October 2009
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sundayconf
For this sundayconf, I have a good selection of music, no, videos, no, code, no, music!
Unclebob’s prime factors Kata
Even though the video is called “Prime Factor Kata (Rough)”, the flow of the kata is perfect. The music matches Unclebob’s movement from the spec to the code and back. I had mixed feelings about the choice of IntelliJ but was surprised with the...
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Starting a code study group
We are starting a new code study group at work. Here is the email that I sent to the group to kick it off:
Starting a code study group What is it? A code study group is a bunch of people that choose an open source project or library and read it like a book. As they go through it, they take notes; identify patterns, critique techniques and post a report. They look at code with a critical eye....
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Philadelphia's code retreat
At code retreat, we retreat from the world to advance in our craft. We sharpen our saws, together.
We retreat from production and business value to increase our production capacity, our quality, our velocity, our ability to produce business value.
We retreat from immersion in deep technology issues to advance in our ability to learn and adopt to any technology well.
We retreat from our fears,...
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My learnings from AgileTour 2009
94 people gathered for the first AgileTour stop in the suburbs of Philadelphia. A good turn out for a mini 4 hours conference! Ravi and I welcomed the attendees and gave a little intro about the conference and the speakers. After that, I spent most of my time in the Open Jam.
Agile assessments
We commented on the recent efforts to assess agility.
Bob Martin, Ron Jeffries, Chet Hendrickson,...