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Personal Optimization • Apr 12, 2014

Long-Term Planning and Productivity with the Compact Calendar

Productivity has a foundation in planning. David Seah's Compact Calendar is a great tool for planning and visualizing projects that span multiple months.

Functional Programming • Apr 11, 2014

Writing Functional Python

How to use generators and the itertools module to write cleaner Python code with fewer side effects.

Choosing Your Team • Apr 08, 2014

Beyond Domain Experience – 3 Qualities of Great Software Teams

Great software team see know what the product is for, see all the possibilities, and know how to design a great experience for users.

News & Events • Apr 04, 2014

GLSEC 2014 Focuses on Craftsmanship & Teams – Register Today

The annual Great Lakes Software Excellence Conference (GLSEC) will be held at The Prince Center at Calvin College on May 5, 2014. Register today.

Technical Practices • Mar 31, 2014

Why Vagrant? – Preventing Deployment Issues from Day One with a Virtual Machine

Vagrant virtual machines help developers prevent deployment issues by allowing them to write code in production-like environments.

Developer Tools • Mar 29, 2014

Increasing Pivotal Tracker Usability with Shorter IDs

Shorter IDs makes it easier to find stories your Pivotal Tracker backlog, so I used Pivotal's REST API to create custom IDs.

Business Practices • Mar 27, 2014

Wanted: New Atoms

At Atomic, we measure technical ability not on what we need right now, but on the candidates' understanding of the tools they claim to know.

UX/Design Practices • Mar 24, 2014

4 Reasons Designers Should Be Coding

Many tools make it easy for designers to get by without coding, but you miss out on greater opportunities to connect with the medium of your end product.

Embedded Systems • Mar 19, 2014

Getting Started with MQTT

The MQTT protocol has lower overhead, suits devices that are suspended most of the time, and has support for reliable delivery built into its protocol.

UX/Design Tools • Mar 18, 2014

Painless Prototyping with InVision App

I use InVision because it lets me show the client a realistic version of what I want the user to experience.

Personal Optimization • Mar 15, 2014

The 4 Phases of Project and Culture Shock

The first days/weeks of a new project can buzz with excitement and anticipation. But the honeymoon phase doesn't last forever.

.NET / WPF • Mar 14, 2014

Ninject Tips: Some Binding Magic & Kernel Cleanup

How to make Ninject automatically bind certain types of classes, and how to make it fully reset the Kernel between tests.