DPL Reading List – July 3, 2015

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Help People Create Passwords That They Can Actually Remember (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “Organizations and individuals want to protect their online privacy and information, and thus usually have some respect for their passwords. If there is…

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Better Through Partnership: National Research Corporation and Don’t Panic Labs Improve Patient-Provider Interaction

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Don’t Panic Labs works across industries, and with clients large and small. Each of these are excited about different aspects of DPL’s offerings. For example, one unique partnership is with Connect. This company is a joint venture with National Research Corporation (NRC), a large Lincoln, Nebraska-based provider of services to healthcare facilities. Specifically, Connect helps…

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DPL Reading List – June 26, 2015

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. To Understand Code, Don’t Read 38,000 Words. Just Start Coding – “To program professionally is hard and requires a lot of experience, but to program recreationally is easy and requires none. What is code? It’s a good question, and Ford’s is…

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Developing Software Products in a World of Gray

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Like it or not, we live and work in a world of uncertainty and vague requirements. I like telling people that very little in my life is black and white. Most of it is shades of gray. This is not necessarily a bad thing because I think it is what makes designing software products (and…

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DPL Reading List – June 19, 2015

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Designing without a Designer (Thanks to Jarrod Wubbels for recommending this article) – “If an organization wants to have their product and/or service user experiences be their competitive advantage, they have to invest in design leaders. They must spread the knowledge…

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Resources on Innovation

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As we work with corporations seeking to innovate and entrepreneurs pushing the envelope, I’m frequently asked to recommend resources to help accelerate their learning curve. Here are a few resources that have been very influential for me. General Resources The Lean Startup by Eric Ries consolidates a ton of resources into a method to help…

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DPL Reading List – June 12, 2015

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Breaking Down Barriers: How Coding Workshops Can Help Encourage Women in Computer Science – “Spread out over seven weeks, the “Code Carrots Seattle” workshop joins mentors and participants to collaborate on a project of their choice. The groups can pick to…

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SQL Server Maintenance for the Full-Stack Engineer

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Don’t Panic Labs is an office filled with full-stack developers. We cover all aspects of software — from JavaScript in a browser, to core business rules in C#, to performant queries and table structures in SQL Server. Full-stack developers have a vast knowledge of all technologies required to create a working system, but do not…

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DPL Reading List – June 5, 2015

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Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Who Will be Hurt Most When the Tech Bubble Bursts, Not VCs (Thanks to Steve Kiene for recommending this article) – “A speculative bubble requires a “who’s the greater fool” syndrome to fuel it. Timing of the burst is what determines…

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On Innovation

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Over the years, I have worked with a number of large and medium-sized companies on innovation related efforts. All have expressed the desire to innovate, but most have fundamental issues that prevent internal innovation from succeeding. At Don’t Panic Labs, we work with companies to help overcome technical limitations, but many of the fundamental challenges…

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