December 2009
7 posts
“Soon after the consultants left there was a backlash on anything labelled...”
– Gojko Adzic  » Software process improvements with Lean and Kanban at BNP Paribas
Dec 19th
Two Reasons We Have to Build Software Iteratively... →
Business people don’t know what they want until they see it. And developers don’t know how to do it until they’ve done it.
Dec 18th
Code: Flickr Developer Blog » Flipping Out →
Like Chris R, I’d prefer to do this than have so-called feature branches. Although, it sounds horrible, it has the benefit of making the costs of “branching” much more explicit. I’d also hope the…
Dec 18th
Dec 12, 2009: Ruby Manor 2 : Manor Harder at The... →
Ruby Manor 2 : Manor Harder The Guvner is opening the doors to The Manor once again, and just like last time it’s up to you to fill my echoing halls with the sound of Ruby. It’ll be the same…
Dec 10th
“This is analagous to the ‘indulgences’ that the Catholic church sold...”
– James Hansen (head of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies) talks about Obama’s “cap-and-trade” legislation in Copenhagen climate change talks must fail, says top scientist
Dec 3rd
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet →
Started reading Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey Sachs.
Dec 2nd
“Effectiveness is often inefficient: cross-functional teams, pair programming,...”
– Dan North - Our Obsession with Efficiency on Vimeo
Dec 1st