September 2007 - Joe Ocampo (AgileJoe)

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There is always time for TDD

I just finished reading Dean Wamplers post on Why you have time for TDD (but may not know it yet...) . He brings up excellent's points that Agilist struggle with when trying to convey to a client on why they need TDD and how they can justify spending...

Published Sun, Sep 30 2007 4:07 PM by Joe Ocampo

Filed under: BDD (Behavior Driven Development), Agile Teams, Agile Project Coaching & Management
I'm looking for a few good developers - contract

If you are in the San Antonio area and want to work with a great Agile team on a 6 month contract let me know. I am currently taking application for 3 web developers. If you are interested go ahead and click on the contact link. Here is the job description...

Published Fri, Sep 28 2007 11:44 AM by Joe Ocampo
Cont: Where does the Ubiquitous Language come from?

This is a follow up post to a question Scott Bellware asked me concerning origins of the Ubiquitous Language. To save you time with having to go back an forth between the post this was my response. "We practice a hybrid approach to the planning phase...

Published Fri, Sep 28 2007 2:08 AM by Joe Ocampo

Filed under: Domain Driven Design (DDD)
...Programmers still in the Dark Ages???

Have to say I was a little intrigued after reading this article on CNet. Which lead me to Charles Simonyi's company Intentional Software that claims to have a solution.  I couldn't find the solution but I did find this. "Businesses...

Published Thu, Sep 27 2007 12:46 AM by Joe Ocampo
Forget UltraMon Checkout Display Fusion

I am a huge fan of multiple monitors. I currently have a 24" windscreen LCD surrounded by two 19" LCDs . To me this is development nirvana but it order to truly be productive you need software to help you manage so much screen real estate. In...

Published Tue, Sep 25 2007 10:06 PM by Joe Ocampo

Filed under: Tools
Folders 4 GMail

I have officially given up on Internet Explorer as my preferred browser and now exclusively use FireFox ! Since moving over to FireFox I have discovered the wonderful world of AddOns that FireFox has to offer. If you are an avid user of GMail you will...

Published Sun, Sep 23 2007 1:04 AM by Joe Ocampo

Filed under: Tools
Agile vs. Traditional Development Cost Models ...Maybe

One of the developers in the lab had been talking to his friends, who is being introduced to Scrum. One of the value proposition that they are selling to his friends company is that Agile will save you money in project cost. I want to caution Agile Practitioners...

Published Thu, Sep 20 2007 5:24 PM by Joe Ocampo

Filed under: Agile Teams, Agile Project Coaching & Management
I am having the Vista USB blues

OK it has been three days now and Vista still cannot recognize ANY of my USB drives! I have installed the latest cumulative update from the KB articles and ran through the steps here to recover the metabase for the drivers. Has anyone else had this issue...

Published Wed, Sep 19 2007 9:52 PM by Joe Ocampo

Filed under: Vista
Do you need a sofa mover or a chair mover?

I was talking to a peer of mine Tim Quinn, who I have spent the last year mentoring. I have to say he surprised me, when one of our analyst argued about Paired Programming, Tim came up with this phrase: "If you have to move a couch you get two people...

Published Fri, Sep 14 2007 2:48 PM by Joe Ocampo

Filed under: Agile Teams, Agile Project Coaching & Management
Agile Bibliography Wiki

<info> George Dinwiddie announces the Agile Bibliography Wiki to track readings on the subject of agile, particularly those that are useful to back up a point, or which are useful references, and invites the community to help fill out the reading...

Published Fri, Sep 14 2007 8:21 AM by Joe Ocampo

Filed under: Agile Teams, Agile Project Coaching & Management
Ruby in Steel

I want to get a little more serious about Ruby. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with Ruby in Steel . It seems like the most logical choice for .Net developers at this time. What other tools should a Windows developer use to have somewhat...

Published Thu, Sep 13 2007 1:36 AM by Joe Ocampo

Filed under: Ruby
Complexity Based Programming

So what is it? As an Agile practitioner do you ever struggle having to justify Paired Programming to management? Typical management reaction to even the idea of Paired Programming is “Why would I pay two programmers to do something what one programmer...

Published Wed, Sep 12 2007 5:38 PM by Joe Ocampo

Filed under: Agile Teams, Architechture, Agile Project Coaching & Management
Scrum Creates Job Opportunities

Well maybe at least for consultants that is. I am going to state something that is obvious to me but maybe I am just being naive. I think that Scrum creates 3 different types of job roles: Scrum Master : This person is basically a project manager and...

Published Tue, Sep 11 2007 2:08 PM by Joe Ocampo
The Smells of Refactoring?

Now that this title has totally confused you. Jimmy Bogard came up with an awesome quick reference guide on Smells of Refactoring . I am glad to see he took the time to compile this list.

Published Mon, Sep 10 2007 3:06 PM by Joe Ocampo

Filed under: Architechture
Live Writer Beta 3 Available

Don't know how I missed this one but being an avid user of Live Writer, Microsoft has released Beta 3 for download. I have yet to find a better blog author tool than Live Writer. What is everyone else using?

Published Sun, Sep 09 2007 5:29 PM by Joe Ocampo

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There is always time for TDD

I'm looking for a few good developers - contract

Cont: Where does the Ubiquitous Language come from?

...Programmers still in the Dark Ages???

Forget UltraMon Checkout Display Fusion

Folders 4 GMail

Agile vs. Traditional Development Cost Models ...Maybe

I am having the Vista USB blues

Do you need a sofa mover or a chair mover?

Agile Bibliography Wiki

Ruby in Steel

Complexity Based Programming

Scrum Creates Job Opportunities

The Smells of Refactoring?

Live Writer Beta 3 Available