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They have gathered together the ‘best bits’ of various styles and methodologies they have been directly involved with, and combined them into a practical approach with the focus on delivering a pro...
-Mitch Wheat

Jared Richardson’s talk titled “Build Teams, not Products,” in particular, was one of the best presentations I’ve ever witnessed. It was just one of those talks where all the points seem tautologic...
-Yev Bronshteyn

It's rare to have this much fun reading a book about software. The ideas are smart, relevant, and fundamental. I can be a better programmer today because of the things I read today.
-Joe Fair

(Apr 30)
And Java 6 arrives with a bit of controversy.

Ted rants about the lack of a 32 bit version in Why, Apple, Why?

In a nutshell, if your Mac has a Core Duo CPU, you're running 32 bit. You must have a Core Duo 2. (see this Wikipedia entry). Oh, you must have Leopard (10.5.2) as well.

Here's a great post that shows you how to make 1.6 your default Java. The Apple installer doesn't do that... apparently they don't trust the version enough to be the default Java on your box. Not inspiring confidence with that decision...

Man, I really love Ruby.

Category: Java

New England Software Symposium (2008-09-12)

Back in Boston! I'll be speaking on Saturday and Sunday.

Pacific Northwest Software Symposium (2008-09-19)

Back on the west coast. I'll speak (and keynote) on Friday and Saturday in Redmond.

Agile Development Practices (2008-11-10)

Any conference in Orlando is good, but this one is great!

Agile One: Boston (2008-11-18)

The first Agile Experience was a huge success. Tell your manager about this one.