Hacking the Kinect

Hacking the Kinect

Hacking the Kinect is as cool as it sounds. It isn’t hacking in the purest sense. It is more like connecting the Kinect to your computer instead of your XBox 360. You use the open source drivers to control and receive data. The kinds of projects being done with...
Hacking the Kinect

Pre-Interview (Job Interviews)

Because there is such a disconnect between HR and Engineering, you need to call set to some things straight about the job. Job listings are usually written to be as generic as possible.  The job descriptions often contain incorrect or impossible requirements.  It...
Hacking the Kinect

The Cost of Bad Code

In a previous post, I talked about the need to hire programmers who write good code. A recent report shows the costs of poorly written code. The 2010 CAST Worldwide Application Software Quality Study summary can be downloaded here. In the report, “good...
Hacking the Kinect

Keyboard Productivity

With one of this month’s meeting topics being improving productivity with Visual Studio 2010, I wanted to share some productivity tips that work in any IDE on Linux and Windows. One of my basic productivity premises is to keep my hands on the keyboard as much as...