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CityDesk Starter Edition 2.0.25 (Windows)

CityDesk is the easiest way to manage web sites which change often. Whether you're creating a big daily newspaper with hundreds of journalists, or a club newsletter that comes out once a month, CityDesk brings everybody the power of industrial-strength content management systems. With CityDesk, you define the layout and...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Windows, Site, Fog Creek Software, CityDesk, Starter Edition, Channel Management, Web Servers, Corporate Communications, Content Management, Marketing, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2005-11-09

FogBUGZ 3.1.19 (Mac)

FogBUGZ 3.0 is a system for managing software projects designed by software development guru Joel Spolsky. It works so well that your projects will practically manage themselves. At the heart of FogBUGZ is a database of cases. A case can be: * a feature request, * a traditional bug report,...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Fog Creek Software, FogBUGZ 3.0, Software Development, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Management

Software downloads 2004-03-08

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Find the answer to anything with StackExchange

When you hear the word "forum", what comes to mind? Ugly websites, lengthy wait times, dead ends, and 1999. The guys behind Stack Overflow have redefined the web forum into something interactive, easy-to-use, and surprisingly reactive. On Stack, you simply ask a question...

Tags: Web, Question, Questions, Chances, Channel Management, Web Site Development, CSS, Semantic Web, Development Tools, Marketing, Internet, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-09-27

Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the most

One of the most disheartening things that can happen in any job is when the boss that inspired you, the one you loved to learn from and who made a grueling job more bearable leaves the building. It may be no different at Microsoft this week, as the "geeks" or...

Tags: Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Sales, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company?

Joel Spolsky, the CEO of Fog Creek Software -- and a one-time member of Microsoft's Excel team back in the early 1990s (Microsoft's "glory days") -- has a really great look back at the significance of the famed "BillG" reviews. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Software, Bill Gates, Programmer, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-06-25

Microsoft to build an 'Emacs.Net' text editor

Developers are puzzling over recent clues blogged by a few Microsoft employees regarding a new "Emacs.Net" tool the company is building. Microsoft's Connected Systems Division (the folks who developed the Windows Communication Framework, a k a "Indigo")  is hiring developers  to build a product that team member...

Tags: Editor, Microsoft Corp., Emacs.Net, Emacs, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Team Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Recruitment & Selection, Productivity, Construction, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-12-31

Is Shared Source .Net a big deal? Joel and Miguel weigh in

Microsoft and a number of .Net developers trumpeted the Redmond software vendor's announcement this week that it would release the .Net source code under a Microsoft Shared Source license as a huge deal. As the dust is settling, other parties are beginning to weigh in. And some...

Tags: Source Code, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Open Source, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-10-05

The 100 Greatest Short Stories 1.0 (Mobile)

Now you can enjoy these "byte-sized" masterpieces any time and anywhere with The 100 Greatest Short Stories. A timeless collection of the world's greatest short stories, it includes the works of authors such as O. Henry, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Guy...

Tags: Mobile, Rampart Software Development, Maupassant, Adventure, Packletide, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-02-21

Day 2: Joel Spolsky Live at EclipseCon

[Updated 3pm: pictures added -Ed]Software development guru Joel Spolsky delivered the first keynote address to a packed crowd at EclipseCon 2006 this morning. Joel was introduced by Eclipse director Mike Milinkovich who thanked the conference organizers and sponsors. "If you haven't read [Joel's] blog, you should" said...

Tags: Joel Spolsky

Blog posts 2006-03-21

Film documents software creation, the fun way

Film documents software creation, the fun wayYeah, the ups and downs, allright"It's not quite Harry Potter, but "Aardvark'd" captures the ups and downs of programmers' lives."The "up" part is that someone's actually doing a movie about programmers, the "down" part being next year's sequel will be filmed in India, with...

Tags: Development tools, programmer, Aardvark'd, software

Discussion threads 2005-12-03

Web 2.0 dissed, big time

Joel Spolsky, CEO of Fog Creek Software, admits he was in a "bitchy" mood when he wrote this scathing indictment of what he sees as the latest round of "architecture astronautics", but nonetheless wonders if all the hype and excitement around Web 2.0 isn't all stuff we've been through before,...

Tags: Joel Spolsky, Web, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2005-11-04

100 Greatest Short Stories (Mobile)

Now you can enjoy these "byte-sized" masterpieces any time and anywhere with The 100 Greatest Short Stories. A timeless collection of the world's greatest short stories, it includes the works of authors such as O. Henry, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Guy...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, Maupassant, Adventure, Packletide, E-books, Telecom & Utilities, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2005-06-23