I’m always searching for good analogies that highlight what’s wrong with software patents. I don’t remember where I saw this, but I like it. We all know the story of how Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb. He knew the basics of what he needed to invent: something that would glow consistently when a current was applied to it, but wouldn’t burn up too quickly. The idea for...
Two of Loud Dog’s guiding principles are a focus on developing long-term strategic relationships with our clients and a focus on design and technology as business solutions. How is this reflected in our coding practices?
Loud Dog offers client-side engineering (XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) because our designs are cutting edge and call for very advanced engineering that very few firms or individuals can provide.
Front-end programming is one of those unfortunately over-looked and underrated disciplines that really deserves more in life. I’m not saying this just because it’s something we focus on, but because it’s really hard to find qualified candidates and I think a different attitude towards it would change things.
I’ve finished installing and configuring this blog to run using WordPress. *I was disappointed in the process – it was much more difficult to configure than I had expected.* On the positive side, it reinforces my thoughts about creating simplicity for the developer as well as the end-user.
