Archive for December, 2008

  • I just ordered the final print proof copy of my new book, Bridging the Communication Gap: Specification by Example and Agile Acceptance Testing (ISBN: 978-0-9556836-1-9), which means that the paperback will start shipping in a week or so. PDFs are immediately available. The book is about improving communication between customers,...

    Bridging the Communication Gap: now available

    I just ordered the final print proof copy of my new book, Bridging the Communication Gap: Specification by Example and Agile Acceptance Testing (ISBN: 978-0-9556836-1-9), which means that the paperback will start shipping in a week or so. PDFs are immediately available. The book is about improving communication between customers,...

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  • Our upcoming OpenSource .NET Exchange conference generated some unexpected interest in the blogging community. Savio Rodrigues from Infoworld wrote that the conference is “another example of developers choosing .Net and open source, and leaving the technology purity debate to someone else.” Laura Bentley from IT Business Edge said that “London...

    OpenSource .NET Exchange in the news

    Our upcoming OpenSource .NET Exchange conference generated some unexpected interest in the blogging community. Savio Rodrigues from Infoworld wrote that the conference is “another example of developers choosing .Net and open source, and leaving the technology purity debate to someone else.” Laura Bentley from IT Business Edge said that “London...

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  • From February 2009, Skills Matter will start organising public Alt.NET courses (first in London and then across Europe). Opensource .NET tools crash course The first will be a three-day crash course on tools and practices aimed at .NET developers that want to learn about Alt.NET tools and Java developers that...

    Introducing Alt.NET courses at Skills Matter

    From February 2009, Skills Matter will start organising public Alt.NET courses (first in London and then across Europe). Opensource .NET tools crash course The first will be a three-day crash course on tools and practices aimed at .NET developers that want to learn about Alt.NET tools and Java developers that...

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  • During his lightning talk on the requirements trap at XP Day 08, Allan Kelly presented the results of a Bain Consulting research which looked into the effectiveness of IT, alignment with business goals and the effects of those two factors on sales and IT spending.

    Doing the wrong thing right is better than doing the right thing wrong

    During his lightning talk on the requirements trap at XP Day 08, Allan Kelly presented the results of a Bain Consulting research which looked into the effectiveness of IT, alignment with business goals and the effects of those two factors on sales and IT spending.

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  • Here’s the final programme for the OpenSource .NET Exchange on 22/Jan in London: Dylan Beattie : JQuery David Ross: PostSharp Sebastien Lambla: Fluent NHibernate David de Florinier: ActiveMQ and NMS Mike Hadlow: Implementing the Repository pattern Russ Miles: Spring .NET best practices After the talks, we are planning to have...

    OpenSource .NET Exchange final programme

    Here’s the final programme for the OpenSource .NET Exchange on 22/Jan in London: Dylan Beattie : JQuery David Ross: PostSharp Sebastien Lambla: Fluent NHibernate David de Florinier: ActiveMQ and NMS Mike Hadlow: Implementing the Repository pattern Russ Miles: Spring .NET best practices After the talks, we are planning to have...

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