A few months ago I wrote a post describing the benefits of using project collaboration software. It helps team members communicate, it avoids information hording, and at any time management can check in and see a project’s progress. At my job we use BaseCamp. It is a paid product that is extremely powerful and truly [...]

Web developers are different breed of technologists. We are increasingly creative. In my experience this comes from a few factors. On smaller agile teams, developers are asked to work on many roles of a project, and in some cases this includes design. Also unlike traditional software not all web developers are solely computer science majors. [...]

All good developers need time to decompress. This ability to decompress comes in 2 basic flavors. The first obvious method would be getting away from the mundane routine of coding. This form of decompression is common to most jobs. Developers like anyone else can benefit from some time away. This can come in small doses, [...]

It’s been another 2 weeks, so here is another wrap up of the tools, links, and other sites that came across my various readers, etc… It could be a good resource, an interesting blog post, or anything I found useful since the last Web Tools Tips and Talk, #7. NOTE: If you find these useful [...]

Coming up with accurate time and resource estimate is one of the toughest skills of a good tech manager. It is an under appreciated skill, but vital to a project’s success. In the ‘real world’ this one area requires many skills. It is necessary to have a deep knowledge of the project and technologies to [...]

You may have noticed the new addition to the site recently. I have added an Amazon Bookstore to my header navigation and to the right column of the site. While I do make a small percentage off of any sales, this is also an opportunity to showcase books I have read and found useful to [...]