Hi all, I just read this article on a blog I subscribe to and I think it might interest this group... http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000921.html In...
Ah, I don't know. I have about 14 IDEs on my linux laptop. Many of them for python, a few cross-language, two for Java. I think that it may be hard for some...
... How many people who use Windows switched their start menu to "Classic" mode as soon as they got XP? I don't think that's because of impression, I think...
... I don't think imprinting has anything to do with it, nor do I think that imprinting is a straightforward and simple as you suggest above. (I haven't read...
Good example. A lot of people get Windows with their first computer, and never learn a second operating system. I've noticed that people who had trouble...
I find there are two groups of people. Those who think in terms of capability and those who think in terms of actions. People who think about capability...
Well, people are busy. Why learn a new IDE (for the same platform/language!) if the one I already know works well? I spent years learning how to be eficient in...
... That's sure the truth. At the same time I've been teaching myself the whole Ruby on Rails thing, I've been teaching a friend Java and TDD. Both of us have...
Because the new one may be better Because it won't take you as long to learn the second one as it did to learn the first. Because your use of the features the...
... Yes. I can't get past a fallacy in his argument, specifically: "It's impossible to understand the alternatives when you can't muster the energy to get past...
It would be nice to have enough hours to learn new IDE's but I (and most people I know) just don't My meat and potatoes; like most; are Java and C#. But my...
Back a month or so ago, there was a sub-thread that I have kept thinking about, and want to revisit. The message below was key post. I went back and re-read...
... Nah, C++ is more fun than most languages - it has many more design choices than a normal language, so it gives you plenty to think about, and there's...
... I liked the bit in QSM v.4 where Weinberg was talking about the Satir change model, and basically recommended (if I'm remembering correctly) never staying...
At this month's Extreme Programming San Diego (XPSD) meeting, Phlip Plumlee will teach us how to perform Test-Driven Development for Ajax under Rails. Phlip...
... Yeah, the difference between a rut and a grave is the depth. ... Good advice (anyone remember Computer Language magazine?), but there's other stuff to...
Good evening/afternoon/morning Extremos: I have a query (and perhaps a follow-on inquiry a bit later) that I would like you to consider. A friend of mine,...
Hi All, NUnit 2.4.2 is available at http://nunit.com/?p=download NUnit 2.4.2 fixes a number of outstanding bugs and adds a number of new features. Culture and...
... Same to you Michael, ... I do not *work at* an Agile Dojo but I recently started animating and taking part in what is usually called an Agile Dojo: A...
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You could try having the concept of a reuasable "template" story. The story is then "instantised" by applying it to a particular game at which point it is...
Hello, Arnaud. On Thursday, August 2, 2007, at 3:54:55 AM, you ... It could happen. ;-> I am no expert in martial arts, but here is my report. My point isn't...
Hi Arnaud, Regarding the use of the phrase Agile Dojo, you wrote... ... This is an instance of something I have noticed among several groups, but perhaps more...
Fellows, I've just finished reading 'Implementing Lean Software Development: Concept to Cash' and found it interesting because I am currently working as a Lean...
... Thanks for sharing your experience. Sure, I forgot T'ai Chi. And Capoeira too. I jumped in because I had arguments over this issue recently and I wanted to...
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... I read Ron's message and have a similar story to report. My marital art was called "Salsa", and we practiced in a place called a "Studio". We met the same...
... .... techniques. Some later established partnerships based on this marital ... Then it truly was a 'marital' art, no? ... Chris. [Non-text portions of this...
... Mine is called "Tango" and the location name in use is a "Practice". :-) ... ^^^^^^^ Interesting semantic collision ;-) So according to your/our examples,...
