I've been keeping my head down working on a piece of Facilities Management software for awhile now. When I was in the field, FM software was denied to me and my team. Talking with other FM departments via message boards and email, I learned that it's a common pain point: there just wasn't any funding for us. After I left I decided I wanted nothing to do with FM ever again. But, I felt morally obligated to at least try to help out my former fellow under-funded and overworked facilities guys. So here I am writing software. And oh boy, making software for yourself versus making software for people to hopefully find useful someday is an entirely different ballgame. I wanted to compile a list of things I've learned, and to have an excuse to write another blog post. UI Design Is Hard On the final day of the trade show, the guard could restrain his curiosity no longer. "Sir Thief," he said, "I am so perplexed, I cannot live in peace. Please enlighten me. What is it that you are stealing?"The…
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