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Agile 2008 Conference is over

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Agile 2008 has been over for just a couple of days, but we are already talking about Agile 2009. This time it will be in Chicago, August 24-28, 2009. I have already volunteered to help. I unfortunately do not have … Continue reading →

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The Pomodoro Technique: can you focus – really focus – for 25 minutes?

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Interesting presentation from Staffan Noteberg on Pomodoro, a technique of Italian origins to help focus when working. It was very good, as I got exactly what I was expecting: an overview of the technique, with examples and even some experimenting … Continue reading →

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Laurent presents the Breaking Acts stage for Agile 2008

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

With just a few days to go before Agile 2008, it is more than time to make a choice in the plethora of presentations (more than 40 simultaneously at any given time!!). The kind folks at Naked Agilists are willing … Continue reading →

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Agile 2008: My presentations are bigger than yours

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

With Agile 2008 just around the corner, superlatives abound: “largest Agile conference in the world“, “premier international conference in agile development“, “a production team of highly respected Agile experts“, “spans the whole spectrum of agile practice“. Participating companies are also … Continue reading →

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Continuous Integration at Agile 2008

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

You might have noticed that I am taking a great interest in the practice of Continuous Integration (especially in the tool Hudson, of course!). Agile 2008 is just around the corner, and I’m particularly eager to hear the latest about … Continue reading →

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Become a speaker at Agile Tour in France

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Agile Tour is a series of conferences taking place in several cities in France and Switzerland, in October 2008. It aims at spreading the gospel of Agile methods to places outside capitals that have not seen many conferences or user … Continue reading →

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CITCON Melbourne is tomorrow!

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

The Conference on Continuous Integration & Testing, Asia edition, is tomorrow! I wish I could be there, but the plane ticket is unhelpfully expensive :-( Well, I’ll have to make up by going to CITCON Amsterdam in October! Who’s joining … Continue reading →

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CruiseControl is still the bigger player; Hudson is growing

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I thought it’d be interesting to look at some download statistics for Hudson and CruiseControl, probably the 2 OpenSource CI tools with the most mindshare currently. Want to know more about CruiseControl, Hudson, and other CI tools? Meet the creators, … Continue reading →

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CITCON Denver is over, all hail CITCON Melbourne

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

The North-American edition of CITCON, the conference on Continuous Integration and Testing is over. Check out the session notes on the conference wiki.

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XP Day Paris rescheduled to May 5 & 6

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

XP Day Paris 2008 (warning: as of March 22nd, the site still states the wrong date) was planned for May 12 & 13, but the organizers had to advance it by a week to May 5 & 6. It sounds … Continue reading →

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Valtech Sponsors CITCON Amsterdam

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

The Conference on Continuous Integration & Testing is taking place this year in Denver (April 4 & 5), Melbourne (June 27 & 28) and Amsterdam (October 3 & 4).

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AgileOpen – Should Agilists Regroup?

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

At AgileOpen, A session I suggested was particularly lively: Should Agilists Regroup? A couple of weeks ago, I had listened to the Naked Agilists podcast, where Brian Marick had expressed his view that the Agile population had been diluted in … Continue reading →

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Back from AgileOpen France 2008

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I just returned from AgileOpen France, an Open Space Technology conference organized by Bernard Notarianni, Raphaël Pierquin and Emmanuel Gaillot, in the footsteps of AgileOpen Europe. All in all, it has been a good conference.

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AgileOpen France is the day after tomorrow

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

The AgileOpen France conference is opening this Wednesday for 3 days, and I am going with my colleagues Etienne and Yannick.

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CITCON 2008: Register to Denver and Melbourne

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

CITCON, the conference on Continuous Integration & Testing, is coming to Denver, April 4 & 5. Seats are limited (but free!) and registration has been going briskly (probably the fastest of all CITCON events). Register now!

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