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My FonWallet Story: Making It All Public
Update: April 26th, 2009. I’ve had a few brief conversations with Todd over telephone and IM, and have offered to cease pursuing both judgments and remove this post from this website provided a prompt, reasonable payment schedule for the personal judgement against Todd. He has committed to proposing me a payment settlement plan by the end of…
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Captain Preston McAwesome Lee
Right now, in an alternate quantum reality, I’m laughing my ass off…
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Handling Fuzzy Requirements
I had a great conversation with remi Taylor of OpenRain Software today on how to handle fuzzy requirements when the customer isn’t available. You’ve been there… you get an issue tracking ticket like “Add Foozle Support” only to find no explanation of what this means other than the issue title. The customer/decision maker decided to…
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10 Joys Of Small Business Ownership
Don’t fret about those woes! For on a daily basis… You are building something greater than the sum of its parts. You set the mission, vision and values. You define the right people, right roles, and right rules. You will push constantly to explore and learn to think outside your comfort zone. You will often…
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10 Woes Of Small Business Ownership
You work more than anyone else. You cannot take time off at leisure. You carry constant stress. You get paid less. You get paid last. You pay for other peoples taxes and benefits. You always deal with the “problem” cases, not the fun ones. You are asked for more-more-more, often by those who already have…
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The Financial State of Arizona
The Arizona Joint Legistlative Budget Committee (JLBC) released two documents yesterday quantifying the effects of U.S. economic fear, uncertainty and doubt as it applies to Arizona’s 2009 budget, and proposals for 2010. The big question on U.S. minds is, “How will all this affect my business?” By most accounts the answer is not positive. The…
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Offering Developers Startup Equity, A Dialog
I have this conversation about once a month, generally by a well-intentioned dreamer new to the software space who doesn’t understand why I can’t accept projects for equity. I may be exaggerating slightly, but it sure feels this way… 🙂 Preston: Hi Bill, nice to meet you. How can we help you develop your online venture?…
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The Truth About Integrating Rails In The Enterprise
Ruby on Rails is a great RAD framework. We use it all the time. But one place Rails loses its magic–while not the fault of the framework itself–is with external integrations to legacy systems. First of all, soap4r sucks. Everyone I’ve seen try to pick it up has gotten frustrated and angry at how awkward…
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Hiring For IT: What We’re Doing Wrong & How To Fix It
HR departments for many technology firms tend to be a bit backwards in the way they evaluate potential hires. Early in the process, an HR member or technical recruiter will typically contribute to the never ending stream of listings posted to the popular online job sites, and funnel the subsequent flood of applicants through a…
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