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Rapid Results without a Rugby Scrum

The Financial Times IT Review has an article called Rapid Results without a Rugby Scrum . Apparently Yahoo! has 15 Scrum teams operating right now, but only in certain situations according to Pete Deemer, vice-president of product development. “We’re always looking for new ways of doing things,” says...

Published Wed, Jul 27 2005 12:32 PM by Darrell Norton

Filed under: Agile
Dear Google...

I found this funny quote from a spamming SEO on Google's page for Search Engine Optimizers : Dear google.com, I visited your website and noticed that you are not listed in most of the major search engines and directories...

Published Wed, Jul 20 2005 12:34 PM by Darrell Norton
Review of Visual Studio Hacks by James Avery

Note: While I did contribute just 1 of the 100 hacks, I wasn’t paid, so don’t think I’m motivated by money. Visual Studio Hacks is the best power-users book about everyone’s favorite IDE that I’ve seen. A few hacks explain little known features, but the vast majority of the book is dedicated to unleashing...

Published Wed, Jul 20 2005 6:33 AM by Darrell Norton

Filed under: Book Reviews
MVPs - are you going to the Summit?

And what days are you going to be there? Let me know, I'd like to catch up with everyone. Thanks!

Published Tue, Jul 19 2005 3:08 PM by Darrell Norton

Filed under: .NET, Windows
Why is Visual Studio debugging so slowly?

There are many possible causes for Visual Studio (2002 and 2003) to run slowly during debugging. Antivirus software can really slow down the process, so check there first. Many times it's a domain issue such as an authentication timeout. Check the event log for errors. Setting Enable Unmanaged Debugging...

Published Tue, Jul 19 2005 10:53 AM by Darrell Norton

Filed under: .NET
New ImageMap control in ASP.NET 2.0

Here's a cool new control in ASP.NET 2.0, the ImageMap . You use it like this: <asp:imagemap id="Shop" imageurl="Images/ShopChoice.jpg" width="150" height="360" alternatetext="Shopping choices" runat="Server"> <asp:circlehotspot navigateurl="http: //www.tailspintoys.com" x="75" y="290" radius...

Published Fri, Jul 15 2005 6:58 AM by Darrell Norton

Filed under: .NET
Swanson's Unwritten Rules of Management now available

Raytheon will now send you the full text of Swanson's Unwritten Rules of Management for free. [via Clarke Ching ]

Published Thu, Jul 14 2005 10:41 PM by Darrell Norton

Filed under: Agile
The reality of Team System pricing

Some of my fellow CodeBetter bloggers ( Brendan and Jeff ) have taken up the old “Team System is too expensive” chant again. Here is my reply. The reason the price doesn't make sense to you is because you're not the target market . The target market for Team System is large development groups that are...

Published Wed, Jul 13 2005 2:20 PM by Darrell Norton

Filed under: .NET
Good introductory IronPython article

Over on DevX there's a good introductory article about IronPython . [via Paul Laudeman ]

Published Tue, Jul 12 2005 8:43 AM by Darrell Norton

Filed under: Python
Firefox extension: Last Tab

My new favorite Firefox extension is Last Tab . It modifies Ctrl-Tab to switch to recently selected tabs, rather than always go from left-to-right and it focuses the most recently selected tab when a tab is closed. Sweet!

Published Wed, Jul 6 2005 3:37 PM by Darrell Norton

Filed under: Firefox

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Rapid Results without a Rugby Scrum

Dear Google...

Review of Visual Studio Hacks by James Avery

MVPs - are you going to the Summit?

Why is Visual Studio debugging so slowly?

New ImageMap control in ASP.NET 2.0

Swanson's Unwritten Rules of Management now available

The reality of Team System pricing

Good introductory IronPython article

Firefox extension: Last Tab