By Matt Youngblut, Engineering Manager
Joel Spolsky gets it. He leads a software company that builds great software by hiring and building great people. In the process, he came up with “The Joel Test“, which, by his own admission is his
“own, highly irresponsible, sloppy test to rate the quality of a software team. The great part about it is that it takes about 3 minutes. With all the time you save, you can go to medical school.”
It is a simple test. ... Read More >>
By John Oberreuter, SQL Developer
A few weeks ago, I attended DevConnections Conference and was particularly interested in learning about SQL Server. Last August Microsoft launched SQL Server 2008 and, to no surprise, SQL Server 2008 was the main focus of many of the sessions. These sessions covered a wide range of topics including Business Intelligence, performance tuning and database maintenance.
Having fun while working … what more can one ask for? That is the case for six developers from Geonetric, myself included. We were given an opportunity to attend the DevConnections Conference in Orlando during the midst of an economic downturn. This just proves Geonetric is willing to invest in its employees and continues to strive for excellence.
By Jason Adams, Senior SQL Developer
I recently attended the Microsoft’s DevConnections Conference. As a database developer, my focus was on sessions dealing with the business intelligence and data warehousing technologies that ship with Microsoft SQL Server.
The concepts of data warehousing is something I have been researching for the past year; I believe it’s a concept that can assist organizations in making better decisions about their business. The sessions I attended covered all of Microsoft’s data warehousing tools - from tools ... Read More >>
By Scott Youngblut, Application Developer
When developers are tasked with a difficult project, there are many resources to turn to; books and Google are the most widely used. But what happens if those fail to provide the needed direction and guidance? Many times you set down a path using your best judgment and hope everything works out in the end.
The recent DevConnections Conference, which I along with five of Geonetric’s developers attended, validated many of my feelings. During sessions on the ... Read More >>
By Jim Kropa, Senior Application Developer
Of course, we expected to imbibe in a certain quantity of “the Microsoft Kool-Aid” when six Geonetric software developers traveled to Orlando for the three-day Microsoft DevConnections conference, but after the first day’s sessions in which Microsoft executives described the new features in forthcoming versions of their products, we were able to see how those new innovations match the larger trends in software delivered over the Internet, and how to prepare for further innovations.
By Jason Adams, Senior SQL Developer
Every good developer strives to reduce the amount of repeated code. One area that has been difficult to tackle is the sharing of code between the application and the database. Certain pieces of logic are typically repeated in the database. But when SQL Server 2005 was released, the ability to write .NET code in the database became a possibility, thus reducing the amount of repeated code.
An often repeated code between the application and the database ... Read More >>
By Casey Hansen, Front-end Developer
We’ve all seen Web sites with flashing graphics, waving backgrounds and music. We’ve seen pictures fly across the browser window, and navigation menus that feel like a poor version of the old “Whack-A-Mole” game.
Today’s Web user is on your Web site for one main reason: content. They are looking for answers to their questions! Are they interested in all of the flashy design features? To most users (including me), this is just extra eye-candy that can ... Read More >>
By Angie Toomsen, Content Strategist
Two weeks ago GeoVoices extolled the virtues of “content vision” — and promised some “quick tips” to help you fashion a plan to organize your content management process. Well, here they are!
Oh, and I’m sorry to say that “quick tips” really only means these tips are quick to type and quick to read. If they are quick to implement, you either have a large, highly-trained staff of content specialists on hand or, more likely, you aren’t fully ... Read More >>
By Sandra VanWyk-Fancher, Vice President of Operations
You’re a born Project Manager: you love lists, you live to organize and plan, and you enjoy evaluating risks and alternatives. Even the family holiday dinner brings out assignments and due dates.
So when the environment changes and there are new rules to being a successful Project Manager, how do you adapt? The number of professionally trained PMs keeps growing, yet our project success rate remains the same. We need to rethink our approach. If ... Read More >>
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