November 2009
6 posts
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Elevator pitch of why keyboard shortcuts rule
A coworker asked me why I find important to learn and memorize keyboard shortcuts.
I wrote about it some time ago, but this time this person wanted my elevator pitch, so it came out like this:
If I have to use the mouse to reach a certain menu to perform an action, a simple refactoring like extracting method, or inlining a variable for example, I am likely to get lost in the menus trying to...
“Mark my words, if you want to stay relevant and competitive in the coming years...”
– From the new and awesome book from Gary Vaynerchuk “Crush it!”
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My pomodoro experience
I have been using on and off the pomodoro technique since earlier this year. It works great when pair programming but I have also used it alone.
In a nutshell, this our loop:
10 Agree on the goal for the next 25 minutes
20 Start the timer
30 Work towards the goal until the time is up.
40 Take a 5 minutes break
50 GOTO 10
After 3 loops, we take a longer break.
We use it for story work,...
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“I am sure a lot of you are frustrated at your colleagues, not being here at this...”
– From Good to Great Developer - Chris Hedgate
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The bouncer pattern
Last week, J.B Rainsberger talked at Agile Philly about integration tests are a scam and explained to the audience the bouncer pattern.
I am going to paraphrase the concept.
Imagine you own a night club. It’s pretty big with 7 bars around a dance floor. Bartenders must ask for your ID before you get a drink. Some bartenders are pretty good at remembering faces, others not that much....
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