Actually, people love to work hard

One of the most infuriating tropes that I see repeated in media is executives (usually from boring old companies) insisting that their employees don’t want to...

A Bug Report is a Gift

Towards the end of last year, I got the delightful opportunity to talk to Scott Carey for the Priority Zero podcast from LeadDev. LeadDev is such a wonderfully...

Details of Execution

Sometimes if you do something very difficult, and you do it really well, the end result is that your achievement becomes completely invisible. I mentioned...

Bad Predictions for CompSci needs

Starting this fall, the College Board’s Advanced Placement exam for Computer Science will shift from its current focus on C++ to use Java as the programming...

So, let's say you're at

So, let’s say you’re at the top of your field. You might say you’re at the Apex. And, since you’re the best, you might want to instill in others in your...

For dorks only: a nearly

For dorks only: a nearly comprehensive list of the services that are installed by default in Windows 2000. (And, for the most part, in Windows XP as well.) Go...

Oldie but goodie: Executive Decision-Making

Oldie but goodie: Executive Decision-Making Tools .

in the tech business,

"…but in the tech business, sales is largely a function of management, because sales people don’t know enough about the product technically to sell it, and...

the cruel irony was,

"…and the cruel irony was, I was looking for a web-based project management app !"