Today, I’m going to try to tie various strands of my life together into one lanyard of efficiency. I haven’t done a reader question for a while, so I’ll change that today. In this post, I’ll offer a terminology nod to dead seas, a now-defunct term that became one of my favorites. The best context…
A couple of months ago, I mentioned that I’d be featuring more cross posts so that I could concentrate on my book. I’ve lived up to that, mixing in the occasional answer to a reader question with posts I’ve written for other sites. I haven’t queued up a good old fashioned rant in a while,…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the NDepend blog. You can check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, take a look around and give NDepend a try. I write for a number of different outfits and earn my living consulting around software and IT. Because of the intersection of…
Tonight marked the vice-presidential debate and the start of the baseball playoffs. With two spectator sports on television, I thought I’d draw some inspiration and answer a reader question about office politics. This question came to me from a reader whose problem tracks back (in my opinion) to need for a better job title. And it…
Editorial Note: I originally wrote this post for the SmartBear blog. Check out the original here, at their site. While you’re there, take a look around at the pieces written by other authors as well. A certain ideal of rugged individualism has always permeated programmer culture, at least in some circles. It’s easy enough for…
