Transparency, Inspection, and Adaptation

• The Flat Tire Principle for Source Control May 10, 2011 - 1 min read

  The Flat Tire Principle for Source Control Here’s an oldie but a a goody by Eric Hexter on why you should source control your dependencies and 3rd party libraries. He uses an automobile which carries all the tools required to replace a flat tire to illustrate how we should treat our source control systems. Anything that code depends on to do it’s job should be stored in the same version control system right along side of the code. Read More…

• Why Johnny can’t build a decent user interface. Apr 23, 2011 - 1 min read

  Why Johnny can’t build a decent user interface.An interesting read by Jeffrey Ellis that I picked up from a @shanselman tweet. It is a reminder of why I write software -> for end users to get something done. There’s a list of questions that I need to keep top of mind when developing applications: +Who are the users +What are their goals +What are their tasks +What information do the users need in order to accomplish those tasks Read More…

• About Jan 1, 0001 - 1 min read

  Born in Vermont, Barry grew up outside Orlando, Florida. He actually did work for a “Mickey Mouse” outfit during high school as a “Food & Beverage Host” in Fantasy Land of the Magic Kingdom. Barry is a fan of automobile racing in many flavors. He also enjoys wondering aimlessly, accompanied by Silvia, through wooded areas or parched deserts, pointing a camera at wild critters, bees, birds and anything else that may catch their eye. Read More…

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