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Code Camps this weekend!
Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:54 PM

There are two code camps this weekend: CMAP Code Camp in Maryland Pittsburgh Code Camp in Pennsylvania I will be speaking at the Pittsburgh Code Camp on Refactoring - a topic that is very dear to me. Register now and come along to talk code.   We are hiring!  Do you want to write beautiful code in a Test Driven, Refactored, Agile .NET software company... Read More...

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Don't miss the Nova Code Camp South this weekend!
Friday, March 28, 2008 8:34 AM

The NoVa CodeCamp South v1 will be held on March 29th 2008 in Woodbridge VA.  The speaker schedule has been posted here .   I am presenting two sessions: 9:00-10:15:     Refactoring in C# 1:00-2:15:        Web Application Testing in Watin Register now !   We are hiring!  Do you want to... Read More...

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NoVa CodeCamp South v1 speaking schedule has been announced!
Friday, March 07, 2008 11:48 PM

The NoVa CodeCamp South v1 will be held on March 29th 2008 in Woodbridge VA.  The speaker schedule has been posted here . I will be presenting on two topics: Refactoring in C# - bad code to better code Web Application Testing in Watin There are lots of great sessions from WPF, TDD, SSIS, jQuery, SQL Server 2008 and more... You can register now .   We... Read More...

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RockNUG tonight - Geoff Snowman showed off BizTalk Server
Thursday, November 15, 2007 12:24 AM

I attended my first event at the new Rockville .NET User Group (RockNUG) in Maryland tonight.  Geoff Snowman , our local Microsoft integration specialist showed off the latest BizTalk Server (BTS) technology and talked about the future of BTS and its related products.  As Geoff pointed out, BTS is a niche product that works well for large customers... Read More...

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Agile Estimating and Planning with TargetProcess - RCC4
Monday, October 08, 2007 8:36 AM

On Saturday, the Thycotic crew (well, only three of us this time) went down to Richmond to the forth Richmond Code Camp. It is a 2 hour drive but my new handy TomTom GPS did well - asides from one occasion where it decided to re-route us back through Washington DC when we were only 30 minutes from the event! Kevin presented on "C# 3.0" and the audience seemed... Read More...

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Filed under: Extreme Programming, Software Development, Code Camp, General Software Development

Pair Programming improves your communication skills
Monday, March 19, 2007 11:50 PM

Many developers in our industry prefer a dark corner to the presentation podium. This is often explained away with references to introverted personalities and geekish tendencies. While this may be true for certain individuals, there are definitely many benefits to breaking away from this stereotype. One of the best ways to progress in the business world is to... Read More...

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Yet Another Mid-Atlantic Code Camp - but AGILE!!! (April 14, 2007 8am-6pm)
Sunday, February 25, 2007 9:31 PM

Do you breathe agile? Do your progress bars always turn green? Do you refactor in your sleep? Then I need you for the agile track … We are looking for attendees, speakers and volunteers! This is the first Mid-Atlantic Code Camp to have an official Agile track (and I am the track chair – woohoo!) Attendees Register here , now, just do it. Speakers... Read More...

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Richmond Code Camp 2 : review
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:16 AM

At 5:00am on Saturday morning, I headed in to downtown DC to get some prizes and a few books from the Thycotic office. Then off to collect Ryan Olshan at 5:30, and John Morales at 5:45. We hit 95 and headed south for Richmond. The drive was uneventful with most of us still in pre-coffee haze and Bob Marley playing. We got to the Code Camp at the ECPI center well... Read More...

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What motivates software developers?
Monday, May 15, 2006 3:00 AM

Developers who simply work for a paycheck have different priorities so I am going to ask you to forget about them for a minute. If you joined software development out of pure passion for the industry then you have a different agenda. Building software is a very creative and constructive process but the intangible nature of software makes the parallels to traditional... Read More...

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