Even when you know better, you sometimes find yourself contributing to the problem, just to get the job done. This week the guys bare it all and discuss how they’ve ended up making things worse when they were hired to make it all better.

Plus keeping up on new trends without wasting time, how open environments provide better predictability, and a batch of your feedback!

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Feedback

• Daniel asks if we have the same issue adapting to change in “more open environments” read Linux
• Leon’s email: How can keep up with new technologies without dedicating all of my spare time to pet projects for learning new things?
• Mary writes in asking:

What do you predict the next big stack will be?

The Path to the Darkside

• Sins of “new”
• Sins of neglect
• Sins of the spreadsheet
• Sins of ignorance

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On heels of our discussion of burnout Chris and Mike discuss a lead cause of burnout: a lack of focus. For developers, focus can mean a lot different things: raw concentration, choosing a single platform, or sticking with a project even when the grass looks a whole lot greener elsewhere.

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Feedback

• Karl wants to know what Haskell is.
• Russell’s email
• George shares the Ten Commandments of Good Source and reminds us all to ‘remember the axe murder… when witing commit messages Control
• Jason’s email
• Andrew wants to know why we don’t charge for CR
• Egon has some feedback on our coverage of burnout last week and reminds us that there is more to life than work. He suggests hugging a loved one to cure / prevent burnout.
• John wants to hear documentation for dummies
• A number of people want to defend or attack agile.

This Week’s Dev World Hoopla

• IP Infringement in the Ubuntu Software Centre?
• The PC is Over

What is Focus and Why Do I Need It?

• What is focus?
• How does it help developers
• Effects on open-source projects

The Multiplatform Question

• At what point does multiplatform become an issue?
• Doesn’t abstraction help?

Audio Book of the Week

• Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet

Book of the Week

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Tool of the Week

• Windows Powershell

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