January 2008 - Chad Myers' Blog - Los Techies : Blogs about software and anything tech!

I don't trust me

Where I'm Coming From I've learned that, in general, I can't trust humans' judgement, knowledge, or experience when working on software projects, among other things. I'm not saying that humans are bad, I'm just saying that humans...

Published Sat, Jan 26 2008 11:02 AM by chadmyers

Austin TDD CodingDojo Full!

We actually didn't get the form shut down in time and a few overflow's slipped in, so it's gonna be a little cramped. I'm betting that a few people will be no-shows (stuff comes up, hey, what can you do, right?) so I'm sure it'll...

Published Fri, Jan 25 2008 5:26 PM by chadmyers

101 Great Computer Programming Quotes

(Found via DotNetKicks -- please kick it there , don't kick this post) Link: http://www.devtopics.com/101-great-computer-programming-quotes/ Some of my faves: “There are only two industries that refer to their customers as ‘users’.” (Edward Tufte...

Published Sat, Jan 12 2008 9:31 AM by chadmyers

Filed under: Programming

The truth which makes waterfall advocates go blind

Frans Bouma recently posted a post to his blog pointing out some of his frustration with the various ALT.NET communities (specifically mailing lists). As I understand it, his primary argument was that there wasn't much academic thinking and citations...

Published Fri, Jan 11 2008 2:04 PM by chadmyers

What would an Apple gaming console look like?

While pondering my navel, it occurred to me that there is a potential GUI-heavy lickable touchable poke-able consumer electronic device that Apple has not yet touched: Gaming Consoles. What would an Apple iGameStation look like? What would the iController...

Published Thu, Jan 10 2008 9:30 PM by chadmyers

Filed under: Misc

Austin TDD CodingDojo Signup

The details of the Austin TDD CodingDojo event have been finalized and the sign up form is now online. Signup (opens in new window): http://austintddcodingdojo.wufoo.com/forms/austin-tdd-codingdojo-signup/ Details: Who You! We hope to have a good mix...

Published Thu, Jan 10 2008 2:07 PM by chadmyers

Filed under: TDD, .NET

A Challenge to Microsoft, Scott Guthrie

After reading Ayende's latest post , and having run into few myself just this weekend (see System.Data.SqlClient.MetaType), I'd like to challenge Microsoft's .NET efforts, and particularly Scott Guthrie's group (since I have the most hope...

Published Sun, Jan 06 2008 9:35 AM by chadmyers

Filed under: .NET

Working with ActiveRecord model classes outside of the Rails environment

I had a task yesterday that involved me wanting to dump some information about a Rails ActiveRecord class I had (don't ask, it's a long story). I wanted to access my AR class from outside the Rails web environment (i.e. I wanted to type 'ruby...

Published Sun, Jan 06 2008 8:27 AM by chadmyers

Filed under: Rails, Ruby

What I do (with spoilers)

Joe Ocampo (a.k.a. AgileJoe, not to be mistaken for his evil cousin, WaterfallJoe ) has tagged me for a What I do post . I waited a bit because my situation has recently changed and I wanted to cover the new news too when the time was right. Current Gig...

Published Sat, Jan 05 2008 9:22 AM by chadmyers

Announcing an Austin TDD Randori/CodingDojo Session

Ray Houston and I will be hosting/facilitating a CodingDojo -style, Randori -style TDD session in early February here in Austin, TX. (EDIT: Shoot, I forgot to mention that this idea came from David Laribee and Scott Bellware (no linkage currently available...

Published Sat, Jan 05 2008 7:46 AM by chadmyers

Joining the Donkey Side

The wonderful folks over at Los Techies invited me to join the list of their notable and venerable bloggers and I humbly accepted. If you have subscribed to my Feedburner RSS feed, you should have to do nothing to migrate with me. The new Web URL will...

Published Fri, Jan 04 2008 7:35 AM by chadmyers

Filed under: Misc

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