Archive for January, 2008

Comparing the 3 Buckets of Medical Science to Software Development

Steve Freeman wrote Checklist-Driven Programming about the New Yorker, Atul Gawande article that I previously compared to lean. He asks how this portion of the article maps to software:

The tasks of medical science fall into three buckets. One is understanding disease biology. One is finding effective therapies. And one is insuring those [...]

MacHeist II Bundle is Amazing!

If you own a mac and don’t already own ALL of these apps, go buy it now!

This year’s MacHeist II bundle contains another batch of great software for the crazy price of just $49. Snapz Pro X alone normally retails for more than that, and CSSEdit, although it normally sells for $30, is [...]

Startups need Feedback

“Get your product, your idea, your service to market as quickly as possible and get feedback from customers,” he said. “If you work in a vacuum for six months or a year without getting that feedback, you tend to … forget about the customer.” Ben Curtis of Catch The Best [...]

Agility in 99 Words

Taken from a chapter of The Art of Agile Development this quote make me remember that “on time, on budget” is only a part of the story…

Agile development is popular, but that’s no reason to use it. The real question: will agile development make your team more successful? Success is [...]

Photos from The Summit at Snoqualmie

More pictures of available in my Flickr Summit At Snoqualmie Set A small series of pictures I took of the instructors of in line during training can be seen here… Click on it, it’s hard to see without being shown full screen.