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Even though our group was already following many of the practices outlined in Ship It!, I believe the book paid for itself within the first day of purchase. When one considers the burn rate of a ty...
-Steve Mitchell
I haven't had the chance to read and review any books from the Pragmatic Programmers series. I decided to change that with the book Ship It! - A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects by ...
-Thomas "Duffbert" Duff
If your shop has trouble shipping quality software on time -- and let's face it, most do -- then this book is for you. If you're a manager, I'd say that doubly so.
-Ernest Friedman-Hill "JavaRanch Sheriff"

The iPhone (and Tech Toys) in Perspective (Jul 11)
Ouch. I feel guilty.

The Joy of Tech on 3G iPhones

Category: Misc

Server Side is Where Java Shines (Jul 9)
I was interviewed by Carl Williams via email a few months ago. He's interviewed a few other people as well and put together a short interview piece. It's an interesting mix of perspectives.

Java Experts: Server Side is Where Java Shines

Category: Java

The Agile It! Experience (Jul 1)
The Agile It! Experience (aka Agile ITX) finished up this weekend and was a great success. The speakers were all top rate. The audience was educated and engaged. We had great interactions and great questions. I brought my daughter Hannah along and she walked the fine line between entertaining the audience without annoying them. Other than me bashing my head into the side of the swimming pool (ouch!) and having too many managers (and not enough management related talks), I can't think of a thing that wasn't stellar. Next time I'll bring goggles to the pool, and I can guaranty we'll have the management track topped out next time around.

Here are a few related links summing up the conference:

David Bock from a speaker's point of view:
Agile IT Exchange Conference

And Mike Witter's attendee point of view:
Agile IT Experience… 5 closing thoughts

Here's our expert panel discussion. I got to emcee a blue ribbon panel taking questions from attendees. It was late in the evening and I ended it about 8 pm, but it's good stuff.
Agile IT Experience 2008 Panel Discussion - Agile Marketing, Culture, Jokes

The entire conference went extremely well... and you'll be seeing more of them in the future.

Category: Agile

Ruby in the Enterprise: eRubyCon (Jul 1)
For those of you who are wondering if Ruby is enterprise worthy, then eRubyCon is for you. The speaker list is a "Who's who" of Ruby development and a stellar slate for any conference.
If you're into Ruby or Rails, I strongly encourage you to check out this event.

eRubyCon.com

Category: Ruby

Continuous Integration: Fewer Bugs, Less Work (Jun 30)
Jennette Mullaney was kind enough to attend my talk Continuous Integration, The Cornerstone of a Great Shop talk in Las Vegas. We spoke for a bit afterwards and she put it all together into a nice interview.

Continuous integration reduces bugs, increases productivity

Enjoy!

Category: Agile

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Central Ohio Software Symposium (2008-07-25)
The entire NFJS team returns to Dublin, Ohio
Northern Wisconsin Software Symposium (2008-08-01)
I'm speaking on Saturday and Sunday
Southern Ohio Software Symposium (2008-08-15)
Back in Cincinnati
Agile Development Practices (2008-11-10)
Any conference in Orlando is good, but this one is great!
The Agile Experience: Boston (2008-11-18)
The first Agile Experience was a huge success. Tell your manager about this one.


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