Monthly Archives: November 2008

QCon San Francisco, Opening Day

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Chris Patterson

The main conference for QCon started Wednesday, opening with a keynote by Martin Fowler and Rebecca Parsons from Thoughtworks. The topic was Architects and Agilists – Allies not Adversaries. As you can surmise from the title, this talk focused on … Continue reading →

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QCon in San Francisco Getting Started

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Chris Patterson

This week I’m attending QCon, the international software developers conference, and since the day I arrived it has been great. The depth of knowledge is truly amazing and I’m enjoying some excellent conversations. The attendee mix is (based on my … Continue reading →

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Running the PDC Visual Studio 2010 Drop on VMware Fusion

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Chris Patterson

At the Microsoft PDC in Los Angeles this year, attendees received a CTP of Visual Studio 2010 on an external HD along with all the conference materials. VSX came installed on Windows Server 2008 (along with TFS) giving attendees a … Continue reading →

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Reflections on KaizenConf

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Chris Patterson

Last weekend, Dru Sellers and I (along with 100 or so others) attended the Continuous Improvement in Software Development (referred to as KaizenConf, likely due to the URL) conference in Austin, TX. We left Tulsa late Friday night after taking … Continue reading →

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