Mary Poppendieck writes the following in Unjust Deserts (pdf), a paper on compensation systems (emphasis mine), There is no greater de-motivator than a reward system that is perceived to be unfair. It doesn’t matter if the system is fair or not. If there is a perception of unfairness, then those who think that they have been treated unfairly will rapidly lose their motivation. Written over seven years ago, the paper is just as insightful and applicable today. For example, let’s apply it to the recent dust-up about the legitimacy...
Or, as my recent inbox tells me, you’re not afraid to ask. ;) A coworker recently asked for some good resources on getting up to speed on the Model View Controller (MVC) pattern. Around the same time, I received another email talking about how people are confused around the difference between MVC and the Model View Presenter (MVP) pattern. No better opportunity to apply the DRY principle by answering some of these questions with a blog post. MVC The first place to start digging into the MVC pattern is to look at the Wikipedia entry. That’ll...
I received an email today informing me that I’ve been awarded the status of Microsoft MVP in the Visual Developer - ASP/ASP.NET category. I was aiming for an MVP for non-visual developers, but my 57 Lynx readers didn’t have enough clout to make that happen. What does it mean to be a Microsoft MVP? I’m not really fully sure yet. You can read the official blurb about the program here. In general I think it means I get to use the above logo on my blog and may start blogging about the problems with the MVP program and how the standards aren’t...