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20 Tips for Development Managers

Jul 6 2009

Managing a team of web or software developers is no easy task. On a daily basis you are dealing with a unique set of personalities, interpretting and translating for the rest of the company, delivering product that by its nature will not be perfect, overcoming unproven and untested technologies, and usually working on multiple projects simultaneously that are under-scoped, mis-represented in requirements, and overdue. Here are my top 10 tips for creating a cohesive, productive, happy and efficient team and overcoming most frequent challenges.

Top 5 Literal Version Videos

Jul 6 2009

The best of the fad started by Dust Films and perfected by DASjr Productions.

Maestro: the roots and soul of House Music

Jul 6 2009

A must-see documentary for all fans of house music, going back to the roots of NY House with Paradise Garage, Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles and the like!

Drupal Resources: From Beginner to Pro

Jul 2 2009

Whether you are completely unfamiliar with Drupal, just getting started, or a pro theme/module developer, this collection of resources is the best you'll find on the web for Drupal help, guidance, and code.

Professional Drupal Toolbox: Essential Modules & Themes

Jul 2 2009

Drupal is a very powerful, flexible, and widely popular Content Management System. Once you start using it regularly it's extremely likable and you may never want to use anything else. One important feature that makes Drupal so widely popular is that the development community is large, extremely active, and has built a very strong library of third-party plugin modules and themes that are consistently well-mantained, usually pretty easy to use and well documented, and there is lttle overlap in functionality.

Professional Information Architecture & Design for Drupal

Jul 1 2009

Working with information architects and designers on Drupal CMS sites I’ve found they canhave a difficult time creating solutions that work for the development team implementing a Drupal CMS solution. Drupal-driven web sites absolutely need to be architected and designed from within the development parameters that Drupal allows, which tend to be more architecturally complex and more constraining from a graphic design perspective than normal. I hope the following tips are useful for IA’s, designers and developers alike.

10 Funny Photo Blogs

Apr 29 2009

10. Look at this F***ing Hipster
http://www.lookatthisfuckinghipster.tumblr.com

9. Hot Chicks with Douchebags
http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/

Chris Cunningham Gucci Ad

Apr 16 2009

Nice work:

 

 

Why didn't Cunningham just use Rubber Johnny for Gucci?

 

A Plea for the Dumb: Burton's Story, Part II

Apr 15 2009

Continued from Part I….

Burton was euthanized at the Boulder Valley Humane Society on Good Friday, April 10 2009. All the love in his heart and training in his head couldn’t overcome the protective instinct instilled in him by those who abused him as a puppy, which combined with his age and size, made him “unadoptable”. I know he is happy and running through fields in heaven, uninhibited by the behaviors and result of abuse that made life on earth difficult for him.  

A Plea for the Dumb: Burton's Story, Part I

Apr 15 2009

This is Burton’s story.