Archive for November, 2008

Principles of Agile Software Development

Posted by Jay Philips On 25 November 2008 No Commented

Alan Shalloway, CEO and founder of Net Objectives, presented on the lean software development principles and practices and how they can benefit to Agile practitioners during Agile 2008. For those of you that weren’t able to attend (like me) the video is definitely worth watching.
I thought the video was very good and intuitive for people [...]

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Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008

Posted by Jay Philips On 23 November 2008 No Commented

This slide deck is very interesting as it shows the different tools that were used in 2008 for learning. There are a variety of tools that I use and some that I don’t right now but I’m definitely going to be checking them out.

What do you think of the slide deck? How many of the [...]

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Twellow can be used to increase connections

Posted by Jay Philips On 22 November 2008 No Commented

Some of you use Twitter but do you use Twellow as well? Twellow pulls your updates from Twitter and posts them in the categories you select. You can get listed in 10 different categories.
If you want to connect with people who have experience and expertise in your areas of interest then this is the place [...]

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Estimating Tester to Developer Ratios (or Not)

Posted by Jay Philips On 16 November 2008 No Commented

In every company/project the question always comes up on what the ratio should be. As we all know the ratio almost never comes out right but if you want info on how to estimate the ratio check this white paper out.
Estimating Tester to Developer Ratios (or Not)
NOTE: This is a word document.

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Broadcast Your Banner to Millions of Internet Surfers…Every Month…For Free

Posted by Jay Philips On 16 November 2008 No Commented

Would you like to own your own advertisement network, which will grow every day, where you can publish your own ads, affiliations, links etc… for Free?
I found this great site today that allows me to do just that. All I did was signup and post my banner. Sit back and watch the hits come through.
Sign [...]

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What do the search engines see when they come to your site?

Posted by Jay Philips On 16 November 2008 No Commented

Ever wonder what the search engines see when they come to your site? Do you have the correct headers set up? If you run the domain name through this tool, you will see what a search engine sees when they visit a web page (along with the pages headers).
Suggest/Tip:
Always use a 301 Permanent Redirect. If [...]

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Top 10 Classified Submission Tips

Posted by Jay Philips On 11 November 2008 4 Commented

These tips can make the difference between good and no results when submitting to online classifieds.
1. Short is better
Your goal should only be to get the potential client to your website for more information. Keep it short and sweet in the ad
2. Call to action
Use action words (i.e. Now, amazing, attractive, confidential, limited.). These words [...]

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Recommended: FREE keyword suggestion tool

Posted by Jay Philips On 10 November 2008 No Commented

This is a great tool for finding out what your customers are searching for. This can play a tremendous role in search engine optimization and advertising campaigns. You can bookmark this page, type in a term you are thinking of and the tool will show you how many times that word has been searched as [...]

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Recommended: Error Search and Collaboration Site

Posted by Jay Philips On 10 November 2008 No Commented

How many times have you searched for hours on an error but couldn’t find an answer. I stumbled upon a very cool site called bug.gd today that I thought I’d share with everyone else.
The site’s goal is “No one should ever have to solve an error that someone else already solved”. I think that is [...]

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Did you know?

Posted by Jay Philips On 7 November 2008 No Commented

Amazing facts about our period of history. This is a video from SonyBMG Rome 2008, very cool information.

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