Tell a Dev What You Want

An article from itworld.com by Esther Schindler for How to Tell a Software Developer What You Want. It seemed brief and simple enough, here's their list outline and check out the full story for details:

1. Describe why the business needs a solution.
2. Don't tell developers how to solve it, define the problem.
3. Define the users.
4. Document the existing workflow.
5. Distinguish between user interface, platform, and content.
6. Prioritize.

Ubuntu 11.04 disable global menu (Mac like menu)

I have been running Ubuntu 11.04 in VirtualBox and I now a fan of the new global menu. I am glad Mac people like it and that Ubuntu can look like that. I just think it should not be forced on us all. Now to get off me soapbox. If like me, you want to disable the global meun run

sudo apt-get remove indicator-appmenu appmenu-gtk

and then you can remove the gnome ubuntu luncher and add back the main menu luncher. I hope before the finally release they make they an option.

I found this info on some other blog, but it was hard to find. Sorry I lost the link.

Bjarne Stroustrup on C++0x

Are you like me, wondering what the formerly full-bearded C++ inventor and the latest ISO standard have been up to? Find out on the C++0x FAQ!

Or perhaps you would rather read an interview with Bjarne about the near-future standard? Done!

It's chock-full of nuggets such as

• a PDF on Minimizing Dependencies within Generic Classes for Faster and Smaller Programs
• Research on the Forwarding Problem
• a PDF on the "new" terminology for lvalues and rvalues.