Alex Lowe on Software and Startups

Across industries, across platforms, across technologies, and across users there are three fundamental priorities that should always take the number one, two, and three positions in any software development effort. The three priorities being security, reliability, and maintainability.
These three notions are at the top of my list with every project I begin. They are […]

What follows is a list of actions and behaviors that bosses exhibit, good ad bad. If you’re a boss, use these lists as a general guide to help you do better and extract more productivity from your employees. If you’re an employee, make sure your boss is performing so you can be successful. If you’re neither, […]

As a part of my recent immersion into this recent phenomenon called Web 2.0 I’ve been joining lots of social services. The latest one is Pownce. I’m experimenting and discovering, but I come from an age and personality type that finds little value in these services. I’m very much a face to face, direct contact […]

Feedburner is a great service for optimizing and tracking your feeds. I use it myself on this blog. Feedburner has the ultimate switching barrier, all of your users are subscribed to their feedburner.com address. Locking you into their service in order to keep your subscribers from switching all of their reader applications.
Why would you ever […]

Here’s a collection of comics I’ve collected over the past few weeks that you might enjoy. A lighter post to go along with the heavy business and tech. Let me balance out the dire mood of the recent post Google is Evil, Part 1 on Privacy.
The New Age Bully. Information is Power.

Is nothing sacred. I […]

You use computers and digital devices all the time. Maybe you even write software for these devices. Software is complex and provides a myriad of features to users. While featureset and data increases, device sizes are shrinking. With scarcity of input and output methods, an increase in software features and information, and construction done by […]

I’ve seen a trend in blogging. To be popular you have to write about popular items with enough meat to inform but short enough to not lose reader attention. You have to post with a medium frequency, enough to stay fresh but not so much as to overwhelm. You have to give a personal touch, […]

If you’re a Microsoft developer and looking for a new cell phone and service, there is a deal out there for you. Microsoft and Sprint are offering a deeply discounted HTC Mogul for only $299 with a Sprint plan, usually a $549 phone. I couldn’t find the phone for this price on eBay.
I’m in the phone […]

If you need to finance technology purchases for your business give Microsoft Financing a look over. Microsoft will finance purchases outside of just Microsoft products.
I recieved a Microsoft partner email about a contest going on for parners by Microsoft Financing. I wanted to share the link to Microsoft Financing in case you have never heard of […]

What kind of software developer are you? There are many types of developers out there, they serve different functions in the development lifecycle, have different skillsets, and have different job titles. Here’s a list of non-job-title types of software developers. What are you and where do you want to be? 
Architects – Architects have a difficult job, they […]