OB Mini Case (1): Development under Pressure

I was recruited at the middle of this project and I've been a project lead for a while now. I'm almost responsible for literally everything that relates to the .NET technology at the infrastructure department. I really like it. It feels good to be responsible and being able to keep your word. But being able to organize and plan to meet the milestones is also a heavy duty. Now let's mix the story with force majors, fat milestones, demanding project managers and final exams & projects!

I need to concentrate and prioritize issues, I need to choose and develop optimum solutions and I need to tolerate the ever growling developer who makes a big deal out of a small issue, sometimes his own mistakes, from the other department. Those are what I'm doing right now!
So what's the problem? It's the old story. It's how normalities turn into anomalies. It's when you miss the support you need. It's when you are responsible for failures but not successes. It's about development under pressure of time limitation and being deep inside the various software layers, makes you a good target for blames!

These are things I'm worried about as we progress. We have been good so far and met every milestone we set. But I'm feeling the stress and that's not a good sign for the rest of job. You may think that management could get involved for more support. But that's not likely when they are facing the most stress. I think I need to read more about management under stress. Anyway, it's development under pressure!

[Update: 7/20/2010 1:31 AM]: "Charisma appears to be most successful when the follower's task has an ideological component or when the environment involves a high degree of stress and uncertainty." ~ (Robbins, Judge, 2009:450)

"Joooooone & Jobs" Against the Adobe Flash

It's not new. Adobe Flash is facing tough challenges. But this time, it's not about Jobs and his iPhone. It's about Joooone!*
I was reading yet another topic about Flash and it's enemies till I reached a hilariously familiar name. Ali Joone or rather Ali Davoudian, the founder and owner of Digital Playground, according to wikipedia, "... one of the five biggest porn studios, and in 2006 was described by Reuters as one of the handful of studios that dominate the U.S. porn industry" is going to stop streaming with Flash.
But the strange part for me is neither about Flash nor about Jobs. It's about feeling a paradox...

* Joone is an expression of great joy or excitement and implies "Oh [my] life" in Persian.
P.s: I preferred not to continue writing about the origin of the paradox. It's not like that everyone feels it.