Joel Spolsky - Joel on Software

IT Conversations' producer Doug Kaye interviews Joel Spolsky, the author of Joel on Software. He worked on Microsoft's Excel development team, still a strong influence on his opinions on software development. Topics include: extreme programming of which Joel has often been a critic, formal testing, particularly on large projects, why "customers don't know what they want" and The Joel Test. Joel has plenty to say about Microsoft (why some developers may not move to Avalon/XAML/WinFX, and what will happen to Win32).
Sun, 12 Jun 2005

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Paul Graham - Great Hackers

In one of the most entertaining presentations [clip] from OSCON 2004, Paul Graham answers the questions, what motivates great hackers? [clip] What do they need to do their jobs? How do you recognize them? [clip] How do you get them to come and work for you? [clip] And how can you become one?
Sun, 29 May 2005

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Dan Bricklin - Memory Lane

Dan Bricklin, the co-creator of VisiCalc, joins Halley Suitt to talk about his early days at MIT and Harvard Business School, his first entrepreneurial efforts with developing the spreadsheet, more on tools he's created recently, including ListGarden. Their discussion touches on webbloging, RSS, the political convention bloggers, how users help define tools, and a number of Dan's essays on business and innovation.
Tue, 24 Aug 2004

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