franchie's comments

On: Oxford Temporarily Blocks Google Docs

[franchie]

I don't think there are any professors for Cloud Computing dept in Oxford.

Why not filter the emails/Ips who send out spam rather than blocking the URL? What if Google blocks Oxford?

On: Slap me when I stop working (Mac App)

[franchie]

no windows version or mobile native apps?

[Void_ → franchie]

Sorry, I can't code for Windows.

Mobile app wouldn't really work, because the application has to find out what websites are open on your computer.

On: Core Values

[franchie]

But, isn't Consensus meant to be good for the company?

[jey → franchie]

No, it's mostly for covering your own ass. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?DesignByCommittee

[groby_b → franchie]

Consensus is rarely good for the company, or the product. It just allows people to live in peace, without dealing with the loud, obnoxious, and wrong ones.

(Corollary - if you do a lot of deciding by consensus, it's your hiring that failed you)

On: Ask HN: What did the really successful programmers...

[franchie]

Yes, A perfect programmer is the one who can put himself at the end user level to demand features and the hero to deliver it on the other hand