Al Noel Some “Laws” of Software Development Despite all the advances in software tools, there seem to be several enduring truths about software development. By understaning these... 17 May 2013 5 min read
Dwain Camps How to Avoid Software Projects Failing Although it is necessary to deliver a software project on budget, to schedule, to the right quality, it isn't, by... 02 May 2013 14 min read
Phil Factor PowerPoint Presentation Burnout Phil's dread of Powerpoint sales presentations is already known to his readers, but we've never before heard the story of... 16 April 2013 9 min read
Phil Factor The Art of the One-Pager In which Phil finds himself in a place of work where, despite his penchant for insulting or upsetting senior managers,... 02 April 2013 11 min read
Phil Factor Project Mismanager In IT, it is difficult to measure individual productivity, and it is particularly difficult to determine whether a project manager... 07 March 2013 10 min read
Michael Williamson Phil Wise Bureaucracy-Free Software Development Could it be that, if you adopt Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment, then much of the bureaucracy... 27 February 2013 14 min read
Kat Hicks Interviewing Tips for a Database Position Interviewing for a database position is a careful game of give and take. Knowing what to expect and how to... 22 January 2013 15 min read
James Moore The Benefits of Regular Deployment When developing software, it makes sense to 'fail early, fail often'; to become aware of mistakes quickly and to learn... 13 December 2012 14 min read
Richard Morris Bill Baker: Geek of the Week Bill Baker had a considerable influence on the way that SQL Server evolved to deliver reporting services and business intelligence.... 04 December 2012 8 min read
Richard Morris Jeffrey Snover: Geek of the Week PowerShell has radically improved the ease of monitoring and adminstering Windows-based servers, and automating routine processes. The visionary leader of... 23 October 2012 10 min read
Richard Morris Alex Payne: Big in the IT Business Alex Payne worked on developing Twitter for three years. When he started, it was a small side-project: When he left,... 15 October 2012 11 min read
Richard Morris Bertrand Meyer: Geek of the Week Bertrand Meyer, the author of 'Object-oriented Software Construction', renowned teacher, and designer of the Eiffel programming language, believes in simple... 17 September 2012 13 min read
Richard Morris Meredith Ryan: DBA of the Day Meredith Ryan - DBA at the Bell Group -was elected by judges and the SQL Server community as the Exceptional... 14 September 2012 12 min read
Buck Woody The Value of Professional Associations If you're a technical professional, it is a good idea to belong to a professional association. There are several to... 31 August 2012 12 min read
Jeremy Jarrell Looking Back; or How to Improve Your Team with Retrospectives Instead of waiting until the end of a project to ask 'what worked and what didn't, why not use regular... 23 August 2012 11 min read
Opinion Pieces Buck Woody in Opinion Pieces Learn Where You Are In order to make progress in your career in IT, you need to actively plan your professional development rather then... 03 August 2012 10 min read
Richard Morris Geek of the Week: Niklaus Wirth When looking for a suitable Geek of the Week, we wondered whether a suitable candidate might be the man who... 26 July 2012 9 min read
Richard Morris Ron Gruner: Geek of the Week Ron Gruner helped to crate some of the best of Data General's Minicomputers, and then co-founded Alliant, producer of the... 25 July 2012 12 min read
Richard Morris Kohsuke Kawaguchi: Geek of the Week Jenkins, formerly called Hudson, is an open-source server-based Continuous Integration tool that works with all the major Source Control Management... 17 July 2012 11 min read
Richard Morris James Hong: Big in the IT Business James Hong was one of a generation of entrepreneurs who fell into the role almost accidentally by creating an application... 28 June 2012 11 min read
