Practical perspectives on the cryptocurrency markets. Are Cryptocurrencies another Tulip Craze? Another .com bubble? Another housing crash in the making? Maybe, but they are worth taking a hard look at. I can say that I have lived through enough turmoil to be cautious, even with something I believe will be successful. The final trajectory of […]
Transcript of talk given February 2016 that is published on YouTube: Introduction: Today we have Michael McNeil from Oasis Digital. They got their start as a development shop who… began to teach people how to use JIRA to do good project management within application development. That led to them being involved as a JIRA Expert […]
Often I describe JIRA as a large set of Legos in a bucket. JIRA is one of those tools that is so flexible it is hard to get your head around how to use it. The Lego analogy works on many levels. Using the predefined project types, JIRA Agile, JIRA Service Desk, etc is like […]
Technology platforms mature and improve over time. The Atlassian ecosystem is no exception. One area where Atlassian has matured dramatically is in supporting customizations. In the past customizations were a real “wild west” edit the database and file system approach. Today we have flexibility in configuration and a strong API. Often people have a hard […]
A couple of weeks ago I received my freshly minted OnePlus 2 phone. I won an invite because of the efforts of our internship program. They are building software for an exhibit to open June 2016 at the St. Louis Science Center. You can see a video about this project here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fai3SzTIYn4). The OP2 sports […]
At the beginning of 2013, I was thrilled to receive the new Google designed Pixel. It was, and still is, a pleasure to use. I have written about it many times the last two years with very little negative to say about it. Many harped on its few weaknesses, primarily battery life and getting a […]