Brian Harry announced a CodePlex project that allows anyone with a Subversion client to be able to use TFS with that client. This opens up some interesting possibilities, although with the excellent Eclipse integration from Teamprise, it seems to open up possibilities for other IDEs.
Agile 2007 Sold OUT! and upcoming presentations at Tampa Code Camp, TechReady and Space Coast .NET UG
There’s lots of good stuff going on! Just got the word today that Agile 2007, being held this year in D.C., is sold out! Hope you have your tickets. I actually think this is great for two reasons. First, it’s wonderful to see this much interest in various agile methodologies. Second, last year it seemed…
eScrum Template released to MSDN
A couple of months ago, I got a chance to look at eScrum, an internal process template within Microsoft. While there have been other Scrum templates, this was the one that internal teams were beginning to adopt. It’s very cool that yesterday they announced that it was being released for download on MSDN. Great job…
Impressions of Safari for Windows
So the latest hot thing from Apple is that they released Safari for Windows. Granted, it’s in Beta mode, but I just had to download it and try it. My first impression is that it, like all the other Apple apps, doesn’t integrate with the theme. I’m running Vista with Aero, and it is obvious…
Scott Bellware is an Alpha Geek and an Entrepreneur
In my last post, a good friend Scott Bellware said: Alpha geeks *are* entrepreneurs – especially in agile software businesses. Sorry, Scott, I didn’t mean to imply you weren’t an Alpha-Geek. ;) Seriously, let’s think about it. Who are the people you want to watch? Those who are wanting to get a PowerShell plugin so they…
Microsoft doesn’t need the Alpha-Geeks
In Martin Fowler’s article Ruby at Microsoft (which I responded to), he says that Microsoft is losing the AlphaGeeks. While Martin defines an AlphaGeek, the term can also be equated with the type of people who would run WinDBG as their command prompt, just because they can. Recently I’ve been reading a book called MindSet! by John…
TDD in VSTS being improved
One of the biggest challenges I’ve had in doing TDD with VSTS using the native unit testing tools is how darn slow it is to get to the Red or Green bar. I recently sent out an internal email to get some feedback on what teams like or dislike about TDD in VSTS, and instead…
Martin Fowler on Ruby at Microsoft
A good friend of mine Jason Darling sent me over a new article by Martin Fowler about Ruby at Microsoft. He asked for my thoughts on it. Martin makes some good points, and there are some I want to point out. First, Microsoft hiring John Lam several months back may have been a signal that…
Too many dialog / option levels?
I think I found something not intended for the public to see in Outlook today. We’ve been having some issues getting prompted for passwords from Outlook, and one of my colleagues pointed out that one fix was to disable the dowloading shared folders. To get to that option you have to go to Outlook 2007…
How to tell you aren’t a newbie
The day you say “what type of idiot wrote this crap” and then find out you were the idiot, is the day you are no longer a newbie. – Kinglink (via The Daily WTF)