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December 1st Education Event (by SwANH)

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Posted by Jason Alexander

 

December 1, 2010 - 6-9pm

 

Location: Chordiant Software, Inc., 8 Commerce Dr., Bedford, NH

 

Topic: Accelerating Delivery and Improving Quality

 

Speakers: Patrick El-Azem and Ravi Juneja of Loftware, Inc.

 

Register: http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?4W%2cM3%2cfe646308-ba37-4e39-bdae-6334711965a2

Target Audience: This event is targeted to Product and Engineering managers, software developers, and software test and quality assurance engineers.

 

Abstract: Increasing your speed to market and improving the quality of your product are not mutually exclusive. We will present two methods – ORMs and test automation – to help you accomplish this, including discussion on how to implement these on your existing projects.

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For all of our iPhone App fanatics

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Posted by Jason Alexander

 

Not dissimilar from many of you, I’ve become freakishly obsessed with my iPhone and the catalog of apps that come along with it.  As a side note, it’s amazing how meaningless the $0.99 or $1.99 price tag looks when attached to an individual download until the credit card bill comes in and you realize that you’ve spent twice the money in apps as you have for your phone/data plan.  Anyway, back on point, CNET just published a pretty interesting article about functional apps that have been pulled down off the AppStore.  This isn’t an earth-shattering news break but interesting reading none the less:

 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10405395-248.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1

 

Happy Holidays.

 

JA

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Cheap “Techie Stuff” on Black Friday…

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Posted by Jason Alexander

 

To my friends and colleagues that have had their fun telling me that our posts are too “self serving”, I say tis the season to give back (or at least make our readers aware that you can buy gadgets cheap around the holidays).  Our very close friends at CNET have been nice enough to publish some hot techie stuff, game systems, etc that can be obtained on-the-cheap this Black Friday.  As this year has been a tough one for many, the following link might prove to be useful as you gear up to re-empty your pockets this holiday season:

 

http://reviews.cnet.com/holiday-gift-guide/black-friday/?tag=smallCarouselArea.0

 

See, an entire post without telling people to Click Here to learn more about the region’s best and fastest growing IT Staffing Company (DOH, I did it again).

 

Happy Shopping!

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Congratulating the Nashua Scrum Club

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Posted by Jason Alexander

 

As we inch closer to Thanksgiving I thought we would give credit where credit is due.  Our friends at the Nashua Scrum Club (if you don’t know of them, check them out at www.nashua.scrumclub.org) have done a great job of getting a brand new networking/education group off the ground at record speed.  As most of you know, Scrum is closely related to Agile Development which is a topic that grows more popular with every passing day.  Although Scrum Club isn’t new, the NH chapter is new and just completed its third monthly meeting.  While many fledgling networking/education groups have a difficult time getting off the ground, Scrum Club has been at standing-room-only capacity for all three meetings and isn’t slowing down. 

 

Congrats to Bob Fischer and Mary St. Germain for a job well done.

 

Happy Developing.

 

JA

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Learning new technology improves marketability

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Posted by Jason Alexander

 

If there is one thing I’ve noticed about smart job seekers it’s that they tend to find a way to learn new technologies.  As we come out of one of the most challenging economic years that many of us have ever seen, it isn’t uncommon to find people in 3, 6, 9, and even 12 month job searches (hang in there, good times are ahead!!!).  To most employers, it isn’t about the duration of the search but what the searcher has been doing during that time.  For those that may not be aware, we have a news flash - access to new technology is free and is always available.

 

On December 9, 2009 Alexander Technology Group is putting on a free webinar which will show you how and where to access cutting edge technologies.  We have assembled an expert panel and look forward to seeing you there.  Please access the following link to register:

 

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/519435194

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