Tag: SOFTWAREDEVELOPMENT

If you happen to follow Mac indie software development, you've probably heard of Craig Hockenberry, the developer behind Twitterrific. Hockenberry is known for an online persona he sometimes takes on Twitter, where he types in all capitals. This persona is sometimes known as the CHOCKLOCK, and has resulted in people that are "in the know" referring to CapsLock as CHOCKLOCK. All of that is ...

Developer Andres Taylor drops some serious science with "Top ten things ten years of professional software development has taught me." There are some real gems on this list, and if you're a developer it's a must read. Among our favorites, "Learn to Say No" --something every developer should learn before they burn themselves out -- Also, "If everything is equally important, then nothing is ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/programming/Dev_Chair_Getting_the_most_out_of_version_control'; So you've picked a version control system and successfully installed/configured it. Now it's time to figure out how to get the most out of all this newfound power. The What What kind of files would you want to put under version control? Anything and everything! Seriously, everything that you work on ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/programming/Is_your_first_job_more_exciting_than_your_current_one'; As the senior manager of the software development team, part of my duty is to interview job candidates. One thing that jumped out to me a while ago as I was going through a resume is that a lot of candidates have more interesting jobs at the beginning of their career than their latest employment. My ...

My wife (and the rest of my family in fact) has never comprehended what I do as a software developer. Throughout all the years we have been together she has seen me sat in front of the computer and typed code into the screen for hours on end. But still she does not know how ideas in my head are transformed into a software application like one that she uses everyday. She thinks it is all voodoo ...