Techdoer Times

While past performance does not guarantee future results in the financial markets, when hiring knowledge workers, this same heuristic does not apply.  A knowledge worker's past performance indicates the recurring patterns of behavior that will enable him...

A few years ago, I was part of a software development group stressed by a combination of challenges.  The first was our ability to quickly assemble small effective teams to take on an increasing amount of short term consulting assignments.  The second...

This is the final part to my series on the Entrepreneurial Sprit, where I present the characteristics of the perceived struggle driving the success of today's internet entrepreneurs. I recommend you read parts one and two if you haven't already. As I...

This is part-2 of my series on the Entrepreneurial Sprit, where I present the characteristics of the perceived struggle driving the success of today's internet entrepreneurs. The Effective Executive In part-1, I suggested that one of the many keys to the...

Pick today's favorite programmer turned successful software or internet entrepreneur and take a look at the books he's reading. Chances are you'll find him reading more books from Seth Godin, Malcolm Gladwell and Guy Kawasaki than books from Martin...

Effective Destabilization Software practitioners familiar with the rules of extreme programming know that moving people around, or the process of continually appointing team members to work on different parts of the solution or to serve in different team...

Describe your first computer program. The first I remember was a tic-tac-toe Java applet back in the summer of 1995. My good friend John and I purchased O'Reilly's 'Java in a Nutshell' book in March of that year. I voraciously read and tried the...

Teleworkers are responsible for delivering software solutions, similar to those of us who commute to the office each and every day.  The difference is that the teleworker is a member of a virtual team and collaborates with team members by relying on...

Virtual Teams are responsible for delivering software solutions, similar to collocated teams, however virtual team members are distributed across the globe, and rarely meet in person, and instead rely on chat, video, and voice technologies to enable their...

The September 17, 2007 Wall Street Journal writes in the section on Managing about the elements of successful virtual teams. The topic of virtual teams is fascinating particularly because we live in an age that is ripe for organizations, at large, to...