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• See you at Austin Code Camp!

  This week I'll be speaking at Austin Code Camp , a technical conference here in Austin that features in-depth code-centric sessions. The sessions I'm doing are: Intro to C# 3.0 - covering practical and pragmatic applications of the new features... Posted May 15 2008, 07:51 AM by bogardj with | with no comments Filed under: Misc

• A pointless exercise

  I caught this last night from Scott Hanselman on Twitter: http://www.betterwebapp.com/drupal/?q=screencasts It's a side-by-side comparison of the time to create a simple web app for: Ruby Perl ASP.NET Java The website compares a few other frameworks... Posted May 05 2008, 07:40 AM by bogardj with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Misc, Rant

• Developers or engineers?

  I've had quite a few job titles where I basically did the same function: Software Engineer, Software Developer, Technical Lead, and so on. In some companies, a Software Developer is a completely different position than Software Engineer, and in others... Posted Apr 30 2008, 07:50 PM by bogardj with | with 21 comment(s) Filed under: Misc

• Raising the bar

  Continuous improvement is absolutely essential for any serious software developer. Personally, my drive for constant improvement is not so much the next shiny developer toy (though this happens occasionally), but the idea that there is always some way... Posted Apr 25 2008, 11:34 PM by bogardj with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Misc

• Looking for Extreme Programmers in Austin, TX

  As was announced on Jeffrey's blog , Headspring is hiring Extreme Programmers . We have several positions to fill, so if you're interested in joining the leading agile consulting company in Austin , please apply through our job posting . We're... Posted Mar 25 2008, 02:50 PM by bogardj with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Misc

• A small correction

  During a conversation at this week's ADNUG , I realized the title of one of my latest posts ( Advanced mocking: auto-interaction testing ) had a misleading title. I was trying to be clever with the Greek "auto" meaning "self",... Posted Mar 11 2008, 07:52 AM by bogardj with | with no comments Filed under: Misc

• Stuck in proprietary-land

  Many years ago, I made the fateful decision to standardize my home music collection on WMA . The bundled software in Windows XP, Windows Media Player , ripped my CDs to the WMA format, for free. At the time, MP3 ripping utilities cost money, or came with... Posted Feb 04 2008, 08:43 AM by bogardj with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Misc

• Making the permanent move

  I'm getting pretty tired of cross-posting, so I'm making the permanent move over to Los Techies . After all, if I get a free t-shirt: Then the least I can do is stop dipping my toe in the pool and just jump in. Cross-posting is for chumps anyway... Posted Jan 14 2008, 10:22 PM by bogardj with | with no comments Filed under: Misc

• Starting a new gig

  A few months ago, Jeffrey Palermo approached me at an AgileATX meeting to join him at Headspring Systems . After much cajoling and intimidation (Jeff's a big guy), I accepted the offer, and today I started my new job. Headspring Systems offered me... Posted Jan 14 2008, 10:17 PM by bogardj with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: Misc

• Don't hide the ugly

  I wanted to take some time to highlight the difference between encapsulation and subterfuge. Just so we're on the same page: Encapsulation : The ability to provide users with a well-defined interface to a set of functions in a way which hides their... Posted Dec 06 2007, 08:51 AM by bogardj with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Misc

• Tip of the day

  If you're going to physically demonstrate " handwaving ", make sure you don't have hot chai tea in one of the waving hands. Because it burns. See also: Cause and effect Posted Nov 14 2007, 03:31 PM by bogardj with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Misc

• The sinking ship

  An interesting quote from a colleague today (paraphrased): Moving developers to projects on the legacy system is like rearranging chairs on the Titanic. We can tidy it up, but it's still going to the bottom of the Atlantic. Probably better just to... Posted Nov 14 2007, 01:18 PM by bogardj with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Misc

• Not a good sign

  At the end of lunch today at a Chinese restaurant, I cracked open the obligatory fortune cookie to learn what a stale, shrink-wrapped, mass-produced dessert could portend. It was empty. I ask for insight into my fate, and the gods answer in their infinite... Posted Nov 12 2007, 02:44 PM by bogardj with | with no comments Filed under: Misc

• Guidance over governance

  Being part of a large IT organization, I've become acutely aware of the need to provide a central policy or governance over critical IT operations. While greenfield/product teams can largely operate in independence, the risk associated with large... Posted Nov 06 2007, 09:11 AM by bogardj with | with no comments Filed under: Misc

• Coding responsibly

  I just ordered Kent Beck's newest book, Implementation Patterns . In the sample chapter online , there's a great quote at the end of the preface: As a programmer you have been given time, talent, money, and opportunity. What will you do to make... Posted Oct 31 2007, 09:39 AM by bogardj with | with no comments Filed under: Misc