Every team will be comprised of different people, with different backgrounds, experiences and ideas. The key to working in a team is understanding that a person and their code are completely separate. A little while ago we stumbled across an article on www.builderau.com.au that we quickly passed to our entire team. Obviously if everyone works together a team will be stronger and succeed but the challenge is how you can accomplish this.
A summary of the ten commandments of egoless programming:
1. Understand and accept that you will make mistakes.
2. You are not your code.
3. No matter how much “karate” you know, someone else will always know more.
4. Don’t rewrite code without consultation.
5. Treat people who know less than you with respect, deference, and patience.
6. The only constant in the world is change.
7. The only true authority stems from knowledge, not from position.
8. Fight for what you believe, but gracefully accept defeat.
9. Don’t be “the guy in the room.”
10. Critique code instead of people
For an explanation of each commandment please see the original article at: builder.com
David Millar
Millar, as he is known around the office, is a rock-solid, workhorse coder. If anyone really understands what a chunk of code is doing it’s him. Family, friends, sports, and his wife are the most important things in life to him. He plays sports weekly and golf in the summer when he’s not busy hanging out with friends and family. These days Millar can be found being entertained by his puppy "Stella" who can be best described as a ball of energy and smarts.
Recently we were invited by Techalliance to facilitate a public workshop on (re)designing corporate websites. Our approach was to provide business owners with practical advice on managing the process. A common theme throughout the presentation was the idea that clients can prepare themselves with a set of criteria for evaluating vendors, and the designs they provide, to ensure that they are selecting the best solution for their website.
For many clients one of the toughest parts of the web design process is evaluating and choosing the visual design, and discussing their response with their vendor in a clear and concise manner.
Luckily, the essence of good visual design can be understood using only three core concepts:
unity, consistency and hierarchy.
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Shawn Adamsson
One of the original three founders of rtraction, Shawn describes his role as being a "cat herder". He ensures all of the work is done on time, on budget and spends a lot of his time facilitating the dialogue between clients, coders and the creatives. Shawn’s approach to life is based on the belief that it doesn't matter what you're doing if you enjoy the company of the people you are doing it with.
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