5 Bad Communication Habits You Must Ditch Now!

Whatever your skill, whatever your trade, whatever your profession you will have to talk to others. At church the other day, our pastor touched up on 5 bad communication habits that we must quit ASAP.

This was very good stuff. I've got to share these with you, so here we go:

Principle vs. Style: On which of these two hills are you willing to die?

In matters of style, flow with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. ~ Thomas Jefferson 

How can a person decide whether or not to have an argument over any topic? Perhaps understanding the difference between "style" and "principle" might give us a clue.

Simple Cost Benefit Analysis for the Software Developer

I took some college courses about finance a few years back. Little did I know that the knowledge I acquired during those sessions was going to become handy during a discussion about the best course of action on a project we were reviewing. In this case, the conversation went something like this:

We need to add functionality "x". If / when we do this our application will perform much better and it would clean up our design. 

But the cost to analyze, design, code, and test would be very expensive. You know development hours are expensive! How about we "throw more hardware" at the problem?

It has got to be cheaper than coding it right. Besides, we do not want to over engineer something if we don't have to. Right?

Standing Strong Through Time

Architecture. What comes to your mind when you see or hear this word? What does it mean to be an "architect." One of my favorite ones is the one portrayed on one of The Matrix movies.

New beginnings...

Blogging is hard. Blogging about cool and things that are interesting to you is even harder. For starters, I do not know you! It is not easy to take on a good habit, so here I am trying again. Somehow, life, work, stuff tends to get in the way.

Initial Indicators...

We are launching a new service. Our main goal is to help create a new way of thinking about building software.

This is about changing the way you think about analyzing, designing, building, testing, and deploying software systems. You see... Before you get to do all of those cool things you must know what is engine that drives the system. You must know about the process.

At Methodos-Systima we seek to understand the process before the software development cycle begins.

This blog will be used as a collection of anecdotal evidence about our experiences as software developer in corporate America. Things that we see work well and things which do not.

We hope you get to come back time and time again and contribute with you comments.