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Posted in LINKBLOG on May 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
Resharper: The New Software Estimating Tool - D. P. Bullington
‘ In a nutshell, I was able to play an estimating game at the source code usage level, with the help of trusty ole Resharper ‘
Functional Programming - lessons from high-school arithmetic - Andrew Matthews
20 Years Later IRC is Still Useful; Are You Taking Advantage of [...]
Posted in LINKBLOG on May 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
What the &@$#* is a ‘Best Practice’ anyway? - Derik Whittaker
‘ Remember the term ‘Best Practice’ is a lie meant to make you feel better about yourself and your code ‘
Squeezed Links: May 2008 - Max Pool
.Net Equality - Will Smith
(== != Equals)
The Return of the “Franklinator” - Hanselminutes #115
Scott talks with Carl [Franklin, ed], [...]
Posted in LINKBLOG on May 29th, 2008 1 Comment »
WCF Callbacks; a beginners guide - Barry Dorrans
Nederland ‘kampioen’ eigen burgers aftappen - Webwereld
Shocking: in one day the Dutch government listens in on phone calls as much as the complete US governemnt in a whole year!
English translation here
When does design happen in agile? - Ian Cooper
Interesting point! ‘ The short answer is ‘all the time’ [...]
Posted in LINKBLOG on May 28th, 2008 1 Comment »
Eindhoven, June 26 2008: Seeing Alistair Cockburn live (and for free!) - Sioux Embedded Systems
via Marc Evers. This is a wonderful opportunity to go and see one of the most wellknown people in the agile movement
Adding files to TFS Team System Version Control - Kirstin Juhl
‘ When you add files to your project (…), the [...]
Posted in LINKBLOG on May 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
How Should You Update Your Application? - Mike Hall
We can automate everything, up untill installing new versions of our software on users’ machines, but should we? Mike has some thoughts on how far we could go here, and the (dis)advantages our choices bring
[ANN] Dimecasts.net is Alive and Kicking - Derik Whittaker
New screencast site dedicated to [...]
Posted in LINKBLOG on May 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
A Programming Job Interview Challenge #5 - Records Sorting - Shahar A
IDisposable and deterministic execution of code within scope - Gaia
28 Ideas To Spice Up Your Mornings - Jarkko Laine
Big list of cool tips, one of them: always carry pen/paper because inspiration/brainwaves come when you least expect them
The Perfect Productivity System - Celine Roque
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Posted in LINKBLOG on May 25th, 2008 No Comments »
The Single Best Source Control Model - Jurgen Appelo
This brings two articles to our attention on source control, that look very interesting and go on my reading list for the coming week, apart from reading The art of agile development
The Pitch - Ethan Vizitei
Who Is This “Licklider” Guy? - Jeff Moser
Some computer science history
Radio TFS [...]
Posted in LINKBLOG on May 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Software is hard! - Jason Young
‘ Nothing is ever as simple as it seems. You’re not going to piece together code snippets from the web and create a great product ‘
OpenID isn’t ready for prime time - Robert W. Anderson
There is at least some truth in here, as OpenID is a complex thing that is [...]
Posted in LINKBLOG on May 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
Viewing Your Backlog - David Starr
What is a backlog, why is prio key, and diffent views on the backlog
Developing Facebook Application with .NET - part 2 - Aleksisa
In case you’re into Facebook (I’m not)
Simplifying the WPF TreeView by Using the ViewModel Pattern - Josh Smith
‘ Reviews how using a ViewModel can abstract away the complexities [...]
Posted in Book review on May 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Actually, the subtitle says it all:
” Biting and humorous tales of a software engineering manager “
but let’s dive a bit deeper: This is a 2007 book, mainly compiled from the not-cheap-on-sarcasm Rands in Repose website, learning us every management trick in an unconventional way. It is from the guy who brought us NADD, Nerd Attention [...]
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