to understa…
Recruiting the Top 1 Percent - Joel Spolsky - Fog Creek Software - Internsh
There's a better way to find and hire the very best employees.
Security Report: Windows vs Linux • The Register
An independent assessment
Gamasutra - News - Analysis: The Psychology of Immersion in Video Games
Game discussion often revolves around "immersion," but what exactly does that mean? Psychologist and gamer Jamie Madigan takes a look at the complex psychological concepts behind immersion in games.