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Video Monday | Robert C. Martin @ OOP2015 'Agility and Architecture'

It’s time for another Video Monday! Today I have a very good Keynote by Robert C. Martin at OOP 2015. Do agile methods abandon architecture for speed? Do they replace good design decisions with mindless testing?

Video Monday | AT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System

It’s time for another Video Monday. Today’s video is a bit of a throwback to an earlier time. It’s a video called “The UNIX Operating System” from the AT&T Archives.

DinnerLab Review - Columbus - July 22nd

This is my first review of DinnerLab but it is not the first DinnerLab event that I have attended. As of this post I have attended 4 of the 5 events that have been hosted here in Columbus, including the inaugural event.

Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

The above video is a short excerpt from a talk given by Dan Pink about his book Drive. It a thought provoking video. What does motivate people?

This Website is Secure and WWW Free

Good afternoon everyone, I wanted to bring up two technical issues about website hosting that I think are important. Yes I know blogging about blogging is a bit lame but I believe in these issues and wanted to share it with everyone.

Do FOSS Projects Need An End User TOS Too?

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the need for FOSS (Free Open Source Software) projects to have a CoC (Code of Conduct). A recent tweet I saw made me think about something CoCs are missing and inspired me to write this post.

Visual Studio 2015 Released

Good news everyone! Visual Studio 2015 has been released! Visual Studio includes many new features and updates, such as tools for Universal Windows app development, cross-platform mobile development for iOS, Android, and Windows, including Xamarin, Apache Cordova, Unity, and more.

My Workstation 2015

I’m a tech nerd and like most nerds, I like to show off my home workstation. My Surface & It’s Home Base Here are the specs and details of my home workstation:

My Developer Toolkit List 2015

There are many software tools that I use as part of my job as a developer. Below is a list of the majority of the tools that I find myself regularly turning to to help me do my work.

Introducing - Jekyll Blog Helper (JBH)

One of the things you quickly realize with a static website generator like Jekyll is that there is often no good tools to actually manage your content. Making a new blog post with Jekyll can be boiled down to 4 steps: