Field Notes

Ulta.com crushes Sephora and Drugstore.com on design clarity and visual appeal - simple doesn't mean boring.

SSO bridge between JForum and Atlassian Crowd syncs user groups automatically - no separate forum login needed.

Free ATG Developer Community launches with wiki, forums, code hosting, and issue tracking for open-source projects.

Web 2.0 promised innovation but delivered startups layering trivial value on others' data with zero revenue plans.

A penguin flew in this surprisingly excellent advertisement with music swapped in after the original audio was lost.

ATG development processes deserve documentation, but urgent projects come first.

A corrupted repeating event spawned 12,000+ calendar instances, clogging iCal. TextMate regex saved the day.

Paragliding Mount Tiger for Emma's birthday: only 5-10 minutes airborne, but a memory that lasts forever.

Four-inch spider rearing up inside glass, screeching profanities - definitely not your garden-variety house guest.

Apple's service beats the competition: overnight shipping, email updates on every step, real-time tracking.

Two iptables rules throttle brute-force SSH attacks: three tries, then a three-minute lockout that bots can't bypass.

Government lawyers claim the president can arrest any citizen and imprison them indefinitely without charge.

Cafe Besalu in Seattle bakes croissants nearly as good as France - worth the drive to Ballard.

Multi-core licensing doubled software costs without proportional performance gains - a trend harming customers everywhere.

ATG license validation checks /etc/hosts hostname mapping, not JBoss IP binding - counterintuitive and easy to misconfigure.

ATG project roles: client rep, PM, architect, analyst - a baseline team structure that adapts to your needs.

Commerce sites demand speed, quality, and budget flexibility - pick two, but compromise intentionally.

Best practices guide for ATG development: starting assumptions, roles, processes, and quality delivery.

Indiana Jones movies hide Star Wars references: Club Obi Wan, identical Millennium Falcon engine sounds.

Strip jsessionid from URLs entirely instead of redirecting - prevent Google from indexing session chaos.