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There are many tactics that are used in business to close deals, persuade potential customers, and gain power. One such tactic is known as gaslighting, and we’re here to talk about what it [...]

In outsourced software development projects, the absence of a comprehensive requirements and design document can lead to all sorts of problems. Picture this scenario: you receive quotes from [...]

A little while back, a potential client contacted me wanting to develop a software system that would help them manage their data in a highly regulated environment. During our conversations, one [...]

Have you ever ordered something on Amazon or eBay, and then after the product was delivered, you received an email asking about your experience? It’s become more and more common for online [...]

(If YouTube is blocked for you, you can access this video here) Recently someone asked me, “How do we decide what kinds of work we want to try to automate with software when we’re [...]

Big companies sometimes struggle to complete innovative projects for a number of reasons – but often, it’s because corporate leaders don’t recognize the limitations of their [...]

Combining data and real-world locations through GIS technologies is a powerful way to gain customer and user insight. It tells businesses where to apply their resources, lets researchers discover [...]

Data science projects are being used by leading companies to grow business models and expand opportunities. How so? In general, data science efforts produce two results – they help produce [...]

Good software is reliable software. It rarely crashes or does strange things to the user. Making sure it’s reliable takes more than running the finished product through its paces. There are [...]

“Read the friendly manual!” (Or something like that.) We don’t hear that saying as often as we used to, because so much software doesn’t come with friendly manuals. [...]

Software is useless without the customers that must use it. And if a customer can’t figure out how to interact with their new business application, say goodbye to repeat business. [...]

Every day at the office, you’re surrounded by technology that helps your business be the best at what it does. You might remember the old adage, “If it ain’t broke, don’t [...]

Recently we launched a new Webinar that describes some of our approaches to software development team management, with a specific focus on improving the productivity of a team...

When selecting a software stack for a project we are about to engage in (i.e. a “stack”), we look at several main factors: Cost of Development Ease of Maintenance Quality of Platform [...]

Often the hardest goal to accomplish in software development is delighting your users with user-friendly software systems. Here's the guidelines we follow.

(This is Part 4 of our series on the development of the Slidecaster iPhone App and Desktop Slideshow System. To read earlier articles, check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3). The Apple app [...]

(This is Part 2 of our series on the development of the Slidecaster iPhone App and Desktop Slideshow System. To read earlier articles, check out Part 1). As you read in Part 1 of this series, we [...]