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Comment on Interface makes all the difference – well, not really by What Makes Software Worthwhile? « Dan’s Blog

What Makes Software Worthwhile? « Dan’s Blog — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:04:13 +0000

[...] user-friendliness – is the software easy to use by users from the intended audience? [...]

Comment on How to prepare for a programming contest by The Business of Computational Thinking « Dan’s Blog

The Business of Computational Thinking « Dan’s Blog — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:01:13 +0000

[...] part of my education world allows me to track a select group of computer science students to intercollegiate programming contests. Part of this process involves creating a new problem set for each competition. The challenge of [...]

Comment on iPad Reality – the joys and woes of the device by Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-18 « Dan’s Blog

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-18 « Dan’s Blog — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:12:21 +0000

[...] sorry, hard to resist! iPad makes you instantly popular on an airplane! http://woosters.org/dan/?p=724 in reply to chadmcmillan [...]

Comment on Worthwhile Software Must Be Robust by What Makes Software Worthwhile? « Dan’s Blog

What Makes Software Worthwhile? « Dan’s Blog — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:02:45 +0000

[...] robustness – how does the software respond to unexpected conditions (wrong input)? [...]

Comment on What Makes Software Worthwhile? by Worthwhile Software Must Be Robust « Dan’s Blog

Worthwhile Software Must Be Robust « Dan’s Blog — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:01:47 +0000

[...] of the 10 qualities of worthwhile software is ROBUSTNESS which defines who well (or not) the software will respond to unexpected conditions. [...]

Comment on Software – will it do the right thing? by What Makes Software Worthwhile? « Dan’s Blog

What Makes Software Worthwhile? « Dan’s Blog — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:36:09 +0000

[...] correctness – does the software do what it is suppose to do (according to the design specs)? [...]

Comment on Worthwhile Investment for Year End Giving by It Comes Through Clearly - Persevero!

It Comes Through Clearly - Persevero! — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:01:20 +0000

[...] Dan Wooster, who dropped in for the Live Nativity after driving seven hours from South Carolina, reported the event on his blog this way: Worthwhile Investment for Year End Giving Investing is something you put [...]

Comment on Help me send 18,562 visitors to Creation Museum this summer! by Worthwhile Investment for Year End Giving « Dan’s Blog

Worthwhile Investment for Year End Giving « Dan’s Blog — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:48:44 +0000

[...] For details of this project go to my blog post. [...]

Comment on Help me send 18,562 visitors to Creation Museum this summer! by Put Meaning into the D in D-Day « Dan’s Blog

Put Meaning into the D in D-Day « Dan’s Blog — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:41:28 +0000

[...] the news about the Creation Museum along Interstate 75 by making a donation. For details go to my blog [...]

Comment on User Interface Design Lesson – Simply Sort It! by Too many social spaces? « Dan’s Blog

Too many social spaces? « Dan’s Blog — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:32:56 +0000

[...] In my opinion, as a seasoned bit builder, and keeping in line with Alan Cooper’s exhortations about software interfaces in his outstanding books The Inmates are Running the Asylum, the only reasonable solution is to improve the software! The space should, recognizing the importance of communication, give me the option of having my emails automatically forwarded to another space. There are other variations I can think of on this option, but I’ll leave those for the interaction designers of this world to decide. May their very small tribe increase so we can free the inmates from running the asylum! [for more details on this topic, see my blog] [...]

Comment on Lessons of interfacing with a giant by Customer Service: Lessons of Interfacing with a Giant Corporation | The Worthwhile Blog

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:28:02 +0000

[...] The full entry was posted on Friday, October 16th, 2009 — http://woosters.org/dan/?p=545 [...]

Comment on Can’t See the BITS! by Customer Service: Can’t See the BITS! | The Worthwhile Blog

Customer Service: Can’t See the BITS! | The Worthwhile Blog — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:16 +0000

[...] Original posting: This entry was posted on Friday, September 18th, 2009 at http://woosters.org/dan/?p=478 [...]

Comment on Parenting by the BIT by KCEA ‘09 Parenting by the BIT « Dan’s Blog

KCEA ‘09 Parenting by the BIT « Dan’s Blog — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:40:40 +0000

[...] is past blog posting from a presentation on this topic I gave to the teen parents at my local [...]

Comment on Cubs Game Trip almost strikes out! by Robin

Robin — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:02:35 +0000

How incredible! Praise the Lord!

Comment on A Day in the Life of IronGeekWeek by Mike Bryant

Mike Bryant — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:44:57 +0000

Very interesting.

Comment on Computer Science & Information Technology Employment Trends by Student Jobs

Student Jobs — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:42:56 +0000

It’s somewhat rare for students to enjoy their jobs in college. I know my first internship in college showed me that I didn’t want to work in that industry.

Sometimes just working at the school cafeteria can be the perfect fit for a student. It beats filing papers all day in a cubicle, and you usually get some free food!

Comment on MBA Student Observations About The Worthwhile Company by Jonathan Matias

Jonathan Matias — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:44:39 +0000

These comments capture why it was such a joy to serve as part of The Worthwhile Company while I lived in South Carolina.

Some of the most enduring, encouraging relationships I have right now were forged working side to side with those people on the Worthwhile Team! In fact, I can’t imagine better preparation for the entrepreneur side of being a church planter than working in the web strategy side of Worthwhile. Thanks to Dan W, Jonathan P, and Dan R for taking a chance on me! Praying for the team, that you’ll keep glorifying God by your excellence in the bit business.

Comment on Help me send 18,562 visitors to Creation Museum this summer! by tom edmondson

tom edmondson — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:43:27 +0000

Dan; I have been in sales all my life and your concept is wonderful. I believe, as do you, that your estimates are conservative, but the concept could be reprooduced productively to the East and West with solid AIG member support and direction. Run it up the church spire and see who salutes!!

Comment on Help me send 18,562 visitors to Creation Museum this summer! by Beau Foutz

Beau Foutz — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:04:16 +0000

Dan…

Hello. I’ve just freshly graduated from the University of South Alabama with an M.A. in Communication (emphasis on Marketing/PR/Advertising). What you are doing is great. And as a charter member of the Creation Museum, I’m going to spread the word.

If you need any further assistance in the area of Marketing and Research, I’d be more than happy to aid in this effort. This sounds like an exciting project that could also turn into an scholarly paper.

Kindest,
Beau

Comment on BJU CpS 477 CpS Internship Updates – Spring 2009 by Brandon J. Boone

Brandon J. Boone — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:48:35 +0000

Work Summary 7

I began development on the plug-in again. This time with the specs correct. However, I periodically get requests for this plug-in from other people in the company, even though it’s not ready. So I’ve been funneling these requests to another co-worker who it distributing an older, but stable version of this plug-in. We’ll just have to update these clients after the new one is ready.

I was able to finish most of the development work, but I’ve been struggling with testing since that can only be done on my clients computer. Because of this I’ve started to use NUnit (a unit testing framework for .Net) and the results have been very satisfactory.

Hopefully this project will be completed by the end of the semester. I don’t want to show up for work this summer and still have it looming over me.

Time last two weeks: 16.5
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