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Don't Just Do It

Alexa Weber Morales — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:07:42 -0800

I can't resist weighing in... I'm known for my penchant for opining about movies after only reading about them. I fully agree that a bunch of guys sitting in front of computers is a challenging subject to spice up. On the other hand, think of what "Robert X. Cringely" (not his real name) did with his PBS show on very geeky topics. Or, for that matter, wasn't there a series entitled "The Geeks"? Point is, just because we all *can* produce any medium we want to these days (DVD, podcast, webcast, magazine, website, blog) with a modicum of technical skill doesn't mean we should. Some of the really great podcasts coming out now are from radio pros, and they know a whole lot more than we do about audio production from an entertainment perspective. That said, at a conference I just attended, a speaker claimed video blogging was going to be the next big thing and that people just can't get enough of watching other people doing mundane things like combing their hair on the web.

very disappointed

Denis Haskin — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:53:00 -0800

We did basically the same thing (bought it based on nothing more than the blurb, got everybody together for lunch, etc).

I--and my team--were very disappointed. I can't imagine anyone who's /not/ a software developer having any interest in it, but for us software developers it didn't have anywhere enough 'meat'. So I can't figure out who--if anybody--would find it informative/entertaining/etc.

I was really hoping to see an interesting look at team dynamics, how to run a project, etc. Nothing.

-sigh-

dwh

I read that post this AM, too.

Andy Tegethoff — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 08:37:53 -0800

I've been going through gyrations recently (as described in my recent posts) dealing with similar processes. Given the market, they have to filter pretty hard, I guess.
Nice review, Donna!

Internship Process

Daniel Read — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 04:39:58 -0800

Hi Donna,

Thanks for your review. I was curious about this movie. I've been following the story of the interns and the Aardvarked movie on the Joel on Software blog for several months. I saw today this new post about the Fog Creek internship application process that they are going through right now for 2006. 400 applications for five posititions. Sounds like they do go to some effort to be fair.

Dan

Aardvarked

Donna L Davis — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 07:27:34 -0800

My coworker-developers and I brought lunch in yesterday and watched the Fog Creek Software internship documentary, Aardvarked: 12 Weeks with Geeks.