Productivity

During the past few years I've had the opportunity to work on a variety of coding projects, both professional and personal. And in that time

Have you ever found yourself driving down a new street in a different part of town than you are normally used to and you notice every single

The longer we do anything in life, the more bad habits we will inevitably accumulate. And the same holds true for programming. Sometimes we

The term burnout gets used way too liberally these days to imply any kind of dissatisfaction with your job.If you have an argument with your

If you are a programmer then you know that there are those moments when you need more focus to get a task completed. Maybe it involves too m

A programmer is many things. Particularly at a company. Not only do they build the software that other people rely on, but they also act lik

Having to keep track of your day to day work, habits, goals, achievements and misses can feel like a full-time job much of the time. And that's why most people just don't bother to do it at all and live life hoping that it just works out in the end. Or they keep a notepad on their desk and randomly doodle important notes when they remember to do so.

We've all been at the barrel end of that dreaded word we call a deadline. Many of us first encountered it during our school days. "This ass

If you know me, you know that I'm not a fan of the standard 8 hour workday. And alot of that has to do with my outside of work activities,

Most jobs nowadays, still require you to get up early and get ready and to then spend a percentage of your life sitting inside of a vehicle

So you finished that big project for a client and now you and your team are reveling in that feeling of completion. There were ups and down

If you look at the top 10 healthiest jobs in the world, being a software developer won't be in the top 100. For obvious reasons. Mainly, th

Like many office workers, I had a long history of being a paper weight for office chairs. And I've tried all the chairs in life, believe me

One of the toughest things to battle once you reach a certain level of programming knowledge is the influx of ideas that will flow into you

I have a stuffed doll that talks when you put pressure on his chest. He says a number of things in a sequential order. And as I cleaned up

Just recently I re-read Steal Like An Artist, a fantastic book on the art of stealing ideas and being creative. And how the two concepts ar

No matter what stage your company is in, having a set of agreed upon standards is key to a maintainable code base and an organized eco-syst

It's hard to picture a coffee shop these days that doesn't offer WiFi to its customers with the purchase of a drink. It's become common pra

Programmer burnout is a common occurrence in this day and age. And probably back in the day too. It's hard to imagine that people like Alan

Every individual has their own method for getting things done in their life. Whether it's through some online to do list application or thr

For the past week, I've gone ahead and actively and almost religiously lived through the Pomodoro time-management Technique. And this m

Today I'm going to discuss a popular topic that comes up in conversation enough that it warrants a bit more information. And that is how to