A summary of articles related to a particular topic. These could range from software development, leadership, and business.
PROFIT HOT 50 It's with great honour that I can say the company I'm part of, Magnet Forensics, has achieved the 7th place in the Profit Hot 50 rankings for 2013. Last year Magnet Forensics was also on the list ranked at number 16th, but we've shown ourselves up by moving a full 9 positions! Our ranking in the Profit Hot 50 is even more impressive considering we're the only company from Kitchener-Waterloo region in Ontario--Known for it's incredible startup community and success stories--that made the list. We're excited and tremendously proud of our accomplishments, but it's certainly going to be quite the challenge for us to move up in rank next year. It's a challenge we're all ready to take on though. You can check out the ranking over here or at the official Profit Guide posting. Articles I'll put…
Failure: Should You Fear It? Thanks for checking out this weekly article dump, and sorry it didn't make it out on Friday. I was out visiting family in Alberta and I didn't have enough time to get this post all set up. Better late than never! The theme for this past week seemed to be articles about failure. Not all of them, of course, but a lot of authors are writing about what it means to fail and why that's not always such a bad thing. Do we need to avoid all failures in order to be successful? Articles Stepping Away, So Others Can Step Up: In this article, Jonathan Bush discusses something that's often hard for leaders to do... Step away. It's difficult for many people to disconnect and have trust in their team to get things done. Trust should…
Great Leadership Reads Here's a collection of articles I've shared over the past week on social media outlets. There's a lot of great leadership reads this time around! If You Don't Treat Your Interns Right, You are Mean...and Stupid: This is a great post by Nancy Lublin that talks about something many full-time people share a common (and usually lousy) perspective on: interns. In my opinion, if you aren't going to treat your interns well, you shouldn't be hiring them. One key take away point from the article is ensuring that you treat your internship programs as something real and meaningful. Now, as a computer engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo and from being part of the leadership staff at Magnet Forensics, I've seen both sides of the story. Companies should treat their interns well, but interns should also realize companies…
A weekly summary of articles focusing on career development, leadership, startups and development. This is one BIG list!
Everyone always says singletons are bad, but I don't think they are inherently evil. What are some of the major issues with singletons?
A weekly summary of articles focusing on career development, leadership, startups and development. This week is all about leadership!
A posting to summarize the articles I've shared on social media over the past week. There's a focus on motivation, leadership, and workplace culture.
Here's a quick reading update for articles I've shared on social media over the past week. Topics include leadership, small business, and your career.
Based on this survey over at Code Project, I feel like I might have some reading to do. Let Us C: Seems to be at the top of people's lists. As the name implies, it's for the C programming language. My only concern is it might be too specific to C and not provide enough carry over to other languages. Definitely something I'll investigate. Code Complete: This book has amazing reviews. It looks to cover all the fundamental parts of programming, so this one might be top of my list. Java: How To Program: I actually wasn't overly impressed with the few reviews I read about this book. Especially after having it sized up against Code Complete. It might have to take the back burner for now. C++: How To Program: Even fewer useful reviews for this. Considering it's C++,…
