Thoughts on Web Development
This post is definitely a departure from my usual style, but since many of us software geeks also happen to be fantasy geeks I thought I would share the recent news that Tor books has announced a new author for the Wheel of Time series of fantasy books. Ever since Robert Jordan’s passing last September, [...]
Themes in Graffiti are very easy to write or convert from existing themes or templates. The theme on this site is derived from based on the WuCoco theme for WordPress. I chose this theme because I liked the look of it and it was also very well organized into sections for the layout of the [...]
This is the download page for my Altair theme for Graffiti. Please download the theme here. It is licensed under the GPL (as was the Wucoco theme for WordPress from which it was derived) and you are free to modify it as you will as long as you reference both themes in the comments and [...]
As Rob announced, Telligent’s Graffiti product is now in public beta! Download the necessary bits here. I’ve been running Graffiti both internally and externally for a while now and I can attest to its excellent usability as it really makes it very simple to get content out there. Graffiti supports both Microsoft Access and SQL [...]
This post has been a long time coming, but I’ve joined the latest Telligenti Club and relaunched my blog on Telligent’s new Graffiti platform. Graffiti is our new site application for Content Made Simple. It is a very lightweight, easy to design and develop site application built from the ground up to address a different [...]
I am a software developer and consultant working for MedAssets in Dallas, TX My current specialization is focused on agile, domain driven design on the .NET platform. My technology interests include developing for the ASP.NET Platform as well as other web technologies such as Ruby on Rails. I am a follower of the Agile methodology [...]
Fred George, noted Agile Developer and thought leader, had a great post where he described his ideal ratios of developer skill levels when building an Agile development team. One of the foundations of his theory is that the number of Apprentice or Junior level developers should remain small on any given team. …bring on apprentices only [...]
I spoke with a friend the other day who came to the startling realization that they had become overpaid. Most people would define being overpaid as receiving a salary above the current market standard for your responsibilities and skill set. Taking a moniker from a company which shares an office in my building, I have decided [...]
One of the cornerstones of the Agile Manifesto is Responding to change over following a plan. Most of the time, we see this parable being applied to teams of software developers, but not always to the software itself. After a certain point, the software’s architecture becomes rigid and inflexible, and only allows for minute changes [...]
Rob Walling had an amazing post where he described his experiences and frustrations during his career when moving from senior software development roles into management roles. Much of Rob’s frustrations stemmed from losing the creative satisfaction one gets from writing code despite gaining the money, power, and respect generally associated with higher level management roles. This [...]
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