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...Much like the Mac, this book “just works”, because it takes the best from lessons learned from team leaders and team players and takes the mystery out of the project management processes as appl...
-Robert Pritchett

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"

..."Ship It!" is in the style of the other Pragmatic books and is an easy and focused read. I finished it in two days and have already gained a wealth of insight that I can apply immediately. Hig...
-Anil John

(May 4)
Virtual Box competes with VMWare and Parallels, but it's open source. It's a very decent virtualization product. Sun bought them a few months ago, and this is the first major release since then.

This blog entry (Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.60 Just Released for Ubuntu Hardy Heron and other Os's!) does a good job of summing up the new release.

Visit the VirtualBox homepage for more info.

Category: Misc

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.