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Venue found for CITCON Amsterdam
Finding a venue for CITCON is always a rather stressful and last minute event. So I am happy to report that we already have found one for CITCON Amsterdam, 3 & 4 October. IBM has been kind enough to let … Continue reading
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Craftsmanship over Execution
I have not been able to blog in a timely manner regarding Robert C Martin’s Keynote at Agile 2008. I must admit that I was not really expecting so much energy, presence on scene, and fun. Not to mention his … Continue reading
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Music Lesson
Yesterday evening, we attended a concert at Salle Pleyel, the most prestigious French venue for classical music. The host was Ravi Shankar, one of the masters of classical Hindustani music in general, and of sitar in particular. It was not … Continue reading
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GWT 1.5 Final Released
I just came back from 3-week holidays, and I am still coming to grips with all the news that I had missed. Among them, GWT 1.5 is finally stable! The biggest feature is compatibility with Java 1.5. This is great, … Continue reading
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Agile 2008 Conference is over
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?
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
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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A4 Reports as Iteration Reports
Many people have asked me to talk about the A4 Reports that I have introduced on one of our projects. I’ve postponed this for a look time, but I finally got around to do it. The idea came from the … Continue reading
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Agile 2008: My presentations are bigger than yours
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
Sonar and Hudson
I have only mentioned once Sonar in the past on this blog. I should do that more often, as it is truly a great tool. If you read French, please check out my report on a presentation that Freddy Mallet, … Continue reading
Architects in their ivory tower
I have recently started a new assignment as a member of an architecture team, which had not happened to me in a while. In the past few years, I have been working as application developer and/or agile coach, occasionally fighting/collaborating … Continue reading
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Continuous Integration at Agile 2008
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
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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“Creating Change One Tic-Tac At a Time” Presentation finally online
I have refered a couple of times to the presentation by Jeffrey Fredrick and Alistair Cockburn. Jeffrey used it in a “How to introduce CI” session at CITCON London 2006. I also mentioned that a CI Game had been implemented … Continue reading
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Agile 2008 – what’s in Breaking Acts?
Only 3 weeks to go before Agile 2008, the main agile conference. I am very excited, as Laurent Bossavit has kindly invited me to join him in organizing the Breaking Acts (BA) track for the conference. Also, many colleagues of … Continue reading
