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- 10 reasons your star programmer may be looking to leave
- Top programmers are not easy to find. It takes time to cull through dozens, if not hundreds, of resumes to find the magic combination you want, and it takes hours to perform interviews. After all of that, you still need to jump through hoops to make sure that your best...
- Tags: Programmer, Justin James, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Download resources 2008-05-01
- 10 non-monetary benefits to attract and retain top developers
- When recruiting developers, it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that money is what brings in the best and the brightest. After all, developers tend to receive paychecks a bit beefier than other professionals with similar levels of experience and education. But at the end of the day,...
- Tags: Developer, Benefit, Recruiting, Justin James
- Download resources 2008-03-18
- 10 traits to look for when you're hiring a programmer
- Programmers come with a wide range of skill sets, hail from many countries and cultures, and can have differing backgrounds and experiences. Nevertheless, certain qualities can mean the difference between a stellar programmer and someone who's not so great. Here are 10 things to look for when you're hiring a...
- Tags: Hiring, Programmer, Justin James, Development Tools, Recruitment & Selection, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Download resources 2008-03-05
- 10 signs that your project is about to be cut
- No one likes to think about their project getting canceled. But it is a reality we all have to face at one time or another. The ability to foresee the likely cancellation of your project is an important skill for keeping your career healthy. Justin James describes some things to...
- Tags: Project, Justin James, Professional Development, Blogging, Career, Internet
- Download resources 2008-02-20
- 10 tips for writing a job-winning developer resume
- As seasoned job hunters know, the first step on the road to finding work is to write a resume that gets you the interview. Unfortunately, some of the traditional resume writing rules just do not work well in the software development industry. Justin James has sifted through enough developer resumes...
- Tags: Job, Developer, Justin James, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Download resources 2007-11-28
- 10 things you should know about Microsoft Expression Web
- Microsoft recently released Expression Web, which replaces the venerable FrontPage HTML editor and Web site design tool. Expression Web has come a long way from its FrontPage roots, but it still maintains much of the ease of use that allowed FrontPage to be used by so many new Web content...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Corp., Justin James, Expression Web, Channel Management, Blogging, Marketing, Internet
- Download resources 2007-07-16
- Set up S3 sleep state in Vista for significant power savings
- Unlike older power management modes, S3 sleep state knocks your computer out almost cold, maintaining just enough alertness for you to wake it up. Your computer will typically draw only about 2 to 3 watts of power while it sleeps, and it will take only a few seconds to pick...
- Tags: S3 Inc., Power Management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Justin James, Productivity
- Download resources 2007-05-21
- Word 2007: Lessons on usability
- Although Microsoft says that the radical interface changes in Word 2007 are aimed at enhancing usability, not everyone is convinced that the goal has been met. Justin James analyzes several aspects of the redesign and offers a case in support of the changes. This download is also available as...
- Tags: Usability, Microsoft Word 2007, Justin James, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Download resources 2007-03-06
- Get to know the versatile eWay TK-63T--and install a hard drive yourself
- Justin James is building a low-energy UNIX server using the fanless eWay TK-63T bare bones system. Step one: A look at the system (and the adventure of ordering it), along with a walk-through of the hard drive installation process. You can view a complete set of images illustrating the...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Justin James
- Download resources 2006-12-14
Additional Resources
- CO2 is increasing says US report, but GW doubters give raspberry
- A new report based on data collected at the observatory on Mauna Loa, Hawaii, shows CO2 levels in the atmosphere are higher than they've been in a long time. How long? About 650-million years. Global warming researchers says CO2 is major greenhouse gas and contributes to warmer...
- Tags: China, Carbon Dioxide, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Where is the money going in health care, and why?
- I stumbled today upon an ADVANCE 2008 investment outlook for health care, and decided you might like me to hit some of the high points. The piece is written by James Brennan (right), managing director of VirtualCDO, a medical merger outfit whose Web page describes him as the...
- Tags: Patient, Hospital, Health Care, James Brennan, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, E-health, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- MobileTechRoundup show #133, REDFLY and Nokia N82 arrive, IdeaPad U110 is rocking
- Listen here (MP3, 32.1 MB, 35:00 minutes) Subscribe to the show with this link (RSS) James, Kevin, and I were up early Saturday morning to record MobileTechRoundup show #133 and as you may be able to...
- Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Nokia Corp., James, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Exploring Mars with Java
- At the JavaOne conference in San Francisco Friday, James Gosling, Sun Microsystems vice president and fellow, talks to Arizona State University geological sciences professor Phil Christensen about the school's geospatial software, JMARS. The open-source project is available to the public and used by NASA to find and gather scientific data...
- Tags: Programming Languages, Java, Open Source, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mars, NASA, JMARS
- Videos 2008-05-09
- Live Webcast: Don't Go Half Way: Blade Server or Virtual Server = Virtual Storage
- Every CEO and company owner asks two things of their people and vendors: How are you going to save me money and how are you going to make me money? Responding to those two business requirements is the current wave of server architecture changing from rack-based servers to blade...
- Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Blade Server, Webcast, Blade, Server Architecture, Servers, Storage, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-05-08
- Business ByDesign: the Irregular verdict
- I've hung back on posting my thoughts on Business ByDesign for several reasons. When I wrote my pre-Sapphire08 conference story, it was clear this would dominate the Irregulars' questions. I needed to get through meeting with all the key executives and view the latest iteration of the product to gain...
- Tags: SAP AG, Brian Sommer, Design Effort, EDI, Roi/Tco, Operational Planning, Sales Channel, Financial Accounting, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Sales, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- On being detained in Cairo
- I've brought up Twitter before. Twitter is a micro-blogging service. You use it to "tweet" messages of no more than 140 characters. Your friends, colleagues and the general public can follow your Twitter stream and keep up with such urgent intelligence as, "Feeling bored," or "Currently surrounded by idiots." Or,...
- Tags: Twitter, James Karl Buck, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Gottsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Live Webcast: Forrester Best Practices: Improve IT Service Delivery and Support
- The IT help desk is the guardian of day-to-day business productivity and, more importantly, the front door to your IT organization. However, a Forrester survey reveals that only 53% of technology users at U.S. companies are satisfied with the support services they receive. Join this live TechRepublic...
- Tags: Webcast, Information Technology, Best Practice, Forrester Research Inc., Service Delivery, IT Help Desk, Strategy, Management
- Webcasts 2008-05-07
- Disable USB storage under OS X or Windows
- USB drives are convenient and efficient, but they also represent a serious security risk -- so it's not surprising that some organizations want them out of the picture. Justin Fielding to put together this concise set of instructions for disabling USB storage for Linux, OS X, Solaris, and Windows platforms.This...
- Tags: USB, Justin Fielding, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, Storage, Open Source, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-05-05
- MobileTechRoundup show #132, AT&T/iPhone rumors, new REDFLY, Advantage, Kindle and more
- Listen here (MP3, 31.5 MB, 34:20 minutes) Subscribe to the show with this link (RSS) T-Mobile is finally starting to rollout their 3G network and there was much rejoicing to start off MobileTechRoundup show #132. We...
- Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-04
- Will computing save health care?
- Carey James Kriz is nothing if not an optimist. Dr. Kriz, who heads the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine in Orlando, is convinced that technology is the answer to the train wreck called the health care financing system. Predictive Health, knowing what your...
- Tags: Dr., Health Care, Computing, Carey James Kriz, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
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