In programming people sometimes feel they have to sacrifice quality in order to get a product out the door on time. Never do this. You are hurting the customer, the company and yourself if you do. This American Life had a very interesting program on the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc (NUMMI) plant in Freemont, [...]

When I first started using Zend Framework, I was so frustrated when trying to figure out how to get information from the database. I fought against the framework for the longest time. Instead of working with it, I would write the SQL and then simply query the database to get the data back as an [...]

The other day, a young kid on the bus struck up a conversation with me. During the conversation, he said he wanted to make a lot of money because he doesn’t get enough respect from his peers. He thought if he could become rich enough, he could earn that respect. Thinking about this conversation later, [...]

This is my 4th Toastmasters speech. Please evaluate this Toastmasters speech at Soapbox Guru. Good evening Mr. Toastmaster, fellow Toastmasters and welcome guests. How many people here work full-time – about 40 hours a week or so? Unfortunately, I have some bad news for you. You’re working too much. What if I told you it [...]