If you’ve been in development for any length of time, you’ve probably come across a project or a company that doesn’t take the time to incorporate comments into its code. The argument is often made that “our code is self-documenting” and that commenting is just a waste of time, especially if you write clear, clean [...]

I’m a big believer in giving credit where credit is due. There are a number of people who have influenced my experience as a programmer, and I want to take time on this Friday to talk about and thank each one of them individually. Oh, and they’re all on Twitter in case you want to [...]

A discussion recently took place between myself and a few others regarding what constitutes effective marketing, and how technical people can sell their technical wares. The measure of good marketing, of course, is not hard to identify: it’s how effectively your marketing translates into sales. However, there’s a large gap in many people’s understandings of [...]