Nasa's Recomended Approach to Software Development (3/9/00) - This document presents guidelines for an organized, disciplined approach to software development that is based on studies conducted by the Software Engineering Laboratory between 1976 and 1991
Dissapearing into the Code (5/8/02) - An excerpt from Ellen Ullman's book "Close to the machine". An insightful look at the life of a software engineer (namely, Ellen).
Hackers and Painters (5/8/03) - " anyone who has written a PhD dissertation knows, the way to be sure that you're exploring virgin territory is to to stake out a piece of ground that no one wants."