image from XKCD [http://xkcd.com/399/]

In this week's This Developer's Life that's what I take a look at, from 3 perspectives:

1. Mike Moore [http://blowmage.com/] (Ruby developer) talks about personal skills for solving problems, including the ability to ask a different question.

2. Javier Lozano [http://lozanotek.com/blog] (Microsoft developer) talks about teams coming together as a 'band of brothers', solving problems that may, or may not, exist.

3. Tamar Cohen (Java developer) shares her story of the unsolvable bug - something she *had to solve* as the exploration of other planets depends on it. She works at NASA, programming planetary rovers.

Scott Hanselman [http://hanselman.com/] finishes things off with a story about what happens when trouble finds you'

Some Notes:

I've been asked by the producers of This American Life to kindly change my logo as well as podcast title. In retrospect it seems rather obvious that I should have thought about this - but the short answer is that I didn't know if anyone would really care about this podcast. I also didn't expect the attention it's getting.

Oops.

I changed the logo - a name change will come soon. Worry not - the RSS will stay intact, as will the iTunes link.

UPDATE - I've remastered the episode and removed some of the music.

Soundtrack:

If you like any of the songs - please support my efforts to stay within 'Fair Use' by buying them' I'd very much appreciate it.

* Mezmerize - Liz Phair [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/exile-in-guyville-bonus-tracks/id283033231]

* Please Me Like You Want To - Ben Harper [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fight-for-your-mind/id17478904]

* Human After All - Daft Punk [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/human-after-all/id388195039]

* Too Little Too Late - Metric [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live-it-out/id81067976]

* NIN Remixes (under Creative Commons) [http://remix.nin.com/]