Greetings!
My name is Bennett Smith. I’m pleased to welcome you to my site, and hope you come back often. Information about my professional experience, details on how I can help you with your projects and general ramblings about the technologies I use are published here.
Feel free to surf around and see if you like what’s on my site. I have some strong opinions about software development. Comments are encouraged so please don’t be shy.
Advice on Surviving Death March Projects
Software Design: Want vs. Need
I am always surprised at how short-sighted some folks are who design software. It seems like there is no shortage of people who feel that you just have to listen to your customers to build great software. In my experience, if all you do is build what the customer says he/she wants then your software [...]
Keeping Pace with the Advance of Technology
Nokia places Qt under LGPL License – Sweet!
I have been a big fan of the Trolltech Qt Framework for a number of years. It is a fantastic way to build high quality cross-platform desktop applications in C++. For the past six years it seems like every project I work on has included a rich desktop GUI application of some sort. Each time [...]
Practical Tips from the Trenches
Better than Google: Real answers for Programmers, System Administrators and IT Professionals
Technology is more complex now than ever. It seems like the diversity of topics a programmer, system administrator or IT professional must have some familiarity with grows exponentially. In the office it is all to common to hear someone say “Did you google it?” or “I found a post that looks like it might [...]
