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Presentation Zen

So I've been critical of other people's presentations [https://blog.codinghorror.com/how-not-to-give-a-presentation/]. Which naturally leads to a few questions: * What makes a presentation good? * Why don't you try giving a presentation? I realize that giving presentations isn't easy. But I still

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If You're Reading This, You Are a Low-Value Demographic

Jakob Neilsen may not be today's hip and trendy Web 2.0 fixture, but he's still dispensing solid advice. Check out his Top Ten Blog Design Mistakes: 1. No Author Biographies 2. No Author Photo 3. Nondescript Posting Titles 4. Links Don't Say Where

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When Email Goes Bad

It's easy to fire off an email with barely any effort at all. And that's exactly how much effort goes into most emails: none. Ole Eichhorn's Tyranny of Email [http://www.w-uh.com/articles/030308-tyranny_of_email.html] offers a succinct set of guidelines

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Vision Quest

If you asked each member of your team why they were working on what they are currently working on, what would they say? Could they even give you a coherent answer? If they did, would their answers all agree? All too often, I see developers working without a clearly defined

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