Archives for the 'Business' Category
Sexy Technology, Latest and Greatest and things still fail
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
There have been numerous reports in the last year of “issues” with Twitter, Facebook, Seesmic and other “web 2.0″ sites (I put that term in quotes because I have lots of issues with what it means since I don’t think it means anything - but that’s just me personally). I keep thinking back to the [...]
We’re hiring!
Thursday, November 15th, 2007
We’re looking for folks! If you are, or know of anyone, interested in a career change, let them know! The job will be based in our Kirkland offices, which overlook Lake Washington and the Seattle skyline. For more information, see the job posting.
Virtualizing our infrastructure
Monday, November 12th, 2007
I have a quick question for folks out there who have some experience with Virtualization. We’re planning on virtualizing the majority of our hardware, and so are looking for a good virtualization server. We plan on moving our TFS to a fully virtualized environment, as well as SharePoint, Exchange, etc. We also work extensively with [...]
Users as Owners
Monday, October 29th, 2007
This is one to file under the “duh” category. It’s a fairly simple and straightforward approach to working with users on a project and ensuring their participation. On large scale projects (this does not truly apply to agile because a strong agile team doesn’t suffer from this problem) it is typical for users to a) [...]
Welcome to our new offices!
Monday, October 29th, 2007
Northwest Cadence has recently relocated to centralized offices in downtown Kirkland. We chose downtown Kirkland, specifically on the Kirkland Marina, because it’s a fabulous location for our employees to work from and our customers to visit. Bike in, drive in, bus in, or sail in - whatever is your pleasure. Marina Park is a year-round marina with a beautiful park, lots [...]
Thoughts on your software engineering process
Saturday, October 20th, 2007
In the time I have spent lecturing, teaching and working with Team System I have heard the following statement more times than I care to count, “Yeah, we know we have a problem, but we can’t get anyone to do anything about it.” This is a problem that isn’t so readily solved. A lot of [...]
a Warm Welcome & Brief Blog Intros
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
I’d like to extend a warm ‘welcome’ to those who are visiting our site for the first time (in other words, a ‘welcome’ to you all since our sites new and I’m sure it’s your first time!). We are pleased to have you.
For some brief blog introductions -
who we are…
First, foremost, and above all else - [...]