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Valtech Days: Reflecting on our Open Space Technology event
I have participated at a few Open Space events, and facilitated some, but the crowd never exceeded 60. So I was a bit apprehensive, when it appeared that the Open Space Technology part at Valtech Days Paris 2007 would gather … Continue reading
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Paris on Rails
I am going to attend the Paris on Rails conference on December 10th. This is a rare treat: there are no other Ruby-related conference in France to my knowledge. Exciting!
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After all these years, internationalization is still not working well
With all the techniques that we have at our disposal, with all the education that developers got, still we see websites that handle internationalization poorly. I noticed the problem recently on a minor website, but even Flickr and/or Yahoo got … Continue reading
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How to use hexagonal cards
I first got introduced to using hexagonal cards for facilitation at AgileOpen. I thought they were pretty neat, and I acquired two packs of them for use at the Valtech Days. Here are some notes on how to use them.
Posted in conferences, facilitation, openspace
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Valtech Days: Hudson Demo
My quest for spreading the word about Hudson continues.
Posted in conferences, continuous integration, hudson, valtech
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Valtech Days: XWiki as an application development platform
Vincent Massol has been kind enough to step up at the last minute as a presenter at the Valtech Days. His talk was about XWiki, a tool he is working on with his team at XWiki.com (he also hold a … Continue reading
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Valtech Days 2007: notes, blogs & pictures
My pictures are stored on flickr and I have also put my notes on the conference wiki: Intégration Continue, Outillage Agile, Recruter un bon profil Agile. All notes from the Open Space sessions, links to blogs and pictures are available … Continue reading
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Valtech Days: an insider look
Wow. I started writing this post on my way back from the Valtech Days conference, which I have contributed to organize, and all I can say is “wow”.
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Concordion, an alternative to FIT
Concordion, a tool that was presented at CITCON Brussels a week ago, is finally out. The approach is interesting and can be compared to FIT or FitNesse. Where FIT and FitNesse let analysts/testers give examples in the specifications documents as … Continue reading
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Conference Paris on Rails
The second edition of Paris on Rails will take place on December, 10th. I’ve been wanting to learn Ruby for some time, but it’s only since I was offered the book at XP Days that I seriously started investing time … Continue reading
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CITCON Brussels 2007: Hudson
After doing it at AgileOpen, I again had the chance to demonstrate Hudson. The attendants had all proved their CI credentials, to say the least, as they included developers on AnthillPro, Build-o-matic, and CruiseControl, of course (how many CC developers … Continue reading
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CITCON Brussels 2007: Jester & Jumble
I was very excited when Squirrel suggested a topic about mutation testing. I had looked at Jester & Jumble before, but gave up after a couple of hours, as they are not very easy to setup, and mostly not maintained. … Continue reading
Back from CITCON Brussels 2007
I came back from Brussels this Sunday evening, after some visiting of the city. The conference has been a blast, especially networking with other participants. It has been great seeing again people that were there last year in London… and … Continue reading
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I’ve been interviewed!
The folks at developpez.com (the de facto leading French website for developers) have interviewed me about the Open Space Technology conference that we are having at the Valtech Days on Wednesday.
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Visual SourceSafe, a tool worth paying for?
Just kidding, of course. Or am I? Check out this article sent to me by a colleague. It is full of little gems that I cannot resist to share. What about this line: “Even some who are otherwise fans of … Continue reading
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