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Social Site Management Tools – Free and Low-Cost

Social networking is all the rage.  Unfortunately, all of those platforms that allow us to share our story can be hard to keep up with.  When you want to reach out to customers on more than one platform then it is time to look at these social site management tools. Social Site Management Most of the tools we discuss start with the ability to post content to multiple platforms.  While that is highly useful (and time-saving), it is just the beginning.  The more advanced tools offer the ability to track responses, view analytics reports, and even manage all your social networking from one location. The List There is a broad range of solutions that fall into this family of applications.  Thus,... Read more

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Posted on Patterns of Software Design

Software Design – The Bridge Pattern

The Bridge Pattern is commonly configured but often due to templates and generators rather than understanding the true intent.  Since it is more of a design than code implementation, it can be easily missed.  Nevertheless, it is one we often have available and should probably take advantage of more often. The Bridge Pattern Defined As always, we will start with the “Gang of Four” intent to set the stage for our discussion. “Decouple an abstraction from its implementation so that the two can vary independently.” This is simple and easy to see in code.  How often have you seen (for example) an interface and then a class that is the implementation of it?  I have worked on numerous Spring applications that follow this pattern... Read more

Posted on Google Cloud Tour

Using the Google Cloud SDK to Deploy Your Containers

Welcome to the 3rd and final part of our video on our Introduction to Google Cloud. In this final installment, we are going to continue on with our discussion on how to use the Google Cloud SDK tool to deploy your containers from a desktop to the cloud Kubernetes Engine. Using the Google Cloud SDK to Deploy Your Containers Google Cloud Desktop CLI SDK Building and versioning containers Deploying containers Other videos in Introduction to Google Cloud series: Understanding and using the Google Cloud Platform Google Cloud Counsel: Using the interface and platform to deploy containers Using the Google Cloud SDK to Deploy Your Containers Additional Resources you will need: Google Cloud Account Google Cloud SDK This series comes from our mentoring/mastermind classes.... Read more

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Posted on Become a Better Developer

Loving Your Job or a Workaholic?

I should reiterate before I go into this topic that I am not a doctor.  I also did not spend last night in a Holiday Inn Express.  The next few paragraphs are not an informed medical opinion.  Instead, they are my views on loving your work and being a workaholic.  There is a difference between these two attitudes.  It is one you need to understand in case you need some help. The Workaholic First, there is a distinct difference between doing something through addiction (you cannot live without it) as opposed to because you enjoy it.  This distinction is vital for your health and also for our goal of a dominating career.  In our case, if you work because you feel... Read more

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Posted on A Summary Of Amazon Services

AWS Customer Engagement Tools

You may think of Amazon web services as all technology-focused.  That is not the case.  There are plenty of offerings to help you run your business.  In this episode, we look at a perfect example of these business services via the AWS Customer Engagement Tools grouping.  There are only a few services in this group, but they are extremely powerful and useful. Simple Email Service This is different from WorkMail.  That service provides a server for managing your email accounts and directing email.  SES is a service that acts as a sender and receiver for your emails.  It is the purest form of handling email.  The CLI makes this a perfect tool for sending email to and from applications, maintaining mail lists,... Read more

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Software Ticketing Systems – Free and Low-Cost

Bug tracking and software ticketing systems are used in every shop I have ever worked with.  Some of these are decidedly low-tech solutions that are no more than a spreadsheet.  Some of these solutions can help you do far more than just track issues.  They can even help you raise the overall quality of your processes. Ticketing Systems Are Almost a Commodity Bug tracking and ticketing systems are ubiquitous.  A lot of companies have even built custom solutions for their internal use.  The problem space is that easy to address.  As mentioned before, even a spreadsheet can be sufficient for all of your bug tracking needs.  I know how easy it is to build these systems from personal experience.  Over the years, I... Read more