Today at TechMasters Jeff Urban did a great talk that addressed the soft skills a technology professional needs. As someone who has delivered many of these types of interviews for various positions and companies I could relate to what he offered and thought I’d add some observations of my own. Whether...

This week in Minneapolis the 6th annual Minnesota Developer Conference (MDC11) was held in Bloomington and it brought with it a record crowd of 500+ attendees. The event was broken into 7 tracks with 4 sessions each along with a keynote. I am also involved in setting up and running a “ Rock Paper Azure...

Sometimes a little levity is all we need. I can't claim credit, but I'll play it back here. As read at the Tuesday morning meeting by Paul Scivetti...author unknown...Happy Holidays! Twas the night before implementation and all thru the house   not a system was working, not even the mouse. The programmers...

I’m excited to announce that based on feedback and response to people I’ve talked with and the previous emails I’ve sent out that we have scheduled the first “Charter” meeting of “ TechMasters - Twin Cities ”! This meeting will be held at New Horizon’s...

You may have head that I've been sounding out people in the Minneapolis area lately on the idea of starting a group to help people learn the art of technical speaking. The idea is to build on the educational program of Toastmasters to give members the opportunity to practice and improve their skills...