Utah Goes 4 Long

Gov. Jon Huntsman announced a plan to move 80% of the state’s workforce to 4 day work weeks by August. For those of you unaware of how this works, it means you work for 10 hours per day instead of 8, so you spend the same amount of time working, you just condense it into 4 days. This gives you a 3 day weekend every week.

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Resources in Windows Applications (C#)

This will be just a quick post about using image resources in windows applications. I prefer to add resources as Resources (capital R) to my projects so that they are embedded in the exe. This works well for most of the smaller apps I create but it probably wouldn’t be the best idea if you were using a TON of images as the exe could start to become very large. The process is really easy.

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Neude Advertising

Some of you may question why I chose a theme with ads, or why I decided to place ads at all. Mostly, it’s an experiment. Neude itself was started as an experiment of sorts in SEO and running a web presence. So far, I’d say it’s been a… well, fun experiment at least.

So what have I learned so far?

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The Interview Process

I just recently had the opportunity to interview with a new company and it was amazing. Why was it amazing? It wasn’t because it was easy but because it was intense! I think a person can judge how much they will enjoy working for a company based on how hard they have to work during the interview process.

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Robots: Friends or Foes?

It might mean the next civil rights struggle. It might mean a war for the survival of the human race.

Either way, robots are on the move. They’re on the battlefield, they’re in our homes. Japan is rapidly developing caretaker bots for their aging population. And at this very moment, there is even a robot on Mars finding water and looking for martian life!

But is it only a matter of time until the great robot uprising? Must we fear our metal creations? “Robophobia!” cries the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots. The ASPCR looks forward to the day when man and machine-man can live in harmony, as equals.

Only time will tell. Right now, we can only imagine: (VIDEO) The Onion: Are We Giving Robots Too Much Power?, (VIDEO) Robot Attack Insurance

Want to know where I stand on the issue? My roomba’s name is Euclid.

Factory Method Pattern

I took Design Patterns when I was in school but there were some that I still never really felt like I understood that well. One of those patterns was the Factory Method Pattern (and Abstract Factory Pattern). In my current role I’m doing more designing and have had opportunity to put this pattern in to play so I studied up on it a bit more. I thought I would share in case anyone else wanted a refresher, was a little confused about it like I was, or had never heard of it.

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I’m a Neudist!

Now that neude has changed formats I’d like to introduce myself as a new poster.

It is I, Noah Langenwalter. Late of Neumont, now of Neumont North (Extend Health).

A lot of what I’ll find to write here will likely be off the beaten track. Why? I don’t code. I don’t design. I only write documentation when no one is looking. I’m a business analyst…sort of.

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Forced to Write Bad Code

Almost every developer at some point has addressed a software requirement with bad code or has implemented a hack to temporarily solve a problem. Sometimes there just isn’t enough time to do something right. Most of the time we can get away with it because it works just fine. If you’re feeling nice that day you might even flag the code with a comment explaining the hack and how it really should be implemented should another developer have the time to do so in the future. But how should a developer react when their boss asks them to implement a specific hack? Continue reading Forced to Write Bad Code

The Customer Is Always Right

…but your sales team isn’t.

Successful businesses produce and deliver products that customers need at a price they are willing to pay for. Most of the time if a customer doesn’t like the product presented to them then they will not purchase it and the company has to redesign the product in order to make the sale. But, it seems some software companies think this kind of business process doesn’t apply to them. Continue reading The Customer Is Always Right

Disparity in the Office Place

When it comes to the office place I don’t think all people are equal. By that, I mean that different departments and different positions have different needs and should be catered to differently. Sales and support people talk on the phone more, so it makes sense that they have nice headsets to use. Clerical people need access to all the good office supplies and management needs a place to have private meetings - I get that. What about the developers?

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