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Agile: Principles vs Practice

Agile: Principles vs Practice

Years ago at one of my previous jobs, I remarked to a coworker when we were trying to move the organization to agile that “Before, we were about as agile as an 80 year old man with arthritis.  Now we are about as agile as an 80 year old man […]

What does ReST really mean?

What does ReST really mean?

ReSTful web services have been popular for some time, yet still today there is confusion about what it means.  Some will say it is a web service that doesn’t use SOAP standards, others will argue it has to do with using HTTP’s PUT and DELETE methods along with their more […]

Agile Estimation

Agile Estimation

You a member of an agile development team planning out your next sprint.  You have estimate your velocity at 33.  You currently have a load of 32.  There is a remaining story that has been estimated as having 2 story points (using a Fibonacci sequence).  Would it be a mistake […]

Clojure Conj Keynote and Day 3

Clojure Conj Keynote and Day 3

Now that I have (somewhat) recovered from the 2011 Clojure Conj, I can finish up my reflections. Starting with Rich’s keynote (which was on Day 2, but I didn’t have time to respond to then), as I said earlier it was more of a technical talk than the philosophical keynotes […]

Clojure Conj, day 2

Clojure Conj, day 2

Ok, so after 3 days of agile training followed by two full days of Clojure Conj, I am a bit ready for a rest.  Too much coffee and convention food can make my stomach feel a tad off. Anyway, yesterday started off ominously enough, with a Veterans Day parade shutting down a […]