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Scrum Certifications are Problematic
I said that Scrum is easier to sell , and I meant its easier to sell to the client, but one of the few things I don't agree with is the whole notion of the Scrum Certification Course . I think the a lot the problems…
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Scrum Vs. XP - Why Scrum is easier to sell
One of the things I talked about during my Pre-con sessions ate TechEd Barcelona was how to Implement Scrum using Team System and the Scrum For Team System Project Template. I like XP , but I really like Scrum as a…
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Final updates on Israeli Blogger Dinner on Monday
Omer has an update on the the Blogger Dinner this coming Monday ( read it all here in Hebrew) : Monday 21:00 Papagayo (Azriely center Tel Aviv - Kosher) 10-15 people are coming! I'm defiantly there! Yosi - hope I'll see…
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How to waste time with people you highly respect
What do you do if you happen to be sitting at the same table with David Chappell (SOA and architecture guru), Steve Swartz (Architect for BizTalk and in charge of many many people at MS) and Clemens Vasters…
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TeamLook Integrates Into Team System Projects From Outlook
TeamLook looks like a great way to Integrate Team System Projects into everyday outlook so that anyone who needs to can see it from something that's always open on their desks: Outlook. " Personify Design TeamLook™…
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Israeli Blogger Dinner Next Week
Omer took it upon himself to organize a blogger Dinner here in Israel. so write this down: November 20 (next week, Monday), 21:00 - somewhere Kosher. I am totally there! Details to be found on Omer's blog (write…
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Managing team build files sucks a little less with Attrice SideKick for VSTS
Oh, I could have seriously used the Team System Add-on from Attrice's SideKick project last week at TechEd when one of my Demos Broke. The add-in allows version control operations for selected build type to be performed…
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Que Sera Sera - How was TechEd Developers Europe?
Yosi just posted the video if me singing "Que Sera Sera - the project moved overseas" in front of 630 people. One of the scarier things I've done - and one of the most fun at the same time. It came at the end of a talk…
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People find use for my sessions
It's nice to know I've helped people in my sessions yesterday. Miguel started using a naming best practice I suggested in my Test Driven Development Session - give your unit tests a name that divides into 3 parts:…
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SQL Refactor looks cool
If you do any work with stored procedures and SQL databases, SQL Refactor should look very interesting to you...
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Agile Development Sessions - Slides and Demos from TechEd
Update : here's a video that yosi made of my draft song before the preconference... Que sera sera... Yesterday was a full day of pre-conference goodness. I've had a blast doing 4 sessions dealing with Agile Development…
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Project Server Connector for Team System RTM announced
One of the issues that many people have faced when moving to Team System was how to integrate it with their existing project management software. Specifically, Microsoft Project Server. Team System can already connect…
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MomPC - Creating a parent safe PC
As many techies out there, I’m also the primary technician and support personnel for my parents – mainly, my Mom. Herein lays the problem. My mom is not really a computer whiz. In fact she doesn’t know how to do much…
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Israeli .NET bloggers you should read
I wanted to draw your attention to several prominent Israeli Bloggers in the world of .NET that I know and respect. (I'm only mentioning those that post regularly - I know and respect many more, but they don't write at…
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How to run web services and sites on the same box as sharepoint (avoiding "404 Page Not Found" errors)
I just finished a 6 hour "chase-around" session after what seems to be the most annoying problem I've encountered. The problem I had was this: I was using the Virtual PC image that can be downloaded from MSDN Subscriber…
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MSDN Premium auction for Africa
If you're an MVP who got the "MSDN Card Giveaway" thing early this year but had no idea how to give it out, Jamie Cansdale has a great idea that might actually help people who really could use some help. "I'm thinking…
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Nothing to do with Vista
This is hilarious , and has absolutely nothing to do with Windows Vista. He just goes on and on. Seriously. Listen. (thanks Chris )
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Next generation facial mapping technology
What an absolutely amazing technology this is . "The Times's Sharon Waxman talks with executives from Imagemetrics, a special effects company whose new facial mapping software could change the way movies are made."
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MassDataHandler: generate test data to help with data layer testing
Yet another tool to help with integration tests against the database layer(got this by email: "I wanted to let you know about an open source tool I created to help unit test the data access layer.…
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Introducing Perf+ , A better perfmon
Perf+ is an advanced free extension of perfmon with a tabbed interface and a set of predefined counters you can modify and share with others. Great for real time viewing of a host machine's stats quickly. Still in the…
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DataFresh - Database rollback library for unit tests
A while ago I wrote an article about database unit testing , and the various ways you could "rollback" the database state to the way it was before the test ran. Today I got an interesting comment from Mike Brockey : "I…
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Good Agile, Bad Agile
Steve Yegge, an employee at Google, has a very interesting post where he separates "Bad Agile" from "Good Agile". I urge you to read this long post as it contains many points that try to explain what "Bad Agile" is.…
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How to get disqualified as an MVP
Jamie Cansdale is not an MVP anymore - his title wasn't renewed this year. "So what" you may think. "Who on earth is Jamie whatever?". Jamie is the guy that created TestDriven.NET (formerly known as "NUnit Addin") - one…
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The Art Of Unit Testing - Download Chapter 1
I'm happy to announce that draft of chapter 1 from my upcoming book " The Art of Unit Testing " is available for download immediately - click here for the PDF . the book will also be available to download from Manning's…
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Installing VS 2005 SP1 Beta on Vista RC1
Installing Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Beta on Vista RC1 sounds like a common task until you figure out the UAC - User access control, and the enhanced security functionality in Vista. You may find that your install suddenly…
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Regulazy 1.0.3 Released
The monthly iteration release of Regulazy is up over here . Regulazy is a visual Regex Creation tool for beginners. It contains an easy "point and click" user interface , and allows creating regular expressions for…
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Avoid multiple asserts in a single unit test: revisited
James Avery argues that what he'd really like to see in a unit test framework is the ability to run (and fail) multiple asserts within the same test. As some background, I personally am in favor of the " single assert…
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My sessions at TechEd Europe 2006
here's the current list of sessions I'll be doing at Tech Ed Europe: Developers: (Note: the Test Driven Development Chalk & Talk is in the morning after the Tech Ed Party - if you're there - you're hardcore :) ) ARC207…
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[Cool Tool] NetSetMan - switch network configurations in a single click
Here's a great little program that saves many lots of headaches when I take my laptop to different places. It's called NetSetMan (as in "Network Settings Manager"), and it has a free version with 99% of the features…
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Top 10 Best Presentations Ever
A friend sent this to me the other day, and I thought it'd be a good link to have here to follow up on every once in a while. Folks, here are two folk's selection of the Top 10 Best Presentations Ever . Steve Jobs…