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June 2008 - Posts

Friday, June 20, 2008 1:37 PM

And a subtle shift scrumward

Our team has decided to take a step back towards scrum and away from our previous semi-Kanban approach. I think that it's a good plan at this time, although I also suspect that many of the benefits of our earlier approach will continue to show through.
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Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:12 AM

Career progression

In the beginning, there is no resume, only an application. Then, there is the resume. Later, the resume becomes an afterthought, used to round out the paperwork. Until, eventually, there is no resume, only trust.
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Saturday, June 14, 2008 9:27 AM

Software Development Meme

Thanks Dan , I don't have time for this, but you went and called me out. Here is the trace of how this request eventually got to me: Michael Eaton ( post ) -> Sarah Dutkiewicz ( post ) -> Jeff Blankenburg ( post ) -> Josh Holmes ( post ) –>
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Silverlight 2 Beta 2 - Breaking changes

Lots of little things with various results. The breaking changes list got me through 99% of them, here's some of the others, and I'll probably update now and then with more. 1 - Image.Source property. Before, I could use this to find out if I've already
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:29 PM

Thoughts on Batch Size

The concepts surrounding batch size have been floating around my head again in recent days. My current assignment is a rather large batch of work with Silverlight 2.0, but it's one that I've been able to subdivide into a number of small batches that rapidly
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