12 Sep
2007

Microsoft and XForms, Standards Assassin or Innovator?

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: , , :2 Comments on Microsoft and XForms, Standards Assassin or Innovator?

Humble Beginnings In researching technologies for dynamic form presentation, I came across the lonely and sad story of XForms. XForms is a sad little technology that once had a great future and was full of hope and aspirations. The basic idea was that I can build rich form functionality, including some processing logic, using XML tags […]

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10 Sep
2007

Open Source Licensing for .Net Portal Frameworks

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: , :3 Comments on Open Source Licensing for .Net Portal Frameworks

I am currently casting about for at open source web portal frameworks written in .Net. I would like my first concern to be the architecture of the UI plug-in modules, security providers, and data models. Unfortunately, it looks like my first concern must first be the license model of the software. To be fair, I am looking […]

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7 Sep
2007

Google Reader, Now With Butter

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: , , :

Google Reader has finally included search as a feature. THANK YOU. And the execution is flawless. The feature is as good as all other Google search features. http://www.google.com/reader/view/#search/scrum/ Well done, and this solidifies by choice of Google Reader as my preferred aggregator. The only problem now is that it cannot read into my firewall so […]

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4 Sep
2007

The Absent Product Owner anti-Pattern

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: , :2 Comments on The Absent Product Owner anti-Pattern

During my attendance at Agile2007 I learned about several anti-patterns for Agile adoption. I heard consistent stories of insufficient planning, poorly assembled backlogs, and ambiguous definitions of done. For many Agile teams, these smells are all too real. To help discuss them I have come up with a name around which we may build a vocabulary. The Pattern Name The […]

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28 Aug
2007

The Definitive Agile Reading List

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: , , :3 Comments on The Definitive Agile Reading List

I have been asked several times for reading recommendations for people looking to implement Agile in their organization. Providing that list is difficult because there are so many different ideas of what it means to be Agile. The concepts, practices, techniques, and values of Agile that matter most to individuals depend very much on their role in an […]

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14 Aug
2007

Atomic Object and Presenter First

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: , :

While riding my BMW R1150GS through the Idaho back country last week, I listened to a lot of podcasts, Beastie Boys, and Asleep at the Wheel. Pretty much in that order. Far and away my favorite podcast right now is Ron Jacobs’ Arcast, and I listened to several episodes while power sliding the bike around corners and […]

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14 Aug
2007

Agile2007 Day 2

By: David Starr Category:UncategorizedTag: , , :1 Comment on Agile2007 Day 2

The Absolute Worst Keynote at a Technical Conference. Ever. Today’s keynote was the the longest 90 minutes in my recent memory.  That’s 1.5 hours of my life I will never get back. The keynote address for the Agile 2007 conference was given by Susan Ershler who spent my precious 90 minutes saying things like, “Rah, rah” and “You […]

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