Hi, I’m Lou Franco and this website is where I blog and host personal projects.

What’s on this site

• Swimming in Tech Debt: My book about tech debt
• A summary of my Open Source contributions
• Podcast Appearances and my podcast: Write While True
• Smashing Magazine articles – a collection of articles I have written for Smashing Magazine.
• App-o-Mat: my educational site for iOS Developers and home for my apps
  • 3D-o-Mat – an iPhone app for taking 3D photos
  • Habits – an iPhone app for managing to-do items that are reoccurring, but don’t have a definite date
  • Sprint-o-Mat – an Apple Watch app to help guide programmed runs
• Hello! iOS Development – A book about iPhone App programming that I co-wrote.
• My blog – mostly software business and programming.
  • For Tech Job Seekers 
    • GitHub Resume Tip
    • Use GitHub Profile Pages to Mirror Your Personal Site
    • You Need More than a Resume
    • Tech Jobs Are Not Performances, So Why Do We Audition?
    • Keep Track of Your Good Work
  • iOS Programming
    • Understanding EXC_BAD_ACCESS
    • Practicing iOS Development
    • Icon-Last Development
    • Icon-first Development
  • General Programming
    • Diagramming Cheatsheets
    • Learn Programming by Writing Programs
    • Playing a Book

About me
I’m a software industry veteran who has been leading teams and projects since 1992. I have expertise in agile development practices, programming for startups, mobile development, product management, and domain expertise in treasury risk management systems and enterprise content management.

• See more at my LinkedIn profile
• My StackOverflow contributions
• See my presentations at SlideShare or SpeakerDeck.

I am currently an independent software development consultant.