Don't Panic Labs - Funability in software development teams

Funability, Part 1 – What and Why

by 

|

|  

in ,

Note: This post was co-authored by Chad Michel. The rest of this 5-part series can be found here: Part 2 – Leverage Your Leadership Roles Part 3 – Maximizing Productivity Part 4 – Processes Can Be Fun Part 5 – A Layered Approach To Quality   We’ve been in the software business for quite some time….

Read more…

DPL Reading List – June 24, 2016

by 

|

|  

in

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Stop Saying Learning To Code Is Easy – “When we tell folks – kids or otherwise – that programming is easy, what will they think when it gets difficult? And it will get difficult. That’s where people find themselves saying ‘well,…

Read more…

DPL Reading List – June 17, 2016

by 

|

|  

in

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Apple Will Require HTTPS Connections For iOS Apps By The End Of 2016 – “At the end of 2016, Apple will make ATS mandatory for all developers who hope to submit their apps to the App Store. App developers who have…

Read more…

Don't Panic Labs Reading List

DPL Reading List – June 10, 2016

by 

|

|  

in

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Funded Vs Bootstrapped: Comparing The Metrics Of 37 SaaS Companies (Thanks to Brian Zimmer for recommending this article) – “I’m tracking what’s going on in the SaaS world for some time now and I’ve definitely noticed the rise of bootstrapped SaaS…

Read more…

DPL Reading List – June 3, 2016

by 

|

|  

in

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Increase Your Return On Failure (Thanks to Brian Zimmer for recommending this article) – “Failure is less painful when you extract the maximum value from it. If you learn from each mistake, large and small, share those lessons, and periodically check…

Read more…

Funability

by 

|

|  

in ,

Our Friday presentation at Nebraska.Code() was a lot of fun for both Chad and I. We are very passionate about providing environments for software engineers that are more than just fun places to be, but that also make the work itself fun and rewarding. Having a limited amount of time to speak about a topic…

Read more…

DPL Reading List – May 27, 2016

by 

|

|  

in

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. 7 Ways To Stop A Meeting From Dragging On (Thanks to Brian Zimmer for recommending this article) – “If human beings can act so passively when health and safety are on the line, it should be no wonder that we turn…

Read more…

DPL Reading List – May 20, 2016

by 

|

|  

in

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. 4 Millennials Share How To Connect With Anyone (No Matter How Successful They Are) (Thanks to Brian Zimmer for recommending this article) – “Meeting new people is tough. It’s something that many people dread. When some of us attend mixers and…

Read more…

DPL Reading List – May 13, 2016

by 

|

|  

in

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Systems Admins: We Need To Talk (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Admins, lend me your ears. With good, basic, and built-in tools, you can defend against ransomware. With just a few hours of configuration (at most!), you…

Read more…

Updating Version Information for Xamarin.iOS builds on Visual Studio Team Services

by 

|

|  

in

In last week’s blog post Andrew showed us how to trigger a build from another build. The need to do that was just the first part of a bigger series of events that eventually led to subsequent builds being automatically versioned for us. After the builds were completed, we needed to ship the Xamarin.iOS build…

Read more…