Welcome Back

No, I don't have anything new right now.  I will, eventually.  I just wanted to let you know that the original is back.  It might be a limited time run, so get reading.

SharePoint Pros, Cons, and Harsh Realities

Share Point Talking Points

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Good Luck

Guess what kids! The original is back!

Luck and huge success is wished for, of course. And yes, there is a betting line on when it blows up again. I've got the under, of course.

Making the Tough Decision

Budgets are tough everywhere. Tough budgets make decisions even harder to get, because now every penny is scrutinized. Of course, it's scrutinized in the form of a negative proof. Which totally sucks. You can lay out a plan that will save tons of money yet still get shot down because, hey, it might not happen like that, ergo why take the chance. It's almost reminiscent of those "nobody got fired for buying IBM" clichés, back before the kids and all the new hotnesses.

Managementese

When you start to rattle off stuff like this without thinking, you might be in management. Or, headed that way soon.

Inspiration via @rands.

Actually, We Do Care

I'm sure you've all been there, in that huge meeting where everybody punts on the details and leaves it all up to you. You, diligently, take up the reins and make bold, forward thinking design decisions. You then make a fatal mistake, you go back to get approval from a group that wanted no part in making those decisions. You must now pay the penalty.

Pro Tip: When going back, it's best to "inform" rather than seek "approval."

Digg and The Rise of Lists

There is no real story about Digg offering me anything. I'm just tired of lists, ordered or unordered. Throw in a <dl> every once in a while...I'm just sayin'.

Migrating to Google Apps

Don't get me wrong, Google Apps is awesome.  It's a better service than we could ever provide for our users if we built everything ourselves.  There is something to be said about "all your eggs in one basket" or something like that.  Just something to ponder...

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It's Okay to Hate Perl

Today’s technical inanity is brought to you by Perl, CPAN, and RedHat Enterprise Linux. They’ll screw you over good!

I’m not a perl guru or a monk or whatever the hell the “smart” perl people refer to themselves as. All I know is that most of them seem to have beards and bad attitudes. Well, all I have is a bad attitude. I have no time for beards. I’ve also discovered that I have absolutely no patience for CPAN, when it doesn’t work. When doesn’t it work? When you have a broken Scalar::Util module pre-installed by RedHat. Thanks a ton, RedHat!

Why was I back in the land of perl? Haven’t I become a Rails fanboy? Well, I was trying to install Catalyst, a perl MVC framework. Why? I needed to know what the install would be like. Why? Because, that’s why. What are you, 5 years old or something? It turns out that even if you don’t have a broken perl dist, the Catalyst install sucks.

One of the frequent problems reported by new users of Catalyst is that it can be extremely time-consuming and difficult to install.

This is the stink of fail. I know the fail meme is getting beaten to death and is hardly a meme anymore due to mainstream adoption, but there it is. In capital letters. It’s screaming at you before you even try an install. “GO AWAY! This isn’t for you!” Is that message supposed to inspire confidence in the framework? If I do manage to install it, does that make me some mutant with superhuman abilities? Do I need to register with the federal government? I am allowed to be exported to Libya?

Not that I want to go to Libya…