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Hacknot has a thought provoking essay on the stages/ages of a developer. Very interesting and insightful post. As is pointed out the requirements gathering is one of most downplayed processes, yet it is the reason for the existence of the software development. Sometimes, the business/user may not be clear about what they want simply because they may not know what is available. Therefore there is a need of a business/system analyst, who knows the system and if it is a developer it is better, who can understand the user/business requirements and write it in such a way that the programmer can go and code the same. But this specific skill is so lacking and most of the time the requirements are patchy and the programmer ends up coding a crappy application which may not serve the purpose. There are some insightful developer/programmers who get involved in the requirement gathering phase and help design the application but ultimately the systems/business analysts fail in capturing the essence of the discussion. This gives a need for a requirement gathering tool which can solve the problem. Any takers!!!!

Christine Kane reinforces the power of writing down the goals even if you are not sure how it will manifest.

Most of the time everybody thinks of a goal and do not bother to write it down and therefore they will not know what goal they had. By writing down if you come across a situation in the near future you can go back and check if the opportunity aligns with your goal or it is different. There is no point in pursuing an opportunity if it does not align with your long term/short term goals.

As they say that once you have dream and goal all the forces of nature come together to make the goal a reality. It happens and it is true but you need to have faith.

Read One Minuted Millionaire by Mark Hansen and Robert Allen to get some inspired thoughts and create a goal of becoming a millionaire.

Okay, I give up. I have underestimated the enormity of the issues and the functionality of the website and now I am sitting with an incomplete application on my hand. However, it is  just a temporary setback but I will complete and will post it soon. Meanwhile I am stopping the series and you will see a final one on the day when the application goes live. Thank you for the patience.

Meanwhile,

• You can still purchase land on MOON - Yes no kidding.
  
• Suns won against the Spurs - It is true

Well, thirty days are up and still the application is not ready.

• Do not want to give any excuses but..
• I was working for an hour or two every day
• Came across some obstacles(technical difficulties) that unmotivated
• Really it is a baby step according to Christine Kane - How to get Work done?
• Interesting post by Joel about the usability
  
• Randy about the presentation skills - How not to throw up?