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Programming Skills Every Non-Programmer Should Have
I recently came across Rahul Singh's Non-Programming Skills Every Programmer Should Have
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Artificial Intelligence
To Plan or Not to Plan (spoiler alert: We Do)
The importance of an creating an overarching technical plan at the beginning of a project is often debated. Based on past experience, it isn't always...
Artificial Intelligence
Project Management Chronicles: Being a Better Listener
Listening is one of those skills that many take for granted. It's one thing to listen to what is being said, and it's a much more involved exercise...
Artificial Intelligence
Web Agencies Need Code Review
Web design and development agencies are lacking in code review practices, and our collective clients are suffering as a result.
Business
How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Work From Home
So you want to work from home? Well, you have to convince me first. Ok. Maybe not me exactly, but I am a business owner and for years I successfully...
Artificial Intelligence
A Company Organization Chart You Can Believe In
As our company has grown, we've had to think about the way we can support a larger organizational structure. This meant creating things like a...
AWS
A beginner's guide to GIT BISECT - The process of elimination
The slowest, most tedious way of finding a bad git commit is something we've all done before. You checkout some old commit, make sure the broken code...
Business
Metal Toad Corporate Values
As Metal Toad grows, I've found that I have less time to be involved in the day-to-day delivery of code and customer interactions.
Business
PNW Drupal Summit Session: How to Recruit & Retain Top Talent
This session led by Glenn Hilton of ImageX Media focused on recruiting and retaining talent (particularly developers) and building an outstanding...
Artificial Intelligence
PNW Drupal Summit Session: Ask Better Questions to Create Loyal Clients
This session led by Lauren Bacon of Raised Eyebrow Web Studio covered how to ask the right questions to build stronger relationships with your...
Business
PNW Drupal Summit Session: Close More Deals
In this session, Anne Stefanyk from Drupal Connect went over effective strategies for finding new leads, pitching them, and successfully landing new...
Artificial Intelligence
Why HTML5 Makes Sense for Business
There's a lot of buzz from developers about HTML5, but what does it really mean to business? I look at in terms of...
Business
How to talk to your customers about Drupal Security updates
With the recent release of versions 7.2 and 6.22, a significant Drupal security flaw in 6.x has been identified and fixed. While I feel strongly this...
Artificial Intelligence
Drupal Service Providers: Get your Drupal Marketplace on
I recently received an email regarding the launch of the Drupal Marketplace (thanks Megan!), where you get yourself listed if you're a Drupal service...
Business
Mobile Traffic is Up
Mobile website traffic is up. While this is hardly news, as a small case study I'm posting findings from metaltoad.com (you can see the exact numbers...
Artificial Intelligence
What You Should Know About Facebook Places
Facebook Places Last August the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, announced a new Application called "Facebook Places" which aimed to accomplish...
Business
Top 10 Questions Being Asked About Social Media
After digging around on the internet I found this infographic which posed a series of unanswered q
Android
Google Hotpot Rates Portland 5/5
Google, the king of the internet, and Portland, OR, also known as Beervana; at first the two may seem unrelated, but at closer inspection it seems as...
Artificial Intelligence
2011 Knight News Challenge
If you haven't heard (or applied) be sure to check out the 2011 Knight News Challenge. It's an opportunity to pursue $5 million in funding for your...
Artificial Intelligence
We've just selected our volunteer project for 2011. What's yours?
Every year we try to give back to the community in a real and tangible way.
Artificial Intelligence
We may not always be the right fit... but we probably know someone!
It seems that I often hear the term "full service agency" used a lot in the advertising/design/marketing/development world.
Business
Shopping for a Web Developer is like Shopping for an Auto Mechanic
If you've been tasked with selecting a web developer, you may find the experience a lot like looking for an auto mechanic. Ultimately you want to get...
Business
The Value of 10% Time in Improving Your Life and Productivity
Convincing people that 10% time is valuable can sometimes be a chore but I'm probably one of the luckiest guys in the country because my bosses...
Business
How Drupal's cron is killing you in your sleep + a simple cache warmer
A lot of what's written about performance tuning for Drupal is focused on large sites, and benchmarking is often done by requesting the same page...
Artificial Intelligence
How to Create a New Facebook Network for Your Business
Facebook networks are one of the major ways that it allows people to connect to each other. Networks come in a few different types including: Regions...