Joel

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“A quote that I found useful: Too many managers let themselves get weighed down in their decision-making, especially those with too much education. I once said to Philip Caldwell, who became the top man at Ford after I left: "The trouble with you, Phil, is that you went to Harvard, where they taught you not to take any action until you've got all the facts. You've got ninety-five percent of them, but it's going to take you another six months to get that last five percent. And by the time you do, your facts will be out of date because the market has moved on you. That's what life is all about -- timing."”

Joel wrote this review Tuesday, July 31 2007. ( reply | permalink )

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“I've enjoyed reading these books multiple times with different sets of my children. My favorites are Farmer Boy and The Long Winter.
Farmer Boy presents Almonzo growing up on an established, prosperous farm. This is in contrast to the other books where Laura's family is in a variety of pioneer settings, scraping by. Chapter 4, "Surprise" is good -- perhaps too good for today's view of inherent goodness of all.
In The Long Winter the Ingalls family is living in a railroad town which gives them a false sense of security regarding their winter provisions. The town gets snowed in; the train cannot bring supplies; and the town is threatened with starvation.”

Joel wrote this review Thursday, March 8 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“Although I have not read it in its entirety, it has been useful as a reference.
A quote I found useful:
"Practically speaking, many projects contain design constraints from prior products, and backward compatibility is a common requirement. Because of this, a requirements specification almost always contains some design information. However, the specification should not contain inadvertent design – that is, needless or unintended restrictions on the final design."”

Joel wrote this review Wednesday, November 22 2006. ( reply | permalink )