Esther Derby 05/21/13
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It’s easy to be critical of managers. A few things to remember. Point 0 - Most people in management roles want to do a good job, but may not know what to do or how to do it...
Madhuka Udantha05/21/13
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I learned about Xpath 5 years ago, but I've really only seen enterprise usage in just the past few weeks. Therefore, I wanted to write about Xpath 2.0 and the enterprise experience.
Johannes Brodwall05/21/13
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When creating something of value, the first people we care about are those who will get value from the product we create. I call these Consumers. These are the users and those who are affected by the work of the users.
Matt Vickery05/21/13
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Files can be added, committed and removed from git repositories using one or more of the following commands:
Johanna Rothman05/21/13
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I’m at the Much Ado About Agile conference this week, in beautiful Vancouver. During lunch one day, one of the conference participants started talking about premature optimization of code.
Giorgio Sironi05/20/13
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No matter how fast you are, there will always be more work for you: so deliver a sustainable amount of value, because it's your job to avoid destroying the system for short-term needs.
Joel Cochran05/20/13
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Joel Cochran experiments with a few standing desk strategies and settles on a desk that moves up and down. You should check out the pics. It's pretty cool.
Jurgen Appelo05/20/13
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Measuring something meaningful is hard, so let’s measure something that is meaningless but easy. Like your hours at work!
Swizec Teller05/19/13
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If you really want to learn something, write a book about it. It doesn’t take long. After two months of plomping my arse down repeatedly I finally finished my d3.js book. Or rather, I finished the first drafts.
Rogier Noort05/19/13
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After reading Tao of Twitter and Return on Influence written by Mark, and Stanford’s reputation, my expectations were high.
Mitch Pronschinske05/19/13
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None of us would be very good developers if we never had arguments about The Best Way to Do Things. But I've had enough silly arguments about tabs-versus-spaces to last me the rest of my life. When should we stop arguing and start writing code?
Kane Mar05/19/13
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I’ve started work on some new videos and this time it’s all about Agile Estimating, Planning and Contracts. This is the obvious next step having completed Scrum101, and I’m apply some of the lesson that I learned.
Mitch Pronschinske05/18/13
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Large-scale software and systems development involves a complex mix of people, teams, technologies, skills, architectures, and organizational structures that must all interact for projects to reach their goals. However, many organizations struggle to scale up agile approaches for their various programs, products, and services.
Tom Howlett05/18/13
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The moments when excitement builds throughout the whole team at the delight of discovery and creativity are precious. These moments feel like play rather than work and they breed openness and courage. So what conditions must exist for these moments to happen? Here’s some ideas...
Zac Gery05/17/13
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Developers are very logical and analytical. In the world of DiSC, which is a behavior assessment tool, most programmers fall into the D (Dominance) or C (Conscientiousness) categories.
