People who have programmed with me or have seen my open-source work on GitHub know that I put a lot of effort in my coding style. I indeed consider programming a creative act, which necessarily involv

In January of 2008 some friends and I launched PackRat, an early social game on Facebook. Eight months later, in August, we gave PackRat a cash-backed virtual currency. By December we were turning ove

As an application matures, classes begin to take on more and more responsibilities. Eventually a class’s main responsibility starts to become obscured. You can prevent overwhelming your classes by int

J anet Lynn Parker is a middle-aged elementary school art teacher from Arkansas. She graduated in 1991 from Arkansas State University with a degree in art education and $25,000 in student loan debt. U

January 2, 2013 “DCI” in Ruby is completely broken Rubyists are people who generally value elegance over performance. “CPU time is cheaper than developer time!” is a mantra Rubyists have repeated for

The United States Army is developing a weapon that can reach -- and destroy -- any location on Earth within an hour. At the same time, power lines held up by wooden poles dangle over the streets of Br

Jennifer Dziura writes life coaching advice weekly here on TheGloss, and career coaching advice Fridays on TheGrindstone. On the night of the election, I was alone in my apartment, refreshing CNN.com. The electoral tally went above 270. I refreshed again! Finally, the headline! I wanted to share…

A new initiative is re-energising the Occupy movement. Called the Rolling Jubilee , it is a plan to use money from donations to buy distressed consumer debt from lenders at a marked down price, just a

Damon Krukowski of Galaxie 500 and Damon & Naomi breaks down the meager royalties currently being paid out to bands by streaming services and explains what the music business' headlong quest for capital means for artists today. I'm sure each generation of musicians feels they've lived through a time…

Assaf Arkin: Gamification And UX: Where Users Win Or Lose http://t.co/cqxfQSkb pretty good write up of where/when gamification is appropriate

Introducing Our New Career Grid 21 Jan 2020 Craftsmanship Career As our organization has grown and evolved, we realized that our job descriptions had lagged behind our progress. They no longer aligned with the reality...more. Axes of Quality Colin Jones 14 Jan 2020 Coding Quality I’ve thought for…

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