As you may know by now, I’m not a sucker for buzz words. On the contrary, I like facts, logic, and good old thinking. Not some new fashionable buzz word about something that really isn't new or any more exiting than it ever was, just because the right people start blogging about it. AJAX comes to mind here in particular.

Is it just me or does it seem that developers are the only ones not jumping head first on the buzz word hype? Think about it. Developers are the ones implementing the most of the web 2.0 technologies and probably the ones that know most about them, yet they haven’t got much to say about the decisions on where and when to use them. This is unlike any other technology where developers do have the final word and make the decisions on where and when to use it. Granted, a lot of the buzz is about interfaces, which is the designer’s territory, but nevertheless, a technology solely understood and implemented by developers.

Is it an emerging shift in software development life cycle and paradigm or just one developers observation? We have to wait and see...

My boss bought the DVD Aardvark'd from Joel Spolsky’s company Fog Creek. It’s about the development process of a software product, and it was meant to be an inspiration for us developers. I watched the whole thing with English subtitles, because the sound was so poor. Man, it was boring. I thought it was all about software and development and the .NET Framework. I was so wrong. It was a reality show about some college guys living and growing tomatoes together. Sure, there was some techno babble, but not near enough considering it’s a development video.

Today, I just found the newest episode of The Code Room. This is much more interesting than Aardvark'd. The latest episode, “Las Vegas”, is however a little over produced. Nevertheless, the show contains much more techno babble and useful information.

I have followed The Code Room from the first episode about a year ago, and I don’t understand why it isn’t bigger and more supported than it is. It’s the first software development TV show, it’s .NET and it’s Microsoft. Episode two is my favourite episode. Go check it out.