Articles filed in category 'Software Business'

Mar/April 07 Carl Franklin .NET Rocks Column

So what the heck is Rod doing with Stewie and Brian Griffin (of Family Guy fame) you ask? Well, Rod is sharpening his axe.

Rod Paddock's Nov/Dec 2008 Editorial

Bloated Designs, Over-Architecting, and Refactoring

Although some of us write code for the pure joy of it, Dino invites us to think about mobility and the cloud to make apps reflect the world we live in.

Have you ever spent hours and hours trying to figure out one little bug? Stayed up all night trying to work out a sweet piece of code? Gotten totally lost in trying to see how some new developer technology works?

Everything you wanted to know about customers but were too busy coding to ask.Our last column covered negotiating a contract.Assuming you got the contract, it's now time for the analysis phase, part of which is requirements gathering.

Everything you wanted to know about customers but were too busy coding to ask.

Rod shares a bit of his knowledge over the last 20 years as an independent consultant/contractor.

November/December 06 .NET Rocks Carl Franklin

July august Carl Franklin .NET Rocks column

May June .NET Rocks Column by Carl Franklin

Jeffrey takes a look at the state of the industry and comes up with some interesting ways to measure efficiency and accuracy.

If your calendar has more meetings scheduled into it that time to work, you’ll appreciate Mike Yeager’s suggestions for making meetings more efficient.

Simplicity doesn’t mean more abstract: it means more basic and clear. Mike tells us how to manage projects without introducing unnecessary complexity.

Mar/April 08 MVP Article by Julia Lerman

Julia Lerman MVP Corner article for May/June 06

July/August 2007 MVP Corner

Most people who undergo bypass surgery-are back for another one in just a few years-unless they die first of course.

Time is money.And money is the root of all evil.So waste time. Right?

So you finally have a product to sell, and a site to sell it on. But wait; how do you prevent unauthorized users from downloading your products? Forms Authentication provides only part of the solution. In this article, I’ll show how to prevent specific users from accessing specific files on your site; even by browsing directly to them.

Do you ever feel like you’re beating your head against a wall? I know I do; quite often, in fact. It seems like developers spend half of their time bending technology to their purposes when the technology doesn’t really quite fit. Well, I’m actually thinking of one problem in particular right now, namely that of validation. Can you think of a more boring topic? There are few, but I think you can agree that it is an extremely important one in business software.

Rod Paddock Nov/Dec 2010 Editorial

Nov/Dec 2007 Editorial Column by Rod Paddock

Dino explains the business layer so that even a seven-year-old can understand.

An invaluable self-starter kit from Paul, who has gone through this himself. Paul breaks it down into categories and other useful information you should know.If you are considering making a jump from being an employee to being self-employed, the following article will help you make the transition.

Admittedly, I’m excited about the many new technologies coming out of Microsoft. So excited that I can’t even decide what to play with first! I wrote about this in a previous MVP Corner piece for CoDe Magazine.

Rod Paddock editorial Jan/Feb 2011