Author Archives: Shane Kempton

Internet Explorer 9 and what it says about Microsoft’s strategic direction

By Shane Kempton | Published: November 18, 2010
Microsoft released another new browser, IE 9, on September 15th and you might be asking why you should even care. While IE 9 will improve your browsing experience, even more interesting is what the new technology says about the direction Microsoft is taking in software development, Windows and HTML 5. HTML 5, along with new versions [...]
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P2’s First iPhone/iPod Touch App

By Shane Kempton | Published: August 11, 2009
Our first iPhone/iPod Touch application, Quadrangle, was approved and released to the iTunes App store yesterday.  Quandrangle is a simple but addictive puzzle game where the player is challenged to find blocks of the same color which form a rectangle.
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Software Bill of Rights (Part Two) – Development Philosophy Part 3

By Shane Kempton | Published: June 17, 2009
In my previous post I talked about why we have a Software Bill of Rights and described in detail the first Right. Let’s talk about the second Right.
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Software Bill of Rights (Part One) – Development Philosophy Part 3

By Shane Kempton | Published: May 29, 2009
In my previous posts I discussed the way Phase 2 develops a deep understanding of our clients’ needs. Once we discover the needs and can fluently speak in the language of measures of success, we create a technology implementation plan. In the next series of posts I’ll cover my philosophies around the process of implementing a [...]
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Measurable Success – Development Philosophy Part 2

By Shane Kempton | Published: May 14, 2009
As I discussed in my previous post, when we start a project at Phase 2, we always start by looking at the people involved. We look at the different constituents, both internal and external to the organization, what each wants and needs as well as the current problems each face. After we understand what particular [...]
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