Stuff I Have Found Interesting Today

Comparison Shopping: The real reason CEO compensation got out of hand

Much like pro-athletes CEO's get more because of their peers, but with CEO's the peer selection process is usually skewed. This gem near the end sums it up nicely "We all want to be a little better than average, and for board members who like to think they have an above-average CEO, this may translate into the choice of a relatively favorable pay package and a set of peers to match."

Total Company Involvement

Good story and a point to boot.

Why Do Computers Suck at Math?

It is always good to review the basics, but I can't help but think we need to get to a place where programmers shouldn't care and let the computer figure it out. While computers are bad at thinking they are excellent at computations.

 

Tincture of Lawlessness

George Will's latest rant. Admittedly he is not objective, but the he is reliable and this is disturbing:

• "California...trimmed $74 million...cost the state $5.42 billion last year...But the Service Employees International Union collects nearly $5 million a month from 223,000 caregivers who are members. And the Obama administration has told California that unless the $74 million in cuts are rescinded, it will deny the state $6.8 billion in stimulus money. "
• "The administration proposes that Chrysler's secured creditors get 28 cents per dollar on the $7 billion owed to them but that the United Auto Workers union get 43 cents per dollar on its $11 billion in claims -- and 55 percent of the company."

 

Present.io Sets Up No-Software-Needed Web Presentations

Cool service (free with limits). Watch out WebEx!

Anxiety or Boredom Driven Process Improvement?

I do not agree with the reasoning in this blog, but I like the graph.

TeamCity.CodeBetter Project List

An interesting list of projects to check out when one has the time.

 

Nuts & Bolts: Campfire loves Erlang.

Erlang love from a Ruby shop...interesting in it's own right!