{"id":5140,"date":"2012-12-07T12:47:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T18:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:55:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:55:57","slug":"weekly-recap-6-tips-to-break-app-dev-bottlenecks-how-to-master-new-skills-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/weekly-recap-6-tips-to-break-app-dev-bottlenecks-how-to-master-new-skills-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly recap: 6 tips to break app dev bottlenecks, how to master new skills, and more&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" alt=\"Education\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on development bottlenecks, web standards, and more. I hope you find them useful:<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20121207_6TipsToBreakAppDevBottlenecks_NewSkill']); \" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hbr.org\/hmu\/2012\/11\/how-to-master-a-new-skill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">How to master a new skill<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nKeeping your skills current is one key to success in the IT profession, or just about any field for that matter.  But learning a new skill is quite intimidating if you don\u2019t know where to start.  This article lays out a great plan of attack for learning new skills.<a name=\"20121204\"><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20121207_6TipsToBreakAppDevBottlenecks_6Tips']); \" href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/t\/application-development\/6-tips-break-app-dev-bottlenecks-208304?page=0,0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">6 tips to break app dev bottlenecks<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThe IT department must focus on building applications that drive business innovation.  But, how can an IT department improve the business if it can\u2019t develop applications quickly?  This article gives a few nice tips to remedy that problem.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Outbound Link', '20121207_6TipsToBreakAppDevBottlenecks_WebStandards']); \" href=\"http:\/\/christianheilmann.com\/2012\/12\/02\/web-standards-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Web standards advocacy needs to start answering questions of the now<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nHere\u2019s a great take on the web vs. native app debate.  The author goes beyond the features and capabilities debate and focuses on the purpose of each approach: Native apps succeed because they&#8217;re built for the now. Native apps cater perfectly to our fleeting attention spans.  On the other hand, web apps are built for longevity.  They are built to be future proof. Overall, the author makes a lot of great points, and the article is definitely worth a read.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1772af; font: normal bold 12pt\/1.2em Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;\">Dell software CIO says BYOD is not about devices<\/span><br \/>\nWhen I saw this headline, my first thought was \u201cExactly!\u201d Finally, we\u2019re starting to focus on the real issue behind BYOD, and not on the devices.  If you\u2019d like to read a little more on the topic, I\u2019ve covered it in more detail in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: red; font-weight: bold;\">this article<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. This week\u2019s top articles focus on development bottlenecks, web standards, and more. I hope you find them useful: How to master a new skill Keeping your skills current is one key to success in the IT profession, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/weekly-recap-6-tips-to-break-app-dev-bottlenecks-how-to-master-new-skills-and-more\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Weekly recap: 6 tips to break app dev bottlenecks, how to master new skills, and more&#8230;<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Weekly recap: 6 tips to break app dev bottlenecks, how to master new skills, and more... - mrc&#039;s Cup of Joe Blog","description":"Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I\u2019ve found over the past week. 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