Mindpsill - Technology

Our manager was sick today so in theory we had to postpone the website links meeting. Obviously my boss couldn’t wait till tomorrow so she confronted me on the issue. For the uninitiated, the issue was whether it is (quoting her words) "professional practice" to include links to other applications in a telephone directory application. She is insinuating that it is unprofessional to include these links because they are totally unrelated.

Throughout the discussion I realised that she doesn’t have a clue what user requirements and usability mean. Once she decided that the links must not be included no matter that they might be useful for users she wants them removed because they do not make technical sense. To this argument I counteracted by stating that the user must decide what makes or doesn’t make sense. This concept is totally beyond her comprehension. I sincerely cannot understand what is so unprofessional and wrong in adding 3 links to interoperate easily between applications. In the mean time the telephone directory application is suspended after last Friday’s release.

I was highly demotivated to work today so instead I busied myself learning about XML-RPC. Like most of my initial experiments I choose Java as the implementation platform but I think I made the wrong choice. From the links throughout it seems that the Apache XML-RPC implementation is the most popular and in the vein of other similar projects the document is disasterous. I managed to run methods from an O'Reilly site but wasn’t successful with other services.

Word: linchpin (lynch pin)

Meaning:

1. A locking pin inserted in the end of a shaft, as in an axle, to prevent a wheel from slipping off.
2. A central cohesive source of support and stability.

Synonyms: anchor, mainstay, backbone

Usage: Mike is the lynch pin on the matter

Comments: I never say no to a compliment.

We made some fun with Rasputin’s private parts today at work