It may seem counter-intuitive to the old guard that change control can actually negatively affect the quality of software, but when implemented in such a way that it dramatically increases the cost and effort of making software improvements, it leads...
I was listening to a piece on NPR on 6 Steps To Find A Job For Soon-To-Be College Grads and it got me thinking about my resume (Word version), what I’m doing right, what I could be doing better, and...
In some discussions regarding Windows 8 and Surface, it has occurred to me how miserably Microsoft has failed in advertising the Surface. Check this ad: There is no substance to their message. You can watch this ad 100 times and...
It occurred to me that enterprise social is kind of like holiday parties — AKA: enterprise socials. When you go to a holiday party, you probably primarily interact with and socialize with the group of people that you work with...
Reflecting on the past year and a half, I’ve come to some conclusions on how development teams can be successful in delivering software. I don’t think any of them are major or relevatory, but I think each team and each...
I had always been under the impression that the pineapple plant itself dies after it bears fruit so after my pineapple bore fruit this summer, I pretty much ignored it — rarely watering it at all. I’ve even left it...
Yet another post on interviewing 🙂 As both an interviewer (mostly) and an interviewee on topics of SharePoint, I’ve been working on refining my questions and technique here to get right to the core of understanding a candidate’s suitability. As...
One of the things I’ve had to do quite often in the last few years is conduct technical interviews. It’s always a challenge as of course, if you want to make sure that a resource is technically competent in specific...
It’s finally happened! My pineapple is finally flowering WOOOOOOOOOOO! 😀 I can’t even believe it. I didn’t even notice it until I randomly looked over and took note that I probably need to water it. I started this plant some...
From the comments section of a CNN article.