Guy Kawasaki is a venture capitalist and one of the greatest public speakers in our industry. From his experience as a venture capitalist Guy’s written a very interesting post advising young entrepreneurs on how best to start their software company. ...

As a consultant part of my job is to provide guidance to our customers on the best way to use our technology, namely in terms of application development practices. Over time, you start to better understand the type of customer you’re working with, what...

The Patterns & Practices team is finally going to update their fantastic Application Architecture Guide . Since it’s release in 2002 this guide has been a favorite of mine. It’s somewhat dated but it contains sound design principles that stand the test...

Many of us in the field have come across heterogeneous source control environments within the same organization. Some organizations, having multiple source control systems, wish to have some way of synchronizing TFS with their other systems. I've seen...

Dr. Laurie Williams has been a long-time researcher on Agile methods and their impact on software engineering. She and her students have published a number of very interesting papers on varied subjects, particularly on the economics of agile practices...

I have always been fascinated by building design and architecture. My brother is an architect and we have long talks on the subject, where we discuss not only the works of particular architects or artists, but the nature and profession of building design...