Oct 21, 2011   //   by Josh Turpen   //   What We Think  //  1 Comment

As a software developer with a keen interest in data I find myself unable to resist articles like this one on Empirical Software Engineering. When I was in college the computer science department was part of the college of engineering. This always struck me as odd because it felt as if we did something that could be described as engineering by only the broadest of definitions. Sure, we had big O notation and cyclomatic complexity, but these other engineers had great tomes of data that told them if something worked. We had Professor Morse who threw things at us if our curly braces didn’t line up. Continue reading “Dogma vs. Data – Software Development Edition” »

Oct 4, 2011   //   by Josh Turpen   //   What We Think  //  No Comments

Every small business, including DataFive, faces the challenges of marketing. Where will customers come from? How do we acquire more? How do we reach untapped markets? These questions plague a small business from day one. We (small business owners) are constantly told that this is a global economy. That is a great saying, but how does one tap into this global customer base? Continue reading “The International Small Business” »