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T- (11+30) + explanation + apology
First, I apologize for any problem my little contest scheduling conflict caused. Before I explain exactly what happened, I'll just say that the contest will close at June 30th (end of next month) and not the end of this…
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Missed the Google lecture, but here's a short summary
I didn't get to go to the Google lecture like I wanted to, but I hear it was really good! here's a blurb from the Google Blog about this lecture: Ido Kenan, NRG Maariv has filed a story about Google's ethics committee .…
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Blog like nobody's reading
Darren likes to change his IM name when he's online to interesting sentences. Right now it is : “Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching” Heh. One might add, in…
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My secret agenda
This is to all you folks who think my blog posts that “complain“ about stuff have an agenda behind them for getting more hits or any other thing. I'm an opinionated guy, if you have not noticed by now. I say what I…
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NUnit 2.2 beta 1
Via Sam , Looks like there's lots to explore in the new release of Nunit version 2.2 beta 1.
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Of software legends, myths and proportions
Is it just me or is the popularity contest getting a little out of hand? http://www.hanselman.com/blog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=dab2db7b-2ca6-45a3-a879-d7c354b98c9c You'll want to stop by and see if you have the intellectual…
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T - 11
[update: this post is not correct. see this post for the most updated information] This is your friendly reminder: 11 days left.
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The Regulator gains popularity
When Clemens Vasters was here for the Israel Tech-Ed 2004, he gave some great presentations (which I really should write here some of the notes I've written about them). Other than that I managed to grab him for a…
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TDD workshop was great!
I define success by “interesting”, “learning experience” and “fun”. all 3 were present there. That's what happens when you put 9 smart people together in the same room, especially two on each machine (1 left hanging.…
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Reminder: TDD workshop today
Reminder: today at 18:00 is the TDD workshop . It's already closed for registration but just letting you know in case there is any confusion on the time. As for those who wanted to attend but couldn't for lack of room:…
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Still no internet connection at home
I'm still working in a connectionless environment from home. I really don't like my phone company. Should be fixed in the next few days though. In the mean time all my sites are down, including The Regulator homepage.…
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Announcing: Israel Agile Development mailing list
One more bit of news: I'm announcing the opening of the Israel Agile Development mailing list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/il-agile-dev Anyone can join in the discussion. The group will be there to discuss: Current and…
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Test Driven Development Workshop this Wednesday
OK. It's decided: Test Driven Development Workshop This Wednesday the 19Th , 18:00 Magen offices Beit Rubinstein 20 Lincoln st' 10 th floor Call me if you have any trouble. One more thing: 2 seats have opened due to…
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Moving this Friday - posting will stop for a few days
Posting will be sort of non existent in the coming days. We're moving into a new place which will be reflected in lack of Internet connectability for a while. As I write this, They've already moved the air conditioner…
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[Google Lecture] Finding needles in a 20 TB haystack, 200 million times per day
Finding needles in a 20 TB haystack, 200 million times per day. Dr Eran Gabber, Google Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv Monday - 17/5/2004, 12:00 - 14:00, Schreiber - 309 Abstract: Google faces two large technical…
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Great blog about Smart Documents and Office 2003 .Net intergration
Right under your nose, Avner has been writing very good content about implementing Smart Doduments in .Net and Office 2003. He's going through hell, and we all benefit. Ain't the blogsphere grand? ;)
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Add-in Contest news and updates
There's a problem with the Add-in Contest. We're not getting enough entries. I'm starting to wonder. Is it too hard? are people too lazy? is a first prize worth over 2,000$ and fame not worth the trouble? SO here's what…
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The first Israeli Blogger dinner was really good
The first Israeli Blogger dinner with honorary guest Johanna Rothman has come to a successfully conclusion. It was great. Lots of great conversation about the state of project management in Israel and abroad, various…
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MSDN mag, this is why I lament
Some people think I was wrong in saying that MSDN has gone too far hyping up future content. There's a time a place to say "Get ready for this because it replaces something you've had to reinvent by yourself up until…
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Blogger Dinner with Johanna Rothman this Sunday evening
If you live in Israel and can get to Tel Aviv this coming Sunday evening Johanna Rothman - author of two of my favorite blogs: Managing Product Development and Hiring Technical People is coming to Israel for a week. Not…
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Post-TechEd-Israel-Dinner and a little about Indigo
The night after Tech-Ed Israel, Yosi Taguri arranged for a small dinner with a few MVPs and friends. Among the guests were Dino Esposito , Shy Cohen - PM on the Indigo team, and Hans Verbeek - Tech evangelist for SQL…
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Numega DevPartner Profiler - free community edition
There's a free community edition of Numega DevPartner Profiler available for download. Thanks Duncan . Profiling is important and should be at the start of every optimization effort.
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Notice: TDD workshop at Magen rescheduled to next week
I'm going to move the expected date of the TDD workshop to next week (16-20th) because of time limitations. Moving to a new apartment while working full time is challenging enough as it is :) I'll also be emailing those…
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The benefits of employee blogs
Some words of wisdom on the power of employee blogs from Allen Bauer (One of the people behind the next version of Delphi): Danny and I were having a discussion yesterday regarding the benefits that a company can gain…
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State of alternative languages on the CLR?
James points to an interesting question: Staffan asks: All these languages (Smalltalk, Python, etc) are pretty far from being strongly-typed imperative languages, so it seems that it is indeed possible to use more…
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Test Driven Development and Microsoft
Test Driven Development is great. No, scratch that. TDD is life saving . But it's still young. Yes, event though it was being implemented more than a decade ago, it's still in its infancy stages. There's lots of…
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Comment Rot(tm)
I must have missed this somehow, but Eric lippert writes about the dangerous and time consuming phenomenon called “ Comment Rot ”. I suggest you read it. I could not have said it better myself.
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MSDN magazine has gone too far (into the future)
This is truly annoying. here's the MSDN magazine's current and future covers: um.. excuse me? Is there any particular reason I should be reading MSDN magazine if I wanted to learn something about a technology I am using…