[tl,dr] Ask yourself (and your developers) is what I am doing what I want to do? If I am doing side projects what makes those so interesting? Because if they are really where I volunteer my "free" time then why is that not my day job? If »
When you use software do you find yourself to be frustrated or helped? When I design or build something I have a hard time seeing it from the end-user's perspective; I get too excited about the idea or flash of potential. Detaching myself and deciding that I am »
Here's a book I pretty much keep in hand all the time: Continuous Delivery by Jez Humble and David Farley [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321601912]. Not that it's a really super enjoyable read, but it helps me remember how doing this software thing we »
What is it about bit-rot that seems to drive us away from quality? Here's the analogy: Let's say you just bought this massive steak that you're going prep before the game. So you know you're gonna create an awesome rub then toss »
Docs: apidock [http://apidock.com] railsapi [http://railsapi.com/doc/rails-v3.0.8rc1_ruby-v1.9.2/] rails guides [http://guides.rubyonrails.org/] envylabs rails cheatsheet [http://blog.envylabs.com/Rails_3_Cheat_Sheets.pdf] Teaching tools: hackety-hack.com/ [http://hackety-hack.com/] codeschool.com/courses/rails-for-zombies [http://www.codeschool.com/courses/ »
Continuous delivery is... * the ability to put the release schedule in the hands of the business, not in the hands of development or operations; making sure that any build could potentially be released to users at the touch of a button using a fully automated process, quickly. A continuous delivery »
As I sit here listening to the TRON soundtrack [http://tronsoundtrack.com/] I recognize that the flashy code of movies like TRON [http://disney.go.com/tron/], anit-trust [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/], hackers [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/] and the like have changed the ideal picture of »
The boys wanted to get stomping on the project code right away (I did too) but I knew this would be a great opportunity to distill some of the assumed magic of code and that it takes a lot more than copy-n-paste and a browser. I think a lot is »
Day one consisted of a bunch of idea gathering. My kiddos have vivid imaginations and most of the time when you talk about games they click right into Minecraft [http://www.minecraft.net/] mode and that's about all they can talk about. While I am a big fan »
Being a homeschooling dad who is a self proclaimed nerd comes with a great deal of responsibility and it also tools my children in extremely unique ways. We just brought our newest baby girl home (yes, she is awesome!) and I am taking 2 weeks off to help my wife »
I like the smell of mowed grass. It reminds me of things like spring, new things and that something just got done. Most of us have lists. I call mine the “grrr” list (pronounced grrr). This is a list of things that constantly irritate you about the software you write »
