Confessions of an Evangelist - April 2014 Entries

Upgrading to Developer Preview of Windows Phone 8.1

Woot! I’ve got it, the new preview release of Windows Phone 8.1. Since the announcements at Build where they introduced the next generation of apps for Windows and Windows Phone I’ve been working to get the tools and start the learning process to be ready to build for the new devices. If you’re looking to do the same there are a few steps to follow, but it’s not that difficult, although it takes some time and a couple steps to complete. Here’s what you need to do… Get a Windows 8 phone. This can ......

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Because of AI, You Need a New Development Team

Your existing team is buried in the complexity of your existing product. AI rewards the team with a blank slate. Most companies don't have one.

The Offshore Problem That Starts With a "Yes"

The stories about offshore "not working" are rarely about skill. They are about an invisible communication gap, and it starts the moment someone says yes.

The Focus Five: Five Questions to Know If Your Team Is Actually Making Progress

Almost nobody trains you to be an engineering manager. You were good at writing code, so you got handed more people and more meetings, and one day the job was leading a team instead of shipping fea…

Why Nobody Knows What Engineering Does

At VinSolutions, I was famous for one thing that had nothing to do with writing code. Every single time we shipped a release, I posted about it. On social media, to customers, inside the company, a…