Why Open Source?
I've always considered myself a “creative problem solver.” In fact, I remember calling myself that when I was writing my…
Oh Glorious Friday & The Implications of No Privacy
Due to the impending holiday weekend, the flood of work to do, and the exhaustion of this developer, I'm writing…
What are you doing in your Career Calculus?
Eric Sink is a sharp guy, there’s no denying that. Therefore, I’ve decided to respond to a post he made…
Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)
CEO is a bit tied up with ongoing projects for the moment, so I decided to post in the interim.…
Project Estimation – Part II: The Customer
Project Planning and Estimation can be a contentious issue. Yesterday, I presented a way of addressing the Developers' concerns while…
Project Estimation – Part I: PERT
Project Planning is the necessary evil to all projects. Project Managers hate it, Customers hate it, and the people actually…
Project Management Tools – Strengths & Weaknesses
Update: This is a very old post written in early 2005. If you're looking for a project management tool now,…
XMLHttpRequest – A New Power to be Tapped?
Adaptivepath's article about Ajax has been flying through the blogosphere like wildfire over the past couple of weeks. I'm not…
Task Tracking & Project Management
I was involved in a small discussion over at Joel on Software earlier this week responding to a person who…
The Effectiveness of Marketing?
Unless you've been living in a cave for the last six months, you have probably heard about blogs. A brief…