BarCampRDU 2008 came and went. It was quite enjoyable. There wasn’t as much grub as last year, but I thought the topics were more interesting. I gave a talk on pair programming during the afternoon. It really became more of a group discussion, which was exactly what I was hoping … Continue reading
I’ll be speaking at the Agile ITX conference in Reston, Virginia on June 27th. My presentation is titled Pragmatic Pair Programming and is based on the many diverse pairing experiences I’ve had over the past six years. Mention pair programming in any crowd of programmers and you’ll get two responses: … Continue reading
Remember, this month’s Agile RTP meetup is tonight at 6 PM. I’ll be presenting my Chaotic Agility talk at Misys in North Raleigh. This is a new meeting location (we’re not meeting at Frankie’s anymore) so take note! Here are the directions from the mailing list: The address of the … Continue reading
I’ll be speaking about chaotic agility at the Agile RTP meetup in August. Chaotic agility is a phrase describing why I believe agility works: the science behind it models an amazingly accurate picture of a typical development project. Most of us will agree that agile teams produce better software on … Continue reading
Ken Auer (of RoleModel Software and XP fame) will be speaking at the Agile RTP meeting here in Raleigh tonight. I used to work at RMS and am interested in hearing Ken’s take on agile methods once again. The year I spent at his studio was some of the best … Continue reading
This is just a reminder from your friendly neighborhood agilist that the new Agile RTP user group has its first meeting in Cary tonight. Read more about it on Jared’s blog. This sounds like a great opportunity to meet other agile-minded people in the area and listen to an interesting … Continue reading
Agile RTP is a new user group started in the Raleigh area by Jared Richardson. The first meeting will be on March 22nd where we’ll be video conferencing with the agile group in Charlotte to hear Dr. Laurie Williams speak about test-driven development. I was actually considering driving to Charlotte … Continue reading
My father recently had an experience which bitterly proves that minor details can have major consequences. Last week, his insurance company mistakenly reported to the DMV that the coverage on his auto had lapsed. The DMV responded by revoking his tags within the space of 48 hours (quite speedy for … Continue reading
I recently had the honor of reviewing the Pragmatic Programmers’ latest work of art, Venkat Subramaniam and Andy Hunt’s Practices of an Agile Developer. The book doesn’t ship until March 1st, but I would certainly consider adding it to my Amazon.com wish list now, especially if I were new to … Continue reading
Sails: a dynamic, open-source web framework for Java designed in the spirit of Rails. The top 5 reasons to use it? 1. Created using test-driven development (no, seriously, it was!) 2. Controllers are testable (oh yeah) 3. Leans heavily on convention over configuration (Rails anyone?) 4. Binds URLs to Actions … Continue reading