If you were to tick off a list of status symbols in US culture, you’d see stalwarts on there like cars, houses, jewelry and, these days, smart phones. But you’d probably want to make room for “job title” on that list. Don’t believe me? See how creative people get in advance of a 10 year…
Don’t hard code file paths in your application. If you have some log file that it’s writing to or some XML file that it’s reading, there’s a well established pattern for how to keep track of the paths of those files: an external configuration scheme. This might be a .config file or a settings.xml file…
There’s no doubt about it: I’m locked in a mortal standoff with verbosity, and I’m not winning. Every now and then I go meta with this and vow to make some smaller posts to keep the cadence at around 3 per week, and mostly I don’t. But I like to think that these travel sized…
There’s nothing quite like the pressure of assuming organizational leadership for the first time in a professional capacity. And, seriously, I mean in a professional capacity — I’m not talking about being voted captain of the freshman basketball team or student government something. Non-professional leadership scenarios are akin to poker games played at the kids’…
I’d like to wish all (American) readers here a Happy Thanksgiving. I’m probably not going to make a post for Friday and perhaps not Monday, so this will be it for a little while. I’m rarely home these days, so I’m going to take the opportunity of being here to relax and visit with family….
