This is a bloody good idea. It builds upon my own Virgoen tendancies to write lists and tick things off, but what the list model lacks is the "in progress" state. Plus occasionally my lists get confused. See today's notebook page:
Month: March 2007
Certifiction
From spellfecker today: Certifiction (n.) : a professional endorsement which states only that the holder had the money to pay for the exam. …which reminded me of this debate, particularly the first comment.
QCon: TODO list inspired by the conference
(Updated 15 Dec 2020 with correct completed status!) Investigate Maven 2 for builds Have a glance at TestNG unit testing (completed 2013) Potentially play with JMock for current testing framework (completed ~2009) Play with GWT. (completed 2009-2013) Sign up for Pragmatic Architect event Check out JavaBlackBelt site – what is provided, and what are the … Read more
Continuing the Agile froth…
…there are a number of points in this interview with Paul Oldfield which are interesting to consider when thinking about "doing Agile right". It seems to be compatible with my "people over process" view – I’m not stating that having good people negates the need for any form of process or discipline, I have seen … Read more
QCon: Initial thoughts
Things I took out of QCon: I want to play with Ajax. Maybe I’ve "grown out" of front end development but that doesn’t prevent it from being (potentially) extremely cool Selenium looks like a good place to start for automated website testing It can take up to 7 years to move away from a legacy … Read more
QCon London
Last week saw the first QCon London conference, an event "designed with the technical depth and enterprise focus of interest to technical team leads, architects, and project managers". The conference consisted of two days of tutorials followed by three days of talks covering technologies, vendor products, and processes. In addition there were numerous "networking" opportunities … Read more