Practices and Tools that Make for a Good Project
What makes for a good software project, from an engineering standpoint? There are projects that are a joy to work on, and others that are a drag. The industry has accumulated enough wisdom to be able to name a few practices that can help us keep our
Jeff Cole#GrowMojo
Celebrating 5 years of MojoTech in Boulder This November marks the 5th anniversary of MojoTech in Boulder. We recently celebrated the grand opening of our newest office space on 15th street with an open house and ribbon cutting during Boulder
Kate MooreOpening Day
Aerial view of a baseball stadium Introduction Since one of its earliest releases, I have been a rabid fan of an indie computer game called Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP). OOTP is a video game that allows a player to manage his favorite baseball
Joe DelCioppio10 Critical Steps To Accelerate Digital Transformation In Your Company
Implementing Digital Transformation In Your Business It’s one thing to recognize the importance of DT, but making it a reality in your business is a different animal altogether. It’s the difference between talking about running a marathon and
Mike DavisProduct Over Process: Do Your Own Thing and Build Better Software
I used to be a product manager at a company that will remain nameless. Here’s how projects worked: First I would put together a project request form that contained a lengthy requirements section. After the engineering team approved this project
Steve TiszenkelBuild a simple in-memory cache in Node.js
I created a Node JS project recently that required fetching some data from an external API. A colleague suggested that I cache the API call response. I thought this suggestion was a good idea since the data did not change very often and the app ran
Timothy BarmannGoal Setting For Product Managers
Setting goals In order to accomplish anything important, you need to set multiple goals. Your goals need to be both in the big and in the small. The small goals that you set every day will help you hit the larger ones in the end. It’s often
Nick KishfyHow To Learn Calligraphy (for beginners)
Calligraphy Design How to learn calligraphy efficiently. In our fast-moving world, it’s easy to overlook the amount of effort and time necessary to achieve true mastery of a skill. We millennials are obsessed with instant gratification. We often
Ivan ManolovDigital Transformation: Everything You Need To Know
Digital Transformation (DT) is a hot topic these days. It might be in the running for buzzword of the year, along with blockchain, disruptive, and cloud-native. And yet, it’s a buzzword that businesses are taking very seriously. As IDG noted in
Nick KishfyThe Real Value of Cucumber
In the article, Why I Recommend Against Using Cucumber, the author Jason Swett, stipulates some problems with how he sees Cucumber being used incorrectly, and that even if used correctly, he posits that Cucumber has a “small negative value.” While
Mike McDermott