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 [...]

When I got my first job out of college, I bought a car. It was a new, 1997 Mazda 626. I was excited to finally have some of my own money, so I added all the features I could afford at the time. I added leather, a sun roof, and the ‘luxury package’ which to [...]

I’ve written a guest post on the blog “The 2.0 life: How to Thrive in a Digital World ” entitled: 10 WordPress Plugins Every New Blogger Should Install. Please go check it out, and while you are there look over David’s site. It has a lot of great, practical advise for using web tools and [...]

This may seem obvious to most, especially to regular blog readers but don’t forget the development community when working on projects. There is a large community of developers and many are willing to share ideas, code, and techniques. When I am stumped, or simply taxed with a problem that has a common element to it, [...]

A few weeks ago I wrote that good design is a dying but important art. While I do believe that is true, there is also too much of a good thing. Sometimes you can get too caught up in the ‘ideal’, worrying and designing things to be perfect. Deciding what is the right blend of [...]

My dell mini 9 arrived 2 weeks ago. I purchased this for the primary reason to work on my blog. I hope to better utilize my commuting hours on the bus. In theory this should allow me to post more and if not more then at least it will give me back some of my [...]