Jan 05 2015

What gold mining teaches us about building a successful business.

To the dismay of my wife, one of my favorite TV shows right now is Gold Rush, a reality show that features a hard-up group of men who decide to risk it all and head to the Yukon to mine…

Nick Kishfy

Business

Dec 03 2014

Why We Don't Do Work for Equity Deals

At MojoTech we're lucky to be able to work with big and soon-to-be-big companies to design and develop a broad range of digital products. Oftentimes, we're approached by soon-to-be big companies who have great ideas but need our technical know-how…

Nick Kishfy

BusinessMojoTech

Nov 13 2014

Micro Contracts and the Iron Triangle: Stopping Well in Agile/Lean Environments

Being responsible for envisioning and shaping the end user experience is one of the most rewarding responsibilities in building digital products. One of the hardest decisions a product manager will make is determining when something is "done." Determining when to “be…

MojoTech

Product ManagementDesign

Nov 05 2014

How Much Time Should an Engineer be Devoting to Feature Implementation?

From time to time friends and colleagues ask us for advice. Quite a few of them are directed at us because we’ve managed to build and grow a very successful team of software developers. We thought we’d share a response…

Nick Kishfy

Engineering

Oct 03 2014

The Recap: October 3, 2014

We post a lot of hyperlinks over on our MojoTech Twitter account each week. But we know it can be hard to keep up with all that knowledge. Each week we pick the best of what we've looked at and post…

Nick Kishfy

MojoTech

Aug 27 2014

How You Can Implement Living Documentation (Part 3 in a Series)

MojoTech Developer David Leal continues his series on Living Documentation. Be sure to check out The Why and The How. In my previous article, we discussed how we should write living documentation. In this article, we’ll explore how we can write…

MojoTech

Engineering

Aug 22 2014

The Recap: August 22, 2014

We post a lot of hyperlinks over on our MojoTech Twitter account each week. But we know it can be hard to keep up with all that knowledge. Each week we pick the best of what we've looked at and post…

Nick Kishfy

MojoTech

Aug 08 2014

Do You Need a Software Programmer or an Engineer?

A common theme I've noticed is how most people tend to lump all software developers into one category. That makes sense. From an outsider's perspective, writing code is a mysterious process: You've probably heard terms like Programmers, Software Engineers, Front-End…

Nick Kishfy

EngineeringBusiness

Jul 30 2014

How you should write living documentation

Last time, MojoTech Developer David Leal discussed some reasons that should help you to at least consider writing living documentation. (The Why.) In this article, he explores what makes good living documentation. (The How.) Update: Be sure to check out…

MojoTech

Engineering

Jul 28 2014

The Recap: July 28, 2014

We post a lot of hyperlinks over on our Twitter account each week. But we know it can be hard to keep up with all that knowledge. Each week we pick the best of what we've looked at and post it…

Nick Kishfy

MojoTech