I’m back on the market these days, searching for that next perfect gig. Contract, permanent, etc. I’m by no means desparate but I definitely do want to make sure it is a prime fit, whatever I head back to do. If it is BI & OLAP, DBA Architect, Software Architect, Team Lead, or whatever I... Continue reading →

Daily Habits and attitudes of an Agileish Developer Always talk to the other developers around you about what is going on, what you're doing, what they're doing, and know what is going to affect your work. Pair up often to develop parts that you are both respectively working on. If you need a break from... Continue reading →

About 4 years ago I started using Gmail extensively. I kept using up until about 6 months ago. I moved everything to Outlook. It took hours and hours to move that many years of e-mail to Outlook. What I got was slower searching, slower response, bad system performance and other such notable catastrophes. The main... Continue reading →

Not sure how many people do or don't get into a good flow at work. I wonder how many do versus how many don't. Currently I imagine that not many places have a good development flow. Instead they have more of the wait, talk, wait, wait, wait, now develop really fast type flows. I was... Continue reading →

For efforts were I've seen Agile, a good close to true Agile Process in place, I've seen solid progress and generally good success. Everything else has generally been a complete failure. Schedules aren't met, money objectives are screwed up, projections are lost, quality is crap, and the list goes on. When I say Agile I... Continue reading →