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April 2007 - Posts

Backup your data
As I previously reported , I've lost two hard drives in the last month. This has made me think about backup solutions. I have an external HD that I use to for weekly backups. I thought this was an adequate solution, until I read Scott Hanselman post on Read More...
Windows Updates are ridiculous; I'm buying a Mac next time
The computer gods have not been kind to me this past month. My laptop HD that my wife uses crashed as well as my HD on my desktop that I use. Fortunately, I have a backup of the data. This past Sunday, I purchased another HD, this one a 40GB. Since this Read More...
Listening to our Customers
The Cranky Flier has a nice write-up about Southwest Airlines and how they used their corporate blog to capture customer feedback and -most importantly- react to the comments in order to drive more business. Read More...
What Really Happened At JetBlue- A Must Read
Whether you're a low-level developer or a CIO/CTO, here is a fantastic article from CIO Insight of a behind-the-scenes view into JetBlue's Valentine's Day nightmare and the weeks thereafter. Some highlights I've extracted from the article that I found Read More...
Creator of WATIR, Bret Pettichord, joins Dovetail
As some of you know, we were recently looking for a tester. A rare opportunity presented itself to Dovetail Software, and, I am happy to say that we have hired Bret Pettichord as our Test Architect. Bret is the lead developer of WATIR , as well as a respected Read More...