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Jan
2006
2006 Waterfall Conference
I don’t know about you, but I am going to find a way to attend. http://www.waterfall2006.com
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Jan
2006
My Bio
I have been asked for a short professional bio and a head shot for the Boise Code Camp that is coming up. I think I am going with the head shot on the right, but I don’t really have that quirky little bio, so I’ll write it here. David Starr is Director of Engineering Services […]
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Jan
2006
Agile Management Software (Tools)
When Robert (Uncle Bob) Martin visited us a few months back, we asked him for his recommendations on Scrum management software. His reply? “Note cards and white boards.” I feel that this is a perfectly reasonable answer when dealing with a small development team. While we already know that Agile methodology scales to large teams, […]
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Jan
2006
Microsoft’s Live Meesenger Beta
A few weeks ago I asked for someone to toss me a beta invite for Windows Live Messenger. Cory Isakson was good enough to pass on the invite that got me in to the beta site. What did I find when I got there? A corrupt download file for the application! This is killing me, […]
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Jan
2006
Boise Code Camp
What Is a Code Camp A Code Camp is best described as a group of software development professionals gathering for the purposes of furthering individual education. The actual criteria for what constitutes a Code Camp can be read in the Code Camp Manifesto. Code Camps have sprung up around the country in major metropolitan areas. […]
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Jan
2006
Boise .Net User Group
Two or so years ago I attended one of the monthly meetings of what was then a fledgling Microsoft user group here in Boise. In order to introduce myself, I presented that night on Web Services. Web Services were still fairly distrusted and I think we were still on WSE 1.0. What I found was […]
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Jan
2006
My RSS Addiction
RSS is everywhere. If you listen to the spoutlet coming out of Redmond, you have heard that RSS will be everywhere. Ubiquitous even. Apparently it is a good idea to RSS enable Longhorn (I mean Vista) in ways that will oly make sense when we see it. Sure, subscribing to build notifications, defect entries, blogs, […]
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Jan
2006
Agile Requires Trust
Stacia Heimgartner blogged a wonderful dissertation on the role of trusting each other in the agile process. Loath though I am to simply link to other people’s blog entries, this one is simply too good to ignore. I love it. http://theagileblog.net/2006/01/moving_to_a_trusting_culture.html
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