I’ve often pondered the idea of founding a co-working space in Visalia so as to be done with the grind of finding good office spaces for a small, mostly-virtual team. Rather than being deskbound and isolated in less-than-ideal space, why not be in a more open and communal space? Why…
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One of my all-time favorite articles is Productive Jealousy on Signal vs. Noise. David Heinemeier Hansson insists that jealousy need not be an angry or destructive emotion. I tend to agree with him – in fact, negative emotions are my primary motivation. I suspect that there is a conception out…
Q. How do you handle your workload when your key man is out/unavailable? A. Cogeian Systems is basically my vision of how software development ought to be done, implemented by my team. In some ways, I am the key man. In other ways, my team members – every one of…
Updated 14 April 2016 I think I read too many blogs, follow too many people on social media, and get news from too many sources. Perhaps you do, too I know that Scoble is legendary for keeping up on umpteen jillion blogs, but even with the aid of feedreaders (are…
Q. Have you abandoned your blog? If so, is it because you don’t think it has marketing value? A. Although I have undoubtedly neglected my blog, I have not abandoned it. What it comes down to is time invested and value received. Right now the project work is flowing freely…
I read a great article on Cameron Moll’s blog today about all-day tech interviews. One of the things he mentioned in the article that struck a chord with me was the use of brain-teasers as an interview tool. According to Cameron, the brain teaser counts for a full 25% of…
So, it’s 2007 now. Holy cow. It seems like 2006 just flew right on by, it was a very eventful year for me. As I tend to do, I’d like to set just a few goals for myself and my business for 2007. First off, I think that my previously-stated…
Q. How do you manage team members who work on the other side of the country, or in another country altogether? A. My team includes a dev on the East Coast and one in New Zealand, so being mindful of time zone differences is a must. We have a strong eMail…
So you want to be a software consultant, eh? I hear “how do I get into the business” questions a lot. I suppose I could save this for my next Monday Consulting Questions article, but I think I’d like to finish the month with a bang. So, let’s talk about…
I don’t think it’s any secret that working a lot of overtime means you probably have a lot of late projects bearing down on you. Who needs that? Well, it turns out that working overtime has another downside, one that’s a hell of a lot worse than slipping your release…