programmer-related

What are the advantages/disadvantages of a 4/10 work week for developers?

We've got a team of 20 developers, and are thinking of implementing a 10 hour work day. I'm wondering how this will impact the team, and what advantages it will provide. Also, any suggestions on how to structure the schedule? Any downsides? ...

How do you deal with situations where you can't use your preferred text editor?

I was originally going to frame this question around TextMate, which is by all accounts an amazing editor, but only available on OSX. I was curious how those who have spent time learning to use TextMate efficiently deal with the situation where they have to edit on a non-OSX platform. But it's really a more general question. How do pe...