recent changes
What's changed here most recently:
New Software Projects 24 Feb 2008
I've created a list of my current software projects. The new stuff is all ruby, but not all ruby on rails.
A little less conversation a little more action please... 27 Feb 2005
I'm tired of hearing people go on and on talking and writing about the theory and philosophy of agile methods. Some of the talkers have never done it, and some of the talkers did it a long time ago... It's simple: Do it, or don't.
New Year's Resolutions 02 Jan 2005
I've changed my personal computing setup and the way I do personal projects.
Away at XP Day - not reading email until Saturday 27th 24 Nov 2004
I'm away at XPDay, and won't be back until Saturday 27th. Chances are that I won't be reading my personal email until then. If you need to contact me you already have my phone number - which is the better way of contacting me until the 27th.
You wanna pair with common people? 10 Nov 2004
She came from Greece. She had a thirst for knowledge.
She studied software at Imperial College.
That's where I--caught her eye.
She told me that her dad did OO.
I said, in that case I'll have a rum and Coca-Cola.
She said fine, and in thirty seconds time she said...
"Does Europe really hate him?" 02 Nov 2004
Sometime back in 2002, I found myself waiting for someone in a British research lab. In the reception area a bunch of periodicals were on display. One of them was the Newsweek edition that had a picture of George "Dubya" Bush overlayed in big letters with "Does Europe really hate him?" Underneath the title, someone had attached a yellow post-it...
Agile Project Management with Scrum 18 Oct 2004
The article I wrote for IT Wales about Scrum has just come out...
Insightful error message from Unreal Tournament 10 Oct 2004
Recently when playing unreal tournament, I got this insightful error message...
JCollector - JUnit test suite collection. 03 Oct 2004
I've been toying with the idea of writing a test suite collector for JUnit for some time. I've produced a "first cut" implementation. Here's the story so far.
Joseph Pelrine thinks we kick ass! 15 Sep 2004
Joseph Pelrine, (Scrum Consultant and Smalltalk Rock star) thinks we kick ass.
Curriculm Vitae: Dr. Dafydd Rees 06 Jul 2004
Fifty Reasons Why We/It/They/Can't Change 20 Jun 2004
I found this clipping posted on a refrigerator:
Software in Seattle 19 Jun 2004
On the 22nd of May, I left Britain for three weeks to go and help out at our American office in Seattle, WA.
Distributed Agile Development and Hibernate 05 May 2004
The article I wrote for IT Wales about Distributed Agile Development has recently appeared. The people behind "Hibernate" explain why their project is successful.
Self-Defence for Geeks 26 Apr 2004
Recently I've noticed several different psychological patterns for handling geeks: "The Journey is the Reward", "Adversarial Development", "Aikido Schedule Negotiation" and "Uniquely Cool".
Dell support proves to be excellent 13 Apr 2004
After getting back from London last week, I opened my laptop case to find that the screen was smashed. When I took out the accidental damange cover I did wonder how effective it would be if I needed it. I got an on-site repair today...
Tip for Laptop Users 31 Mar 2004
If you have a heavy laptop that has a plastic outer casing, consider using a rigid case to protect your machine. My laptop screen now has a nasty, fingertip-sized impact fracture near the centre of the display.
"Build failed" music found on the 'net 17 Mar 2004
Here's the embarassingly funny rap music we use as a "build failed" alert sound.
"Captcha" those spammers 14 Mar 2004
Last year, we were trying to find a way to stop people from sending spam through our website. At the time we had no idea that we were actually implementing a "captcha".
