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Are You Creating Micromanagement Zombies?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 4 hours ago (http://www.codinghorror.com)
Category: development | Tags micromanagement, zombies, management, developers, projects,
"Do you manage other programmers, in any capacity? Then take Kathy Sierra's quiz: Do you pride yourself on being "on top of" the projects or your direct reports? Do you have a solid grasp of the read more »
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If You Are Really, Really Desperate For Cash, These Guys Will Give You $3kOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 5 days ago (http://www.techcrunch.com)
Category: development | Tags robin wauters, herman blackbook, developers, twitter, boxee, new platforms fund,
Robin Wauters writes "Consulting firm Herman Blackbook is launching a new micro-fund today for application developers who want to build stuff on top of 'Twitter, Boxee, AppNexus, Trulia, iPhone, an read more »
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Android-powered G1 phone is an enticing platform for app developersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 7 days ago (http://www.linux.com)
Category: software | Tags android, powered, g, phone, enticing, platform, app, developers, nathan willis,
Nathan Willis writes "The free and open source software community has been waiting for the G1 cell phone since it was first announced in July. Source code for Google's Android mobile platform has b read more »
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Facebook Developers Garage: UgandaOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 13 days ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: internet | Tags facebook, developers, garage, uganda, east africa, charlie cheever, api, , ,
"Facebook senior engineer Charlie Cheever flew to Kampala, Uganda, a couple of weekends ago to lead a Facebook Developers Garage and teach 100+ East African students how to take advantage of the gro read more »
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Suits Up, Geeks Down: The Latest Tech Hiring NumbersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 16 days ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: other | Tags it, hiring, economy, recession, finances, jobs, developers, , ,
"Hires of software developers and web designers slowed last week, while tech and new media company hires for Director level positions increased substantially over the six weeks prior..." read more »
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Sprint Gives Developers More Location InformationOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 21 days ago (http://feeds.informationweek.com)
Category: communications | Tags sprint, developers, location, wireless, applications, , , , ,
"The wireless carrier is opening up its platform so third-party developers can make their applications location-enabled." read more »
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Intel tools push parallelism to developersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 22 days ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: development | Tags intel, tools, parallelism, developers, processores, multicore, , , ,
"Intel said it is inviting programmers to develop programs that can take advantage of the parallel computing capabilities on its future multicore processors. By providing software tools, Intel wants read more »
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AmnesiaOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 28 days ago (http://www.joelonsoftware.com)
Category: development | Tags developers, time sheets, performance, metrics, , , , , ,
Joel Spolsky has some doubts about the efficacy of tracking developers via time sheets writing, "We have a theory, here, that this is a bad idea. Using timesheets as a performance metric can lead to read more »
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