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Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:22 AM

Kanban: Critical realization

Read this today, and it's something that I've known for a long time, but have never really articulated. Kanban smooths out the aggregate, but the individual work request may still vary widely. -- Corey Ladas, here . The entire thread (2 posts currently)
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Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:52 PM

Revisiting a classic

One of the things I like to do for my personal learning is revisiting some of the articles and papers that had an impact on me to see if they come across differently after months or years. I forget how I got there today I've had Eric Sink's Career Calculus
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:04 PM

ASP.NET MVC Framework - first impression

I've read the lengthy articles that Guthrie posted, and I've followed the buzz with interest, but tonight I finally sat down and gave it a shot. First impression: the "default" application is among the most useful I've seen of any templated project. Most
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 11:34 AM

Agile vs. lean - My fourteen cents

(Metaphor: groups of explorers seeking a fabled place) Agile and Lean are indeed different. They are two different paths taken by different groups in an effort to arrive at the same place. We do not yet know what that place is, nor what it will look like
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:45 AM

In my inbox...

Subject: "Today's scrums will be held in front of the kanban board." Yes, it was followed with: " That’s the one with all of the post-its. " But, this is a huge step towards better flow, which has been an issue for months.
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:17 PM

IDisposable.Dispose isn't.

Ok - Rule #1 of .NET programming: If it's Disposable, dispose it... wrap it in a using statement, call Dispose... SOMETHING! Easy, once you think that way, nothing to worry about. Except... when you declare a Mutex, try to dispose it, and get this message:
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Friday, January 04, 2008 12:13 PM

Sometimes art just speaks...

Other times it reaches out, grabs you, and makes you want to drive a thousand miles to feel the texture... http://www.maggiotto.com/
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Friday, January 04, 2008 10:03 AM

How do I keep up with my learning?

Blogs "From your 107 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 970 items, starred 10 items" Beyond that, there's probably another 50 that I said "wow, this is good stuff, but I'll search it if I want it"... I only use starred items for those that
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