The Day Microsoft Told Me “We should see other people”

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In my July blog post (Why I’m Betting on Windows Phone), I shared my history as a Windows Phone user and continued confidence in its future. As a user of their phone/mobile OS for around 10 years, I was dumbstruck by the new Lumia phones: they’re not available or compatible with Verizon. The news was…

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DPL Reading List – November 27, 2015

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Nobody Wants Your App (Thanks to Brian Zimmer for recommending this article) – “At this point, I feel confident that although people will always want services that make their lives better — the appeal of that service coming in the form of an…

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DPL Reading List – November 20, 2015

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Innovation Through Execution (Thanks to Brian Zimmer for recommending this article) – “While we typically remember Edison as the inventor of the lightbulb and the father of the electric age, Edison’s legacy is largely the result of his management style and…

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Stressing Continuous Integration

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After being a part of the start of numerous projects for Don’t Panic Labs, I have become rather familiar with our term “Iteration 0” (Iteration Zero). We have embraced this idea and introduced it into numerous projects – whether they be internal projects or joint ventures. If you have not heard of “Iteration 0”, it…

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DPL Reading List – November 13, 2015

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Here’s Why Half Your Employees Will Be Gone In Less Than A Year (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Do the people who work for you like their jobs? If you’re like most employers, the answer is, absolutely…

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DPL Reading List – November 6, 2015

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Busy, But Not Productive (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Progress at a startup is ultimately measured not by hours but by risk. In the early days of a company, everything is uncertain and the risk is extraordinary….

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Cleaning up the dirtyPath

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One of our recent projects involved creating Excel functionality inside a custom application we built for a client. After a few iterations where we tried to emulate most of the basic features of Excel (including enabling the pasting of tables through a lot of parsing and basic table functionalities), it became clear that we would…

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DPL Reading List – October 30, 2015

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. The One Thing Every Programmer Should Do To Succeed In The Tech Industry, According To An Ex-Microsoft Engineer (Thanks to Curtis Johnson for recommending this article) – “’I would advise folks in software to do one thing, and that’s write,’ he…

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How I Approached Unit Testing

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A few months back I submitted an idea for a presentation to a developer conference. It was rejected. I’m not alone. We all have, at some point, been turned down. Maybe our ideas were not as jaw-dropping or life-changing but that’s no reason to just let those ideas never see the light of day. We…

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DPL Reading List – October 23, 2015

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Nine Common Things That Start-up Founders Tend To Underestimate Or Overestimate – “When you’re in the midst of building a company, it’s hard to fully assess the significance of various activities and decisions- particularly for first-time entrepreneurs who don’t yet have…

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