What Cooking Taught Me About Programming
By: Paul Wiedel Some of my best programming lessons in college didn’t take place in a classroom or in front of a computer… they took place in restaurant kitchens preparing food. The similarities...
View ArticleExceeding Expectations in Daily Communications
By: Mark Reid As a project manager consultant, there are so many things that I enjoy about the role: meeting new people, learning new businesses, interacting with individuals throughout an...
View ArticleKnow When to Fold ‘em: Poker, Game Theory, and the Rise of the Machines
By: Dan Schwie Last month, a team of researchers from the University of Alberta unveiled a statistically unbeatable poker playing program named Cepheus. Cepheus has reportedly solved heads up limit...
View ArticleThe Problem with “Get Creative”
By: Mike Huang As leaders, we’re often asked to navigate our teams through difficult project waters. More often than not, the project management triumvirate of Time, Cost (Resources), and Scope are all...
View Articlesdg Hosts Second BIG Event
sdg hosted our second CoP Big Event earlier this week and had over 80 employees in attendance. CoP’s – or Communities of Practice – are sdg’s version of brown bag presentations where employees share...
View ArticleSudo and Sudon’t: Why, When and How to Sudo on a Linux System
By: Brien Coffield If you’ve ever used a modern Linux distribution you’ve probably used sudo. But if you haven’t, check out this article and come back. I’ll wait right here. References to sudo in forum...
View Articlesdg Cooks for Kids at the Ronald McDonald House
After a very rewarding experience last year, sdg volunteers and their families returned to the Cooks for Kids program at the Ronald McDonald House (RMH) in the Minneapolis Children’s Hospital. The RMH...
View ArticleOutside of the Box
By: Kelly Gorin Have you ever considered technology as a viable career or hobby, but think that you are not necessarily cut out of that cloth? I never thought of myself as someone who would EVER want...
View ArticleDiscovering Relevance
By: Corbin March Six months after LINQ to SQL was released, I had the chance to use it in a project. I was pretty excited. I was skeptical, too, but mostly excited. I figured I was dipping my toes into...
View ArticleUsing Leaflet to Find Your Next Cup of Coffee
By: Steve Tierney According to Pew, “74% of adult smart phone owners age 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location.” We’ve all been...
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