Paul Laudeman

June 2004 - Posts

• Windows XP ClearType tuner

  Raymond Chen recently had an interesting blog post on the importance on checking your monitor's refresh rate to reduce eye fatigue. One of the comments posted pointed to the Windows XP ClearType Tuner page that will walk you through the process of setting the optimal ClearType settings for your system (thanks Jerome!). UPDATE (1/27/05): Microsoft has released a ClearType Tuner PowerToy that you can install and run as a client application. Very cool! Technorati Tags: cleartype, cleartype tuner  Posted Jun 28 2004, 05:20 AM by paul.laudeman with 2 comment(s)

• Christopher Hawkins' "5 Pitfalls of Estimating a Software Project"

  I came across this gem of a post on the web obviously gleaned from in the trenches experience developing software. Here are his five pitfalls: 1. Allowing non-technical staffers to give estimates 2. Being afraid to look in the mirror 3. Underestimating design time and debugging time 4. Inadequate/unclear requirements 5. Taking too large a bite from the apple Of course we'll all agree that these observations are obvious, and that we always apply them rigorously, right? ;-) Posted Jun 14 2004, 03:20 PM by paul.laudeman with 6 comment(s)