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Creating a well designed user interface
Being a technical programming geek that knows more or less everything there is to know about programming does not automatically make you a good user interface create. RepeatGeek has collected 10 resource for design-challenged programmers which are worth reading to increase you knowledge on the subject of creating well designed user interfaces.
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6 ways to reduce disk usage on Window 7
Are you lacking valuable disk space? Don’t want to, or maybe you cannot, buy more? There are some magic tricks that you can pull out of your magic memory hat to reduce the disk usage. Here are some of these tricks that you can do… Uninstalling applications Reducing the size of the winsxs folder Reducing…
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Just do it and do it quickly
Need a simple framework for getting things done that make sure that you keep progressing? I was reading ”Getting Real” by 37signal when I saw the following simple framework, by Derek Sivers, president and programmer, CD Baby and HostBaby, for getting things done in a web development environment. Decide if it’s worth doing, and if…
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A simple method for estimating and evaluating risk
A simple way to calculate, evaluate and manage an identified risk is to look at two specific properties and that is its probability and impact. Calculating the risk Let’s have a look at the steps in calculating the risk! Step 1 – Risk identification The first step is to identify all risks. Simply collect all…
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18 guidelines to make ethical, environmental and generally good business decisions
At the beginning of the new millennium the Dalai Lama stated 18 rules for living. These rules can be worth considering on a personal and private level, but I also think that they can be useful in a business context in order to make ethical, environmental and generally good business decisions. As a result, I’ve taken…
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The single responsibility principle
”A class should have one, and only one, reason to change.” – Robert C Martin If I had to choose one design principle that has been most useful to practice over time it surely is the single responsibility principle (SRP). What is this principle about? The idea is that a module (or class) should only…