When a deadline is looming, you do whatever’s needed to get the job done. Often that entails working from one end of the day to the other in hopes that the longer you work, the more you’ll get done. It may be, though, that the nonstop approach is not the best route to productivity.

Historically, large companies relied on waterfall methods, but many of these organizations could benefit from a little "agile mojo." Applying aspects of hypothesis-driven development to requirements writing can help cut through the bureaucracy and put your team on a leaner path.

Twitterers around the world may be booking appointments with their therapists after Twitter officially admitted that there is a software bug that causes people to drop people they may have recently followed.