Category Archives: conferences

Join the presenters at Agile 2008

Posted on January 10, 2008 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

Things are starting to take shape for Agile 2008. Submissions are starting to come in. We are at 10 for the Breaking Acts stage, which is pretty good at this point. Considering that the deadline is February 25th, now is … Continue reading →

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BarCampParis15: video!

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

01Net, a French magazine, has just released a video they made on the BarCamp last Saturday (in French). You can see me a couple of time, though not hear me.

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Paris on Rails

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

With my colleagues Jean-Christophe, Yannick, Julien, and Etienne, we attended the Paris on Rails conference yesterday, the only conference related to Ruby and Rails in France.

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BarCampParis15: Tools 2.0

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

I have long wanted to attend a BarCamp but it’s not easy to get yourself to attend a conference on a Saturday after a whole week of work. I was also turned off by an impression that the crowd was … Continue reading →

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Valtech Days: Reflecting on our Open Space Technology event

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

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

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

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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How to use hexagonal cards

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

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.

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Valtech Days: Hudson Demo

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

My quest for spreading the word about Hudson continues.

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Valtech Days: XWiki as an application development platform

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

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

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

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

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

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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Conference Paris on Rails

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

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

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

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

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

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 →

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Back from CITCON Brussels 2007

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Eric Lefevre-Ardant

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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