Writing Code In Fly-over Country
As our clients know, I’ve been writing a lot about strategies for recruiting and retaining developers, and building shop cultures where they…
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The End Of Flash
This morning, Adobe announced that it will end support for the Flash Player at the end of 2020. Over the past 20 years, digital…
July 24, 2017
Build 2016 – Day 2: Walking out of the wilderness
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." – Lao Tzu Today’s Build keynote felt a bit like the final steps of…
March 31, 2016
Build 2016 – Day 1: Windows without windows
The big number at this year’s Build: 270 Million. That’s the number of copies of Windows 10 that consumers and enterprises have purchased or upgraded…
March 30, 2016
Xamarin Acquisition Amplifies Microsoft’s Comprehensive Mobile Development Strategy
Today Microsoft announced that it is acquiring Xamarin. Terms were not disclosed. Our lead mobile app dev analyst Mike Facemire was on a plane…
February 24, 2016
Do Developers Need a Hippocratic Oath?
"I will utterly reject harm and mischief." These words, taken from…
October 2, 2015
Consumer Engagement Is Shifting Toward Micro Moments
Happy iPhone 6 day. If you're reading this you're proabably not standing in line hoping to get your hands on Apple's latest devices. My colleague Mike…
September 19, 2014
Make Hackathons a Win-Win
Occasionally I like to yield my "bully pulpit" to folks on our team that I collaborate with on joint research projects – and today is…
December 5, 2013
Mobile Platform Priorities Show Divided Developer Loyalties
Ok, confession time: Those who know me well know my upbringing holds a deep dark secret. Yes, I was born in West Virginia, and grew…
September 24, 2013
Forget IaaS vs. PaaS: Devs Adopting Cloud Services Now
I get a lot of questions about the best way for developers to move to the cloud. That’s a good thing, because trying to…