Category: Career
Tech Must-Reads and Resources
Writing this post to archive my must-reads, in no particular order. Note this is a living post/work-in-progress. Microservices Guide (martinfowler.com) The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win: Kim, Gene, Behr, Kevin, Spafford, George Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship: Robert C. Martin: 9780132350884 The Pragmatic Programmer, 20th…
Choosing the best Six Sigma training provider
Important points to consider: 1. Make it fit your budget 2. Will they just train you or will they train AND certify you? 3. Are they accredited … if so RUN AWAY! 4. What about the course content? Read more here [via sixsigmaonline.org].
Why I charge a lot for a website
Googling “web design price” returns so many price variations it would drive anyone — especially a newbie freelance web designer/developer — up the wall. It’s not funny. You’ll see prices like “$299 for a 4-6 page website,” $350 a homepage & $75/page,” etc. This is cheap, but usually they’re also ugly because these websites use…
Read PDF files on your iPod
With 4 steps, you can read PDF files on your iPod. To do so: 1. Open the PDF document in Adobe Reader and save it as a text file. 2. Upload the text file to either eBookhood.com (my first choice) or iPod Notes Packager to convert it to Notes format, then download the converted file…
Improve your vision and reduce computer eye strain
Here’s an excellent article on Reader’s Digest‘s website chronicling 24 ways to improve your vision; thus, preventing computer eye strain.
Bill Gates: The skills you need to succeed
Here’s an interesting article that Bill Gates wrote for the BBC News web site, that talks about the skills one needs to succeed in any career.