I spoke with the Umpqua Bank Web Development Team day before yesterday for an interview. It was fun talking to the crew over there and discussing what they've been working on. It sounds like a lot of things are afoot at the Umpqua. One of the things speaking with them has led me to do... Continue reading →

Ideas, efforts, capital, and more than everything else, the team. This is something I hear time and time again, and know so very well, but it seems some companies still lack that insight. To them the idea is the idea, the effort, or just the capital, the team is a second rank priority. Those companies... Continue reading →

So as I scan through various entries, of the gazillion I try to keep up with a few news tidbits and ideas jumped out at me. The first is the idea of getting the BlogHer Conference here in Portland, since it just lost the OSCON to… well I won’t even discuss were it is going.... Continue reading →

As usual, Jeremy Miller does a rocking job on describing what are generally high level, complex topics. I haven’t read the whole article yet, but definitely check out his recent on Cohesion & Coupling. Definitely good topics to understand, and worth thinking through as it helps software development in many ways, for you, for me,... Continue reading →

I added a graphic of the solution layout of the High Ball Application with some basic descriptions of the various sections. I do want to however reduce the number of projects inside the solution, but for now I’ve left it in the very separated out way I initially created the solution. My next idea is... Continue reading →