Founder of Fog Creek Software, which makes an HTML editor/content manager called CityDesk
?, and, in many people's opinion, exceptionally nice bug tracking software called FogBugz
?.
His weblog,
JoelOnSoftware,
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/, has lots of great articles on software.
- I love how the name makes people refer to Joel as "Joel on Software." -- DanielBrockman
- That fact probably has more to do with "Spolsky" than "On Software". I bought his book before I ever remembered the name Spolsky long enough to tell it to a friend. -- SteveJorgensen
He likes
BigDesignUpFront:
and
HungarianNotation, but no one's perfect.
- Specifically, he likes good Hungarian, as opposed to the nonsense people seem to have perpetuated in its place.
He does something similar to XP's
PlanningGame - it's more-or-less the prioritization part without the scheduling.
Reviews:
JS has a clean and vivid writing style - a major acheivement considering the subjects. The drawback is when he's completely wrong he is very hard to counter. --
PhlIp
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