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Want Amazing Products? Build an Amazing Culture

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Back at my second real IT job, we did not have what some would call today “true” agile practices.    I say that because we did a great deal of up-front design work, requirements gathering, and signoffs.  Those are all things that most “agile” shops I’ve worked with avoid like the plague. Somehow though, at that job, we seemed … Read more

Authoring Code and Why I Do It

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Authoring code?  What kinda title is that Mr. Horton? Yep, all of us who write code … we’re all authors.  But perhaps that’s another post entirely. Today I wanted to jot down why I do this crazy little thing called code as well as how I got my start. Well, first this man and woman … Read more

Make Anything, Except Excuses

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If you’re a developer reading this blog, you likely have an idea (or a dozen) for something you can create, using your skills, that could be an extra source of income for you.  Maybe you even dream of replacing or exceeding your current income entirely. Now as soon as you read that, if you’re like I … Read more

Get your free HTML5 exam voucher

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I’m looking at this free course right now and so far, I’m digging what I’m seeing.  Check out the details below in case you’re interested in picking up some HTML5.   Get ahead of your competition: Earn your MCSD certifications and start developing Windows 8 web and Windows store apps. We’ll get you started with … Read more

The Simpleton Pattern

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Simpleton UniversityNo, you read that correctly.  Simpleton, not Singleton is the subject of choice today.  Recently a fellow developer was looking over some code that I had written.

He commented on it by saying, “Rob I just love looking at your code.  It’s simple, easy to read, well-commented, and just makes sense”.

I replied, “Well that’s likely because I’m a simpleton”.

So jokes ensued with my friend asking, “Is that the design pattern you follow?”.  I thought, well yeah actually I guess it is and thus was born the idea for this blog post.

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