June 2006 - Eric Wise

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  • Don't be afraid to throw away code

    I was pondering this today while wielding a shovel to bury the drain pipes that hang off my rain gutters (new house and all, this is the kind of crap I get to do with my weekends). Shoveling is one of my least favorite activities, but it is simple enough to allow the mind to wander. I was trying to pick...

  • Just want Karl to know he isn't alone

    Karl made a confession and I just wanted him to know that not only is he not alone, but as far as the Agile Manifesto is concerned, TDD isn't even mentioned. Too often I think we see people lumping TDD in with Agile when it's not really there at all. As far as TDD is concerned, people fall into several...

  • Five Signs of the (Development) Apocalypse

    Throughout my time in consulting, mentoring, and full time work I have come to notice a few signs that tend to lead to over budget, late, and failed projects. The intention of this post is to share these insights, hopefully with a bit of humor and it is definitely not to be taken as religious mantra...

  • Worst of TechEd

    Wouldn't be complete if I didn't speak on the worst of TechEd. Bill Gates Steps Down : Bill, next time let me know first so I can sell my stock to avoid the dip and buy it back at a discount. Bus Drivers : They frequently missed the dropoff point forcing me to ride around the conference center at least...

  • Best Of TechEd

    I suppose I should comment on Bill Gates' announcement, but honestly, if I had 1/20th of his money, I would have retired long ago. TechEd was a lot of fun, but tiring. I didn't make it to Fenway tonight for the big concert tonight because I'm wiped out and I'm going to bed early. Here is the stuff I...

  • Agile birds of a feather session

    Also last night I attended the Agile birds of a feather session hosted by Jeff Palermo . Very nice discussion with success stories and failures as well as several questions about how to get your organization moving towards the principles of Agile . As I often see, being a student of business and development...

  • LINQ/DLINQ Birds of a Feather Session

    So I sat through the session moderated by sahil , and I must say it was pretty interesting with a decent dialogue going on. I had downloaded the beta bits and toyed around with them a bit previously, but not in any thorough detail. There was a nice Q&A session at the end, but I didn't get to ask...

  • Greetings from TechEd

    Day 1. I spent the morning getting the lay of the land, the convention center is pretty nice. I did get some time to play with the team server for database professionals that I blogged about last week and it looks like it is shaping up to be everything I hoped it would be. I may finally be able to set...

  • Review: The Business Of Software

    I've been quite busy with various life things recently, but I was very flattered when Eric Sink offered me a copy of his book, the business of software . Apparently my hanging around in the joel on software forums paid off. =) Anyways, I'm sure many of you have seen his articles on msdn, and those of...

  • I'm coming around to DLINQ

    If you're interested in DLINQ you should be reading sahil 's series on DLINQ as well as the series by Scott Guthrie . DLINQ seems pretty neat. It might be growing on me.

  • Team Edition For Database Professionals

    I got pretty excited when I came across this . For all the back and forth about stored procedures / ad-hoc the thing that has been missing in the DBA world is a clean interface for DBAs with developers. I currently use database projects to version my stored procedures, but it's not all that elegant or...
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