design

In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to customize JFree charts to look clean and modern.

Although some web designers are opposed to using front-end frameworks like Bootstrap, I respectfully disagree.

We use and really like Jenkins for our Continuous Integration. It’s been around forever and has lots of capabilities as a result. Yet in spite of its maturity, Jenkins lacks a really great build monitor. So we decided to make one.

Microsoft’s new Visual Studio attempts to “engender the impression that VS feels lighter and less complex”. In other words, instead of radically rethinking what a great development experience would be like, they focused on obfuscating…

I redesigned my blog recently to improve readability, create a nicer home page, organize content better, make it easier to gain Twitter followers, and make the whole thing look nicer.

People love to bash PowerPoint. Everything from misrepresenting cancer statistics to space shuttle disasters is blamed on PowerPoint. The phrase “PowerPoint is evil” gets 10 million results on Google. Yep, people hate PowerPoint.

When you first start “doing Agile”, the focus is on getting the mechanics right: keep your standup updates short don’t over design remember to add tests for everything remember to check CI status only show working code during showcases…

Everyone loves charts. Well, maybe not everyone, but a lot of people. Well, maybe not a lot of people, but some. Ok, I love charts. Anyway, even if you don’t love charts, you may eventually have to work with them. And unless you’re…

Software guys have great sayings. This may be surprising to some since we don’t usually associate mastery of the spoken word with geekdom. Nonetheless, there are some gems out there and I’ve compiled a short list of my favorites.…

I really like Safari Books Online. As one colleague put it, it’s “the gift of unlimited knowledge“. For those who aren’t familiar, Safari is an online subscription-based book service. You pay a monthly fee to get access to a boat load…