27 Oct
2007

Elegance Awaits

On Friday morning over breakfast we had the idea of expanding David Starr’s excellent Elegant Code brand into more of a community along the lines of Los Techies or Code Better (we are aiming high here). I had only one slightly negative thought – why didn’t we think of this before! I am really looking […]

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25 Oct
2007

AYE – A Conference for the Softer Side

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Some of the most respected thought leaders in the softer skills side of the Agile movement have come together to produce a conference focusing on their areas of expertise. The likes of Esther Derby, Dave Smith, Johanna Rothman, and lighter side gurus are getting together in Phoenix from Nov. 4th-7th to present on issues of […]

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21 Oct
2007

Tasting VS2008 for the First Time

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I have been poking VS2008 tonight. The first thing I noticed is the speed difference. It is just plain faster than VS 2005. Faster to load, faster menus, just faster. Although it is not news to those who have been playing with 2008 already I was a bit miffed to see that the project and […]

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17 Oct
2007

I Just Bought a MacBook Pro

MacBook Pro, 17-inch, 2.4GHz2GB 667 DDR2 – 2x1GB SO-DIMMs (Upgraded to 4G aftermarket) Accessory KitSuperDrive 8x (DVD?R DL/DVD?RW/CD-RW)2.4GHz Intel Core 2 DuoBacklit Keyboard/Mac OS – U.S. EnglishMacBook Pro 17-inch High-Resolution Widescreen Display160GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm Ships by: Oct 18 – Oct 22 Delivers by: Oct 22 – Oct 26 I haven’t been […]

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