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Brands are about how people curate their lives
It was announced that Huffington Post will be purchased for $315M (after starting 6 years ago with an investment of $1M.) The deal reflects a bold bet on the future of online news. Here are some great...
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Type r for Retry
We’ve all done it – compiled a program, run it, get the wrong results and out of complete astonishment re-run it just to see if we get different output a second time. We haven’t changed the code, we...
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Sausage making and Software Development
Taking the pulse of your community is always helpful. Sometimes, it’s more helpful to detach and take the pulse of another community. I'm a huge Anthony Bourdain fan. Perhaps because he's never short...
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Agile called out
(This is a four part blog addressing Processes and Tools within Software Culture. This first part discusses our past and its relationship to the Agile Manifesto.) Are we still trying to fix...
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Processes and Tools – IT’s Motherboard complex?
(This is Part 2 of a four-part blog addressing Processes and Tools within Software Culture. This second part discusses the misuse and limits of Tools & Processes. Part 1 can be found here.) We...
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Our IT Process Wars
proc·ess, pro·cess/ˈpräˌses/, /prəˈses/ Noun: A series of actions or steps taken to achieve an end. (This is a four-part blog addressing Process and Tools within Software Culture. This third part...
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Developer Shortages in Kansas City
Do you know what the current ratio of open software developer positions to developers is here in Kansas City? It's roughly 4:1 Ask any recruiter. In fact, ask any developer who is polled 3 times a...
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