Published inDave’s RedistrictingCustom Datasets in DRA 2020DRA 2020 now supports taking existing datasets, available as shapefiles, GeoJSON files or CSV files, and importing them. These datasets can…Jul 171Jul 171
The Inflationary Theory of Software SystemsI love making very stretched analogies between fascinating scientific ideas and software development. Here goes another one.Jun 3Jun 3
The Appearance of CompetenceI first wrote an internal version of this blog post when managing the Microsoft Office development team and I recently had two people tell…Nov 17, 20231Nov 17, 20231
Incrementalism Isn’t So BadWhile incrementalism has a bad rap if you’re trying to revolutionize an industry, it’s an important characteristic if you’re trying to…Jun 14, 2023Jun 14, 2023
What Really Happened With Office and Windows 8I was looking forward to reading the discussion of Office and Windows 8 in Steven Sinofsky’s “Hardcore Software” substack, but was pretty…Nov 16, 20222Nov 16, 20222
Published inDave’s RedistrictingRacial Dot Map in DRA2020DRA2020 now provides the ability to overlay a “racial dot map” on your map as you draw or view your map.Oct 12, 2022Oct 12, 2022
Time to Bury This Old Stale Project Management TrilemmaI saw another tweet recently about this tired old triangle of project management. Really the whole framing is nonsense and should be buried…Oct 3, 20223Oct 3, 20223
Surprising AutomataI took the opportunity of a recent mild case of Covid with attendant quarantine episode to finally work my way through Stephen Wolfram’s…Sep 7, 20221Sep 7, 20221
What Color is Your Function? You Better Know!I never got around to commenting on this somewhat notorious post What Color is Your Function, by Bob Nystrom. This was from 2015 so I feel…May 19, 20221May 19, 20221
