I just finished Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda, a former Apple developer on the original Safari for macOS and iPhone projects. If you create products of any kind for anyone (including yourself), you should read this book. Kocienda provides a rare glimpse into the...
MSHub == FOSS Love?
It looks like the Octocat is out of the bag. Microsoft is acquiring Github for what one can only imagine is a few Brinks trucks of cash. There’s been quite a lot of response in the Linux and free software community already on this. One of Github’s primary rivals...
Unplugging From The Grid
As a developer it's easy to get sucked into the Grid. By that I mean to spend way too much working on programming and software engineering and losing balance in life. There's of course nothing wrong with liking to work on side projects on the weekend or contribute to...
A Farewell to ‘App Developers’
I have had the great privilege of really coming to age at just the right time to be able to get into the ground floor of the mobile app development wave starting in 2008. In fact, to my knowledge, I opened one of the first three purely mobile app development firms in...
Business Innovations: Fast Pass
As I sit in the flight back from my family vacation to Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida, I find myself in awe of what I can only describe as the most ingenious business innovation since the independent subcontractor - the Fast Pass. If you haven't been to WDW...
I Can’t Hire For Sales!
Sales solves everything is an old expression I've heard since I was a kid and I have to say that I fundamentally agree with it. You really can bail yourself out of myriad business problems by simply selling more and therefore increasing top-line revenue. Like many...
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