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The 5 Essential Enhancements in Plone 4.2. You Should Know About
One-click theming, faster searching, new collection UI, SEO-oriented HTML and cleaner code: all of it is in the Plone 4.2 release...
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A Solution to Fixed-Bid vs. Hourly Contracts (Part 3)
"Time and Materials" contracts ("T&M" in short) are the only sensible structure for sophisticated software development like we work on at Six Feet Up, but only in concert with a project management methodology that reduces risk for clients...
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A Solution to Fixed-Bid vs. Hourly Contracts (Part 2)
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how hard it is to estimate creative projects including sophisticated software development like we work on here at Six Feet Up...
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A Solution to Fixed-Bid vs. Hourly Contracts (Part 1)
If an auto-mechanic can’t accurately estimate a quick and simple car fix, what hope do software developers have when building something new and complex that’s never been exactly done before?...
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5 Ways to Improve Your Blogging Effectiveness
Most people who don't blog cite lack of time as a major excuse. But blogs have a big impact on traffic and online visibility. Understanding why is the first step in boosting your blogging impact...
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Virtualization: Why Business People Should Care
Last Friday, some of my colleagues went to a virtualization presentation that the organizers had cleverly combined with the opening of Green Lantern. Here's why business people should care...
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3rd FedEx Day: 7 Projects in 24 Hours
On April 28-29, 2011 Six Feet Up held its third FedEx Day, a quarterly internal event that fosters creativity, intrinsic motivation and team collaboration. This time 7 teams worked on a variety of outstanding projects...
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Why Our Clients Select Open Source
While open source software is pretty common these days in small and mid-size organizations, it tends to be seen as "terra incognita" by Fortune 500 or larger groups...
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Keys to Successful Mass Software Patching
Six Feet Up successfully applied more than 70 software patches to help organizations address the recent critical security vulnerability announced in Plone...
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FedEx Day #2 Delivers
Over the course of 24 hours, the Sixies worked on 10 projects of their choosing and delivered an outstanding variety of tools and solutions to improve productivity...
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