I was a member of the Agile Engineering panel at the Path to Agility in Columbus, OH yesterday. It was a great event (if not overcrowded) with some amazing names. The panel started quickly down the dreaded TDD path. You know the one where we proselytize about how everyone’s doing it, you should too, and [...]
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What would a Monday following an Agile conference be without the announcement of a new group focused on quality practices! I’m happy to announce that Cincy Clean Coders is really going to happen. Details can be found at http://cincycleancoders.com, but suffice it to say the inaugural meeting will be held April 7th at 6pm [...]
Cincinnati Day of Agile, to be held March 26th, 2011 at Savannah Conference Center, is open for registration. This is a cheap ticket with huge returns that sold out quick last year. We’ve made more tickets available this year, but don’t expect them to last too long. Register here: http://cincydayofagile.org/ Topics you’ll find [...]
I recently blogged and Tweeted this idea for Cincinnati Clean Coders. It came out of some work I’m doing with a team that was struggling with TDD adoption and steps we are taking to resolve the underlying causes. This team had been trying really hard for about 2 sprints, and to a lesser degree in [...]
I’m headed to the MVP Summit at the end of this month and I want to take feedback to the team. The summit is a great opportunity for me to give feedback, but I’m certainly not the only one with ‘ideas’ (just check Twitter). So I want to give everyone a voice and I’ll do [...]
Cincinnati Clean Coders
Feb 16
I tweeted today that a team I’m working with has started a weekly patterns and techniques learning cycle to expand the team’s toolbox for creating clean, testable, and flexible code. This came out of some reflection that I’ll dive into in another post. This tweet sparked some interest and I’m happy to follow the rabbit [...]
I think I can speak for all involved with the 2010 Southwest Ohio GiveCamp event this weekend when I say it was a smashing success. Let’s take it by the numbers: 12 Organizers 10 Charities 65 Volunteers 36 hours –> 1440 hours individually $144,000 in value delivered +200 repository commits Add to that the [...]
Where did Alt.Net go?
Aug 11
These last few weeks have seen a flurry of emotions from the .Net community. It appears that a few product releases and a presumptive priority change for IronRuby have caused the world to come crashing down and passengers of the .Net ship to jump overboard. I’m glad I don’t work for these emotionally unstable individuals, [...]
Fellow SDS’er @derekhubbard and his buddy @cschroll have been hosting a weekly Tuesday morning Code & Coffee gathering at Caribou Coffee at The Greene in Kettering, OH. Tomorrow, Sept 22nd at 7:15am, we continue the SOLID principles. It’s a great way to start your day, so come by if you can make it.