I am in the process of trying to sell the Scrum process to people outside of our Engineering team. This is an interesting process, because it truly makes me test my own assumptions about the idea. I must be able to convincingly make a case for Scrum and get other teams to buy off into it. […]
Read MoreI have learned a few more things over the last couple of days. First of all, there is far more content available via pod casts than I would have ever believed. Adam Curry claims the first pod cast, which he only published last summer. Given that this trend is less than a year old, I […]
Read MoreMy friend (and boss), Bob Long, loaned his iPod to me for the VS Live trip. I initially put all of my music on it, and thought that was pretty good. Truthfully, I don’t listen to music all that much and I thought this was really just a novelty that might be fun. I had […]
Read MoreIt feels so good to be home. There were so many scheduling mistakes with this trip that I will never use a travel agent again. I will, however, look for first class upgrades. I somehow got to fly first class from Phoenix to Boise and it was fabulous. Wow. I didn’t know it was that […]
Read MoreSometimes things can get out of hand. Things can particularly get out of hand if you are in Vegas and Jagermiester is only $3.00 a shot. Lisa the Code Chick and I got his and her tattoos last night that we are both realizing may not have been the wisest choice. On the other hand, […]
Read MoreThe latter half of the 3rd day was AWESOME. There were exceptions, but mainly a great day. MSBuild – Basically, this is a port of nAnt. This is understandable considering that there was such a close collaboration with the nAnt crew. I wondered if there was a compelling advantage so I asked about differentiating tasks […]
Read MorePeople I have met or heard so far that are very impressive. Where else but at these events can a person meet and talk with a group like this? Mel Harris Billy Hollis Scott Watermask Rob Howard Fritz Onion Aaron Skonnard We missed Bill Gates on Mobile Device Development, and I can live with that. This conference […]
Read MoreCool Things Seen Today New compilation model for ASP.Net 2.0 Provider pattern gets extensive play in the 2.0 framework (role your own session state, anyone?) There will soon be a Composite Application Shell Application Block from MS Using Yukon Express to buffer data on the client with an update-able subscription to the main server Query […]
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