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VOTEVersion 6 of Jira has been released
Steve Peacocke
Atlassian has released Version 6 of its great Jira tool. I must admit to being a big fan of Jira from its infancy and have installed Jira in a number of organisations in New Zealand,… … Read more
11 years ago
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Delphi, why won’t it just die?
Steve Peacocke
Over the years, I’ve programmed in a lot of different languages. Along the way, languages have come and gone in typical “Flavour of the Month” style, while others that have been predicted to be flavour… … Read more
11 years ago
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The upcoming Skills Shortage
Steve Peacocke
There has been some talk in the news recently of an upcoming IT skills shortage in the country when we still have a high unemployment rate. I have noticed that every time there is a… … Read more
13 years ago
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Of Tablets and Things
Steve Peacocke
Although tablet PC’s have been out for a few years, the introduction of Apple’s iPad really heated up the market. It has been touted as the only useful tablet on the market and indeed, having… … Read more
13 years ago
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Evaluating Software Teams
Steve Peacocke
There has been a very interesting discussion on one of the LinkedIn groups I belong to on evaluations of team members for Software Teams and how to go about it. If you manage a Development… … Read more
13 years ago
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Employment Scene over the last two years
Steve Peacocke
It’s been hard to miss, the financial crisis of the last few years. There have been some real horror stories coming from the United States on the employment scene with many people losing everything, starting with… … Read more
13 years ago
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Returned
Steve Peacocke
I’ve been very remiss in updating this blog over the past couple of years and I’d like to kick start it again. I get a lot of enjoyment and learning from writing this blog and… … Read more
13 years ago
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Leadership of the Technical Team #3
Steve Peacocke
Number 3 in the series on Technical Leadership. Makes Decisions for the Team I was surprised to find that this section was more difficult to write for several reasons. the title “makes decisions for the… … Read more
14 years ago
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Technical Leadership #2
Steve Peacocke
(continuing on from “Leading the Highly technical Team”) The thing about leadership is that its such a large subject and there are any number of books and other writings on the subject. The point that… … Read more
14 years ago in Leadership, Management
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Leading the Highly Technical Team
Steve Peacocke
Leading a team is definitely challenging but leading a technical team is a very specialised area that is extremely demanding. It is very different to other teams in many ways. A highly technical team is… … Read more
14 years ago in Development Methodologies, Leadership, Management
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Word Clouds
Steve Peacocke
I’ve been playing around with Word Tags or Word Clouds recently and was directed to a website called Wordie (http://www.wordle.net).This website allows anyone to create word clouds from their favourite websites. Here’s mine from my… … Read more
14 years ago
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The PDA Today
Steve Peacocke
It’s a little off topic but I’ve been using it so much these days I thought it worth a mention. As mentioned in another post, I’ve used PDA devices since the late 90’s starting out… … Read more
14 years ago
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More on Cloud Computing
Steve Peacocke
A few posts ago I spoke on attending a Cloud Computing seminar put on by NetSuite. Since then I have looked into this a little more and hope to dispel some of the misconceptions of… … Read more
14 years ago in Management
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Problem Resolution or Project Resolution?
Steve Peacocke
Several years ago a large government department IT section was in almost total stasis with every person desperately running in circles at 110% capacity every day but nothing could be accomplished. Each person would come… … Read more
14 years ago
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Mind Mapping
Steve Peacocke
I have been using mind mapping software for many years now and it has often been a great boost to get clarity around thought.I know that I’ve often been told that my mind needs a… … Read more
14 years ago
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