15 Tips For Tracking And Correcting Your Company’s Tech Issues And Bugs

I’m a huge proponent of using Kanban boards to track active development efforts. They are clean, effective and allow for easy tracking of bugs and responsibilities. Beyond development, project tracking and ticketing systems like Jira or OTRS are must-haves. Ticketing issues and having a process is key to ensuring problems and bugs are addressed. Anything with reporting helps long term.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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10 Ways Edtech Advances Are Shaking Up Education

Giving students professional-grade tools means they have the ability to produce amazing things. Google’s G Suite and Chromebooks give students professional tools at budget prices without any of the fluff or bloatware of other solutions. Schools that deploy these tools are more likely to have students that enter the workforce with experience and familiarity with enterprise offerings.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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12 Revolutionary Ways 3D Printing Is Changing The World

As creative engineers apply this technology to more residential use cases, I believe we’ll see more adoption in the gaming vertical. Retro gaming is extremely hot right now and electronics have become so commoditized that the only thing preventing mainstream use is cases and controllers. 3D printing technology lends itself perfectly to gaming consoles and controllers, reviving ’80s and ’90s items.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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11 Strategies Tech Leaders Should Remember When Planning Their Teams’ Vacation Schedules

Team leaders understand the need for constant contact. When designing a team of individual contributors, I often look for generalists. I ensure that no team is limited by specialists unless they are utilized for a small amount of time. Teams should have overlap and rotating responsibilities, allowing everyone freedom from specific responsibilities. Generalists have the ability to be flexible.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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13 Tech Experts Offer Their Opinions On The Era’s Most Influential Tech Industry Leader

The most influential leader isn’t necessarily the most talented or knowledgable. Having influence is a unique ability that extends far beyond ability. It reaches into style and intangibles. It’s indisputable that Steve Jobs has defined tech leadership since the early ’90s. No other person has had multiple books, movies and debate surrounding their life and story. His contributions exceed all others.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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10 Considerations When Looking To Implement Instant Messaging For Business

If I’m looking for a secure messaging platform, I first see if the platform is open or closed source. Closed-source products could mean cloaking of what’s really happening under the hood. The process by which the platform functions is my next stop. How does the app secure and could I poke holes in how that works. Simple things are typically where security fails. Reviews reveal others’ experiences.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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10 Tech Execs Discuss The Role Of Politics In Silicon Valley

#1 Answer According to Forbes Tech Council…

Unfortunately, the political climate in the U.S. is extremely divisive. Technology companies only benefit from collaboration, unification and compatibility. While CEOs have the responsibility to make decisions that benefit their country, employees and customers, they also have the responsibility to unify everyone together in a common goal. Affiliations do nothing to push a common goal.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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13 Methods For Accelerating The Learning Curve For New Tech Team Members

I believe that company culture is far more powerful than employee training. While manuals and interactive training can be helpful, nothing will replace experienced employees assisting new ones. Companies ought to focus more on folding new employees into company culture and allowing experience and knowledge to naturally flow from co-worker to co-worker. Interdepartmental communication is paramount.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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Eight Sectors That Could Benefit From Open Source Programs

Open source products are extremely important to the business ecosystem as a whole. Ideas, concepts and prototypes that aren’t bound by business needs or man hours are the fuel with which other products are built. For example, many appliance electronics are based on Linux operating systems, which are open source. Nothing is more secure than having full transparency and allowing everyone access.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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12 Skills Every Tech Professional Needs To Deliver Value In The Workplace

Valuable tech professionals need to bring critical thinking to whatever they are doing within year one. The ability to adjust and adapt to market needs means being creative and being able to think on your feet. This kind of mentality matters far more than coding or data science. Technology today involves everything from marketing to accounting. It’s less about boxes and software.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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