h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Front page says its Thursday - slackers!!

Doesn't now.

I'm working at home this morning, so I was a little later being able to get the new entries up.

Guess a lie-in is okay once in a while then Jim!! Must be wierd working and being watched by us all. How's Bernadette?

It's slightly weird working in full view of everybody, but in many ways it's less stressful than writing shrink-wrapped software - if you have a huge bug on a CD then you might have to scrap thousands of pounds worth of stock to correct it, but with a web site, if there's a bug you fix it and everyone immediately gets the fix. The downside being if you mess things up eveyone sees it.

And the community aspect of h2g2 is great - immediate feedback on what we're doing, suggestions for improvements, or just general chatting. It's a lot less isolated than normal software development where the only time you got to meet the people using your software was at trade shows.

Bernadette's fine, BTW. 27.5 weeks now. We're both feeling more confident as the days go by.

Wonderful. 28 is the great number. So pleased for you both...