As a Software Developer when searching for a new job you may come across employers that like to do technical interviews. I find technical interviews incredibly frustrating for many reasons and I wonder what they really prove.
I have found that most technical interviews involve a person asking you questions that require you to recite some [...]

I have recently been asked to put .Net development on hold and move forward on a project that uses Java technologies. Prior to being introduced to .Net I came from a Java environment. At the time it was my first job out of college and I didn’t have any language or platform preference, so I [...]

There are so many different programming languages a developer can chose from to complete a project, but in the end does it really make a difference what programming language is chosen? Doesn’t it just come down to personal preference?
I know arguments can be made on why a particular language is better than another and I [...]

I recently went on a twelve hour road trip and I really wanted to bring my laptop with me so I could do some work in the car.  I figured it would be a great way to pass the time while getting something useful done.  As any laptop owner would know, your battery life greatly [...]

Hosting is obvious one of the most important things when running a web site and it is important to do research in order to make sure you get the best hosting package for your site at the best price.  I initially chose GoDaddy hosting simply because they had the cheapest domains and their hosting was [...]

I officially won the title of St. Louis’ Sexiest Cyber-Geek Lady of 2008.  Wow, have I become that big of a nerd that I now have to be given a title?  Let’s see, I am a web developer, sometimes I choose to stay home on a Friday or Saturday to clean my house, I like [...]

Recent events and observations have left me wondering, do people who are hard workers and consistently deliver, are they punished in the end? Perhaps I am getting cynical, but I have found myself both being involved in and witnessing circumstances where, in corporate America, how much is work ethic REALLY rewarded?
To start, I believe that [...]

To some being a web developer may seem like a boring job.  They may view it as a career that you sit at a desk for long hours staring at a computer while writing and sifting through thousands of lines of code.  I however do not view my job as boring.  I really enjoy it [...]

Well one of my friends took the liberty of nominating me for the St. Louis’ Sexiest Cyber-Geek contest on ToasterRav.com.  Not sure if I should be flattered by this or embarassed.  On one hand people are voting on my “sexiness”, but on the other hand I am now classified as being a “cyber-geek”.  I suppose [...]

In world where developers have thousands of tools and plugins to aid them in their development outside of IDE’s like Visual Studio or Eclipse, do you want to know how many I use?  The answer is plain and simple, none.
I know some of you probably think I am crazy and wonder how I could possibly [...]