Leading the day is an interesting look at the problems at GitHub as reported bu Business Insider. Much like any company trying to grow their revenue from a small company, they start to have an identity crisis and some of the early employees depart. Overall, it is not surprising but I am curious to see… Read More Geek Reading February 8, 2016 #1037
Google leads the day with their post about working towards a more accessible world. On The Macro, they talk about a different idea on how to split equity among co-founders. The basic idea is to split it equally because once the business really starts (launch or outside funding), nothing else really matters. On DZone, we… Read More Geek Reading December 4, 2015
Today we have a good mix of articles. First, we have an interesting bit of social engineering from Graham Cluley and how to get access to an email account based on someone’s mobile number. Next, Pat Kua talks about the role of the tech lead and their circles of responsibility. Lastly, there are three cool… Read More Geek Reading June 22, 2015
Today we focus on some development. First, Dave Winer at Scripting News talks about a bug being “reproducible”. For any software developer that needs to support a product, this can feel like the holy grail some days. The Breakfast Post shows us what 4 different flavors of ML look like when compared to Python. In… Read More Geek Reading May 1, 2015
Lots of good articles over the weekend. First, Microsoft casually mentions that an open source Windows is “definitely possible”, and it was not an April Fool’s joke. This is definitely a different Microsoft. Coding Horror talks about how all bugs are shallow, if you throw enough money at it. It is a very good read,… Read More Geek Reading April 6, 2015
Traditional requirements gathering tends to focus on the data inputs, business requirements and data outputs. Obviously, in order to have a system that functions correctly and reliably, these needs must be met. However, in traditional software development, the user interface is typically thought to be something that we can change as we learn about the… Read More Design From The User Perspective
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