Monthly Archives: September 2007

There is always time for TDD

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Joe Ocampo

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 … Continue reading →

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I’m looking for a few good developers – contract

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Joe Ocampo

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 … Continue reading →

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Cont: Where does the Ubiquitous Language come from?

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Joe Ocampo

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Domain Driven Design (DDD) | 6 Comments

…Programmers still in the Dark Ages???

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Joe Ocampo

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 … Continue reading →

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Forget UltraMon Checkout Display Fusion

Posted on September 26, 2007 by Joe Ocampo

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 … Continue reading →

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Folders 4 GMail

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Joe Ocampo

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 … Continue reading →

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Agile vs. Traditional Development Cost Models …Maybe

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Joe Ocampo

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 … Continue reading →

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I am having the Vista USB blues

Posted on September 20, 2007 by Joe Ocampo

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 … Continue reading →

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Do you need a sofa mover or a chair mover?

Posted on September 14, 2007 by Joe Ocampo

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: … Continue reading →

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Agile Bibliography Wiki

Posted on September 14, 2007 by Joe Ocampo

<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 … Continue reading →

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