February 2010
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The use of feature stories in agile software...
Jon Swope and I were recently discussing the appropriate use of feature stories in agile software development and reached the conclusion that we’re not convinced we have the best solution for back-end type tasks. To provide some background, our company makes use of Pivotal Tracker for agile development.  We track new features, bugs, and chores using the following rules: Feature: Any...
Feb 8th
November 2009
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Announcing ForFHA.com
As a first time home buyer I’ve recently experienced the roller coaster of surprise and challenge I imagine most first timers have encountered.  One of the major themes of this experience was finding real estate that would qualify for a loan.  As a naive first timer I expected to become pre-approved as a buyer and then purchase anything I could afford with the loan I received.  I was way...
Nov 4th
October 2009
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Google Light Maps
As a developer of several high traffic sites I am constantly interested in shaving time off both page load and render.   As I was reviewing the performance of our real estate search sites I noticed Google Maps took roughly 1.5 seconds to download and render in Firefox 3 with 20 marker points. The majority of our visitors arrive via Google searches that typically render search results in less than...
Oct 12th
July 2009
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RubyTrends.com : Hot topics in Ruby web...
Know what the hottest topic in Ruby is? Keeping track of emerging trends in web development can be challenging given all of the inputs available.  For those of you who use Ruby and/or Agile practices I recommend RubyTrends.com RubyTrends covers all the major categories: projects, books, screencasts, practices and products.  It’s easy to stay current on the latest trends thanks to...
Jul 8th
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Google Search Ranking with RankNStein.com
Are you a web developer or SEO professional who would like to easily determine where your site turns up in Google search results?  If so there’s a new tool that will make quick work of finding out in which position your site appears for selected keywords. RankNStein : www.ranknstein.com is a straighforward tool that allows you to type keywords you’d like to test along with your...
Jul 4th