On March 31, 1998, around 10am, my then-manager Alex and I left the office we shared together and headed over to Electronics Boutique. Alex and I were both developers working for the IT department of an up and coming software company called PC DOCS. In those days, we didn’t have a corporate firewall...
This past Saturday I had an early morning coffee with a friend. He’s an entrepreneurial type – a big thinker who moves at a fast pace and is always thinking ahead. One question he asked of me, “Are you playing checkers or chess?”. The question was asked around business and career but I could not...
I just listened to Scott Hanselman interviewing Dave Laribee regarding ALT.NET . I really like what Dave had to say, and I encourage everyone to go and listen. I've been reticent about the ALT.NET movement (aside from my initial surge of enthusiasm.) I'm a bit shy when it comes to controversy...
We were recently contracted to assist a development team in employing some Best Practices . Specifically, they were interested in learning Agile. We began by speaking with the developers and managers to try to determine what would benefit them the most. We were only given three weeks to teach/guide/coach...