“Tools in the Toolbox” is a series of posts on development and design tools I use on a daily basis.
You use source control, right?
Good, I’m not going into the benefits of using source control, it should be a no brainer in this day in age.
No, you don’t use a system to back up every revision [...]
Tools in the Toolbox – Source Control
Tools in the Toolbox – Test Driven Development
Tools in the Toolbox is a series of posts on development and design tools I use on a daily basis.
I am a huge fan of Test Driven Development (TDD). See my series I wrote for the Viewpoint Systems eNewsletter centering around TDD and LabVIEW:
Part 1
http://www.viewpointusa.com/newsletter/2008_november/newsletter_2008_nov2.php
Part 2
http://www.viewpointusa.com/newsletter/2009_january/newsletter_2009_jan2.php
Part 3
http://www.viewpointusa.com/newsletter/2009_february/newsletter_2009_febtdd.php
Part 4
http://www.viewpointusa.com/newsletter/2009%20March/newsletter_2009_Mar.php
Although I’ve written the most about my LabVIEW [...]
My Bookshelf – Rigged
I’ve finished reading my Dilbert book and have kept my next book firmly planted in the ‘fun summer read’ category. Although I’m just starting Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai by Ben Mezrich, I can already tell it is excatly what [...]
Seth Godin Marketing for Makers
I found this video the other day in my travels along the interwebs and wanted to share with the class. For me, this was one of those videos I’m going to have to watch a few times to fully appreciate it. Seth says he is going to move fast through his material when he starts, [...]
Updated My Bookshelf
I’ve just finished Stumbling on Happiness and have moved on to Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey Gods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More by Scott Adams the creator of Dilbert.
I loved Stumbling on Happiness and thought about writing a full [...]
How Would You Motivate Howard Stern?
Disclosure #1: I am a rabid Howard Stern fan.
Disclosure #2: I actually own stock in SiriusXM at the time of this writing.
Wise Ass Remark #1: I should have really held off on buying the new iPhone last week, I could have completed my hostile takeover of the company.
::As of this writing the stock is trading [...]
The Zappos Way
I’ve done it.
I’ve bought shoes online.
And I liked it.
First, let me be clear, I own roughly five pairs of shoes; I am not a shoe aficionado. I have my sneakers, running shoes, brown shoes, black shoes, and my motorcycle boots…hardly a collection to make Imelda Marcos jealous.
However what I was missing was a pair of [...]
Understanding the Wheel
I hate reinventing the wheel.
The phrase ‘reinventing the wheel’ is tossed around in software development, as it likely is in other professions, to signify you are probably doing something someone else has already done. Moreover, others who have solved your problem have hopefully had a chance to iterate on the solution several times to find [...]
Your Baby is Ugly
I’m not kidding, you have one ugly baby.
Its not your fault…well probably not your fault.
Did you drop him a lot in the first few weeks you brought him home?
No?
Hmm….
I’ve never personally had this conversation with anyone,
::Two points
Yes, I’ve seen this done on Seinfeld…if you haven’t watched Seinfeld go grab a copy of the complete series. [...]
Management Books are Bunk
This article was kicked up last week on Hacker News, http://news.ycombinator.com, and I thought I would share it here with the group.
The Management Myth by Matthew Stewart:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200606/stewart-business
This is a long article…long even by my standards. Set aside some time and curl up with your laptop and a frosty mug of your favorite beverage.
For those of you [...]