By Ryan Peterson

The proliferation of copying machines sounded the death knell for the purpley scented handouts and exams still smudgy from their birth on a mimeograph. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, Google “mimeograph.”[...]

By David Wierbiki

Mindset of the Two Groups

Developers and designers have two distinct goal sets in software development. The developer is concerned with databases, platform code and meeting the business requirements[...]

Great things can be achieved with the judicious placement of a fulcrum. When properly utilized, a fulcrum allows massive objects to be effortlessly moved. This principle is what makes commercial fire doors so effective.[...]

By Christian Goetzman

Making a site SEO friendly is all about quality content and keyword research. Writing content around your targeted keywords, not just weaving keywords in, and then building high ranking links to[...]

Don't get stuck.

For all open-source CMS platforms or portals, there may be some preferred ways of doing things. Some libraries and methods may even be "invented" by the developers of these platforms in attempt to[...]

Finding, hiring and retaining top talent in any industry can be tough. In the information technology industry this is especially true. The finding and hiring parts of this trio are where many companies focus 100% of[...]

By Christian Goetzman

SIMPLIFYING PORTLETS

As a consultant asked to maintain and expand portal applications, one of the problems I run across is "portlet bloat." That is, a single portlet solves all the problems of an application on its own[...]

During the fourth quarter of 2012, Robert Half released their annual salary guide, which I’m sure had many tech professionals smiling all the way through their morning stand up meetings. While tech salaries are already[...]