Tom Evslin - Decompiling Programmer-Speak:

"Computers have changed; programming languages have changed; but programmer-speak has remained remarkably constant. [...]

As a CEO or hope-to-be CEO of a technical company, it is essential that you crack the code. Otherwise you will have no hope of knowing when any particular piece of essential development will be done or even what it will do if it is ever finished. Today's blog is a phrase book of programmer-speak."