Why I Love The Dev Community – Always
Yesterday I wrote an angry article about Why I Hate The Dev Community – Sometimes thanks to another article of mine being in the middle of a flame war. I realized that it wasn’t fair to talk about all things I hated about our community without also expanding upon all the awesome high points of...
Read more…Why I Hate The Dev Community – Sometimes
I have been a part of, and love, the dev community for many many years now. I’ve wanted to be a web developer all my life and appreciate the fact that I can support my lifestyle with it and that people look up to me to learn what I’ve learned. I’m very thankful for all...
Read more…Validation Is Still Relevant
I was listening to a Sitepoint podcast when they started talking about whether they still validate their HTML or not. This being my expertise, I quickly perked up my ears to listen to what the “experts” were saying. And I was disappointed. Perhaps the guys who take care of the podcast aren’t coders, or aren’t...
Read more…20 Reasons Freelance Developing Can Stink
Normally my posts on here are pretty gung-ho about how awesome freelance development is. Heck, I can wake up when I want, make as much money as I want and do the kind of work that I want. What’s not to love? Unfortunately, like everything in this world, there’s some downsides. After working 16+ hour...
Read more…Why I Love 37signals
I don’t own any of 37signal‘s products. As a matter of fact, using Basecamp annoys the heck out of me. But I love 37signals and everything they do and stand for. Why? They’re not afraid to say what they think, no matter who might get offended. A week ago, I posted an article called Teaching...
Read more…Ignore The Ego
A nasty trend is floating around the web world these days and it ain’t pretty – it’s the all inclusive “Ego”. While I’m definitely guilty of this from time to time (and who isn’t?) it seems to be a common thread in all of the freelance and development blogs I subscribe to. How many times...
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