All Tech, No Peeps, No Good

Just like the saying, “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy”, my advice is, all tech and no peeps make software projects fail.  Clearly stated, even with a staff that possesses all the technical skills to have, software projects are doomed to fail if we neglect to understand,... [More]

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Posted on September 6, 2008 16:41 by monico1028
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Categories: development | leadership | projectmanagement | webdev
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Lip-Smacking, Del.icio.us Improvements via IxD!

So, right off the bat, the new domain URL is also different!  Now, if one types, http://del.icio.us, one gets redirected to http://delicious.com.  Although I am used to the old URL, it was definitely a bit of a nuisance to remember (if I was on different computer or had my cach... [More]

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Posted on July 31, 2008 15:23 by monico1028
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Getting Real Not for Dummies

I am starting to subscribe to some of 37signals' philosophy on web application development--with caveats of course.  They published their thoughts into 91 essays organized into 16 chapters in a book titled, Getting Real.  My first concern, however, is that the philosophy will s... [More]

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Posted on July 22, 2008 20:10 by monico1028
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ASP.NET Page, Client-Side Slowness in IE 7

A Thorn on My Side The Problem in Brief I have an ASP.NET 2.0 page whose UI controls are significantly slow.  Please see snapshot below for visual.  Problem Details This is only in IE 7. Firefox 2 responds substantially faster. Albeit, a good solution would be to not us... [More]

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Posted on March 4, 2008 17:16 by monico1028
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