Is what customers rave about. Is what your developers are proud of. Is what your Sales Team shows first to prospective customers. Is what your Leadership team talks about first at any presentation. Is what drives your organization. Is the foundation of your business. So when it ships, the expectations from your users will always be that this is the most solid, well-thought out, cleanly designed...
If you are looking to go to the cloud. I mean really go to the cloud, not simply hosting a bunch of VMs in the cloud. Make a small change today to get there. Start deploying test services in the cloud. Don’t deploy anything that requires a local database. Don’t create local virtual machines to work on projects. Start using GIT or TFS Online (or both). Transition from local...
At least once in your life. Prepare for it with warm clothing, get a tent, figure out what you’re going to eat (I recommend maximum prep and limited cook time – simple is good), bring a friend (and plenty of fire wood along for the ride). Don’t check the weather in advance. It will be cold. It might be wet. It will be cold. Possibly very windy. And a sled, make sure you have a...
How many times have you wanted to have the quick, immediate answer to a question in your head? The quick snappy comeback that people walk away thinking – “okay, I see how this is”. We don’t always have it, we can’t always have it. But if you don’t have it, you could shoot back with one that will make people pause and waiting to hear more. “I have a...
Everyone wants to work remotely. Everyone thinks it’s a great idea to have people work remotely. But at the first sign of trouble or discord – first item on the list to get blamed – is working remotely. The big problem with remote work today is it sounds really, really cool – working from the local java shop, watching my kids do sports while hammering out some emails...