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C# Documentation (It ain't that hard)

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. On a recent project after months and months and hundreds of files worth of work, we were asked to provide documentation for the code. This request could have gone one of two ways depending upon […]

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A Pair of Kings Beats A Single Ace: Pair Programming

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. A lot of pair programming chatter this week. Starting with a New York times article describing pair programming at Hashrocket. It’s an interesting article, with a tone that could be described as “anthropologist describing the […]

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Art vs. Design, the Art of Design, or the Design of Art

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. A couple of days ago I happened upon an interesting article about the difference between art and design. The author makes a lot of interesting points, and whether you agree or not with the statements […]

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Wireframing with incomplete requirements

Human Factors & UX

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. The value of wireframing even with incomplete information The task of wireframing in application development, as I’ve come to know it, should begin after user research has been performed, and a complete set of requirements […]

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Agile Development and Play: Understanding the Value

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This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. My Addiction I’m addicted to TED talks. There have been many nights where I’ve stayed up way too late watching them. For those who are unaware, TED is a yearly conference where world leaders and […]

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Error Messages & Usability

Human Factors & UX, medical device software development

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. I was starting up one of the Adobe apps the other day when this somewhat troublesome message was displayed: Ack! On the one hand, good for them for alerting me that an error had occurred. […]

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Does your project have Code Ownership Culture?

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This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Code Ownership is a well-known term in software development. Depending on how you define it, it may be a good thing or bad. When a developer sees code-ownership as him/her owning a piece of codebase […]

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Building a High Performance Agile Team

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This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. One thing about agile teams is that they constantly strive to get better. In my experience, an Agile team takes 2-4 iterations to work through the forming stage. By iteration 10 or so the team […]

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Developing Good Wireframes Ahead of Visual Design

Human Factors & UX

In the design process, the wireframes focus on the structure/layout of elements on the screen, and the interaction that the screens will provide. The visual design focuses on aspects of design such as colors, graphics, branding and mood. Design encompasses both of these, and both are equally important. But by first addressing the software’s information […]

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Software Development and the Construction Analogy

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This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Dan Vanderboom has a thoughtful post up about software development methods. I especially like his takedown of the building construction analogy that is overused and abused in the world of software development: […] this is […]

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10 Keys to Successful SW Dev: #9 Respect the Process

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This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Software Development is difficult to get right. According to the latest figures, only 32% of software development projects are successful, and 43% of the features developed are not used. We’ve been successfully developing software for […]

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Exactly What are Wireframes?

Human Factors & UX

This post was previously on the Pathfinder Software site. Pathfinder Software changed its name to Orthogonal in 2016. Read more. Wireframes are the bare-bones schematic of the presentation layer for an application or web site. They are the visual interpretation of the user and business needs for any given feature. At a basic level, they […]

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