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10 Spotify Tips and Tricks
Jan 10, 2014
Spotify is packed with advanced features, including sharing music, building playlists with your friends, and listening to music offline. Our tips explain how to take advantage of these and other advanced Spotify features.
10 Steps to Employment Security - and Securing Your Employment
Jul 16, 2009
Leo A. Wrobel and Sharon M. Wrobel, of b4Ci Inc. and NaSPA, combine their insights with those of Jeff Snyder, president of SecurityRecruiter.com, presenting a "top 10" list of ideas to help you get hired and stay employed in difficult economic times.
10 Things I Hate About (U)NIX
Nov 4, 2005
UNIX was a terrific workhorse for its time, but eventually the old nag needs to be put out to pasture. David Chisnall argues that it's time to retire UNIX in favor of modern systems with a lot more horsepower.
10 Things I Hate About U(NIX) Revisited: Readers Speak
Mar 17, 2006
After receiving several comments to his November 2005 article on hating UNIX, David Chisnall offers his responses and further insight on his continuing disdain for UNIX.
10 Tips for Analysis with an Agile Mindset
Oct 26, 2015
How can you ensure that a project's outcomes will satisfy all stakeholders? If you're just thinking about techniques to get to the desired results, you're probably setting yourself up for failure. Kent J. McDonald, author of Beyond Requirements: Analysis with an Agile Mindset, suggests 10 important ways to give your team the laser focus needed to get the right results every time.
10 Tips for Better Requirements
Nov 18, 2015
Design requirements are the blueprints used to build an application. Chris Britton, author of Designing the Requirements: Building Applications That the User Wants and Needs, shares 10 tips for creating requirements that meet the needs of users, managers, and developers alike.
10 Tips for Starting a Second Career in Tech: What I Wish My Advisors Had Told Me
Oct 18, 2013
Fiona Rivera, co-author of Sams Teach Yourself Maya in 24 Hours, shares why and how she made a career switch from business to computer graphics, and offers ten things she wishes her advisors had told her that would have helped her find her happily-ever-after career sooner.
101 Windows Phone 7 Apps: In Case of Emergency
May 3, 2011
This chapter shows you how to develop a handy "In Case of Emergency" app that passersby could use to identify a phone's owner after an accident or other problem.
11 Characteristics of a World-Class Infrastructure
Nov 8, 2002
Many criteria distinguish a world-class infrastructure from a mediocre one. In this article, infrastructure expert Rich Schiesser describes 11 of the most common factors.
11 Terrific Online Video Sites That Aren't Netflix, Hulu, or iTunes
Sep 20, 2013
There's lots of niche content on the web, maybe just not at the main streaming video sites. Sam Costello introduces 11 alternative streaming sites in this article.
12 More Essential Skills for Software Architects: Technology Innovation
Aug 25, 2014
This chapter from 12 More Essential Skills for Software Architects unveils one of the essential skills needed by a software architect: the ability to identify, assess, and infuse new and potentially disruptive technologies in a business-centric fashion.
15 Rules for Writing Quality Code
Jun 9, 2014
Diomidis Spinellis, author of Code Quality: The Open Source Perspective, lists the 15 most important rules for writing sparkling code. Follow them, and your code will look professional, live long, grow smoothly, and earn your colleagues’ love (rather than swearing).
15 Tips for Making Business Networking Part of Your Everyday Mindset
Feb 4, 2014
Andrea Nierenberg offers 15 tips to make you better at and more comfortable with integrating business networking into your everyday life.
20 iPhone/iPod Touch Apps to Check Out
May 22, 2009
Ryan Faas put together a list of the 20 must-have apps for any (and all) iPod or iPhone users.
20 Reasons Why You Should Move to JavaFX and the NetBeans Platform
Jan 19, 2015
Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson, co-authors of JavaFX Rich Client Programming on the NetBeans Platform and NetBeans Dream Team members, share 20 compelling arguments for incorporating JavaFX and the NetBeans Platform into your development of rich desktop applications. The modular NetBeans Platform gives you the architectural flexibility to create sophisticated applications, while JavaFX enriches your interfaces.
2005 Consumer Electronics Show Recap
Jan 14, 2005
We sent our senior editor to the 2005 CES, and all we got was this article running down the major technology trends and hot products that were on display. Would it have killed him to bring back a t-shirt or two?
2006 Consumer Electronics Show Recap
Jan 13, 2006
We once again sent our senior editor to Las Vegas to cover the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show, and once again he failed to even bring us back a Las Vegas t-shirt or shot glass. But he did bring us this recap of the gadgets and technology trends he witnessed first hand at the show.
2011 Collegiate Cyber Defense Challenge: Shaping the Cyber Warriors of Tomorrow
May 2, 2011
Brad Bowers provides an intriguing look into the 2011 Mid-Atlantic CCDC attack-and-defense competition for information technology students.
2011 Social Media Directory: Entertainment
Sep 6, 2010
This chapter highlights the best of the social media resources for the entertainment industry from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and the web at large.
21 Rules of Thumb for Managing Software People and Teams
Dec 19, 2019
An oft-overlooked tool in a manager's arsenal is the 'rule of thumb'—a short, pithy statement embodying a powerful message that makes a lasting impression on the listener. Mickey W. Mantle and Ron Lichty, co-authors of Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams, identify eight major management challenges and 21 rules of thumb to help managers address those challenges.

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