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📅 May 2, 2018

Evaluating Vendors and Selecting Solutions – More Than an RFP

Even the lowliest of developers will come to a point where they are asked to look into a potential decision. Their role may only be as an advisor. However, evaluating vendors to some extent falls into our lap as a…

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📅 April 30, 2018

Logging Your Work – Best Practices in Learning From Mistakes and Reproducing Success

There are a broad range of reasons for logging or tacking the work we do. In technology work, we have such a varied bunch of tasks we perform that this becomes a crucial habit for avoiding re-inventing the wheel. At a…

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📅 April 27, 2018

Thinking Big – When The End Overwhelms The Means

Hope is a critical factor in a happy life and, in my opinion, that includes thinking big. The challenge is in remembering that any goal we set is a journey, not a “beam me up, Scotty” teleportation to that end. …

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📅 April 25, 2018

Recording Users and Heat Maps

One of the most influential ways to improve your site is through recording users. When I say record, this is not just noting where they clicked. This is a recording that allows you to see the site as they do…

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📅 April 23, 2018

Databases Overview – Laying The Groundwork

In this episode, we continue the series of overview discussions. This time around we will cover a databases overview. We looked at SDLC in the prior installment of this series and will discuss databases in a two-parter. This first part…

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📅 April 20, 2018

Free Advice and Paid Advice – What Are You Paying For?

It is not uncommon to hear some give you free advice and follow up by saying you get what you pay for. Sometimes that is true. Unfortunately, bad advice can cost a lot if you follow it. On the other…

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