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Practical Software Development

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

I had a great time participating in the “Practical Software Development” discussion at the Eastern NC IEEE Computer Society chapter meeting on Feb. 16 with Bob Galen and Andy Hunt. Since I was one of the panelists, my notes are somewhat incomplete, but I’ve summarized some of the key questions from the audience and moderator John Baker, as well as the panelists’ opening  point-of-view statements.

An unexpected highlight of the evening was our discovery that Dr. Frederick P. Brooks (yes, THAT Dr. Brooks, of Mythical Man-Month fame!) had honored us by joining the audience. His comment to me afterward on why he came: “You always need to keep learning.”

(Added Feb. 28: event photos, including one with Dr. Brooks, are now included at the end of the post.)

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trying Toobla

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Recently I heard about Toobla and thought I’d give it a whirl. So far our new Agile Teams toobla library has only a few simple folders: one for agile, one for GSD (global software development) to organize our blogs, links, etc. Toobla CEO @blinkdaddy kindly sent me a suggestion to check out @bblanquera‘s very nice agile library in Toobla. I can definitely see Toobla’s value as a personal organizer (see their ’12 uses’ blog post for ideas), and I’ve now added Ben as a ‘friend’ on Toobla.

But how can I find agile libraries in Toobla by other cool people like Ben? I don’t see a search function on the site from my Toobla home page, and so far I am coming up empty with conventional web searches (try ‘toobla agile’ in your favorite engine – mine finds references to a few agile-inclined Toobla developers, Ben’s library, and mine). I am glad that they are adding support for more types of widgets (eg WordPress), and perhaps search goes a bit outside their core value proposition for visual aggregation and organization; nonetheless, at this point I’d have to say it’s my biggest wish.

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