Just wanted to share some interesting finds... Frans is stirring the pot again... This is dissapointing... " Web 2.0" owned by O'Reilly Raymond is at it again (blogging GREAT STUFF!) This time, he's shared some common Patterns Posters for us to decorate our cube/office walls with Fellow User Group Leader...

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...

Google's new Trends service (which appears to be the old Zeitgeist but now on demand) allows you to find out what people are searching on. I tried it with a number of different Microsoft agile terms and was surprised at the results: It is only a relative comparison without any real numbers or drilldown...

In our last round of hiring, I had a great response from my blog post so I am trying it again. We are looking for another top calibre developer to join our team - this is a great opportunity to practice agile techniques on the Microsoft .NET platform from an experienced team while working on great products...

Over the last few months, I have presented a session on Pair Programming to two User Groups ( WinProTeam Rockville and PA FoxPro ) and one Code Camp ( Richmond this last weekend). I especially enjoy presenting this topic for a number of reasons: It is not .NET specific so you can take it to many audiences...

I will be presenting on two topics at the Richmond Code Camp on 4/22/2006. The event starts at 8:30AM and runs all day. If you have never been to a Code Camp before, you are missing out. They are a great place to ask questions and find out about technology from your local community. My topics are: Build...

Unfortunately the speaker for March is unable to make it so I have been asked if I would present this month instead of later this year. I will be presented on Pair Programming at the Potomax Area FoxPro Users Group on Thursday 2nd March 2006 in Fairfax, VA (I have presented this topic in the past )....

I will be presenting at the WinProTeam Vienna .NET Users Group on 3/1/2006 at 6pm. We use NAnt and CruiseControl.NET for all of our products and client projects. The power of a continuous build for improved quality, rapid feedback and engaging your customer is enormous! The arrival of MSBuild and its...

I was recently interviewed by Judith Dinowitz in this article from FusionAuthority . The interview came about after I blogged about my experiences presenting TDD at our local Maryland Cold Fusion User Group . Jonathan Cogley is the CEO and founder of thycotic, a .NET consulting company and ISV in Washington...

Paul Gielens has an interesting post discussing the cost of refactoring and deciding when to do so. I agree with Paul that refactoring is certainly not free and is in fact a very expensive process since it lacks one of the central benefits of Test Driven Development - knowing when you are done! The process...