When we left off, Ron had finished his Phil Donahue bit and we were heading into the real talks. Ron went first by himself and introduced all of the concepts and terminology around Service Orientation. After Ron, Arvidra and Beat presented some of their learnings around SO from MS EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). They've done some really...

When we left off, Ron had finished his Phil Donahue bit and we were heading into the real talks. Ron went first by himself and introduced all of the concepts and terminology around Service Orientation. After Ron, Arvidra and Beat presented some of their learnings around SO from MS EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa). They've done some really...

PDC is here. I'm sure you know that already, but it is really here. And I am here too. I flew in yesterday afternoon, arrived just in time to grab dinner with Vin, Beat, Ron, Don, DonXML, and Edgardo. We had Tapas at the restarant across the street from the Westin Bonaventure. It was great. After dinner everyone went back to their rooms but I...

PDC is here. I'm sure you know that already, but it is really here. And I am here too. I flew in yesterday afternoon, arrived just in time to grab dinner with Vin, Beat, Ron, Don, DonXML, and Edgardo. We had Tapas at the restarant across the street from the Westin Bonaventure. It was great. After dinner everyone went back to their rooms but I...

I think I got most of my "work stuff" taken care of yesterday. Brad and I are doing some really cool re-engineering of parts of the core in CAB and I think we got the most important bits done before I left. I've really enjoyed working with Brad these past few months, he's an excellent developer, a fun TDD pairing partner and an all around good...

From TSHAK: The EntLib PDC BOF you voted for has been accepted! It will be held on Monday, September 12, 2005 at 8:15 PM. When you register at PDC you should have a map that will indicate where the BOF sessions will be held. I hope to see you all there! I'll be there!

From TSHAK: The EntLib PDC BOF you voted for has been accepted! It will be held on Monday, September 12, 2005 at 8:15 PM. When you register at PDC you should have a map that will indicate where the BOF sessions will be held. I hope to see you all there! I'll be there!

I just did a bit of catch up on my recommended book list (in the left side bar of the blog for those of you who only read me via RSS). Here's what I added: Working Effectively With Legacy Code by Michael Feathers - When talking about TDD and unit testing around MS, this is almost always one of the first books I recommend. To Michael, legacy...

I just did a bit of catch up on my recommended book list (in the left side bar of the blog for those of you who only read me via RSS). Here's what I added: Working Effectively With Legacy Code by Michael Feathers - When talking about TDD and unit testing around MS, this is almost always one of the first books I recommend. To Michael, legacy...

For those of you who are going to PDC and staying until the end, please come by the Advances in Agile Development panel on Friday. I was just invited to sit on this panel and I'm really excited. PNL01 - Advances in Agile Development September 16, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM409 ABClemens Szyperski, David Anderson, Don Reinertsen, Donald Reifer, Jim...

For those of you who are going to PDC and staying until the end, please come by the Advances in Agile Development panel on Friday. I was just invited to sit on this panel and I'm really excited. PNL01 - Advances in Agile Development September 16, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM409 ABClemens Szyperski, David Anderson, Don Reinertsen, Donald Reifer, Jim...

The patterns & practices Product Manager, Eugenio Pace, has just posted a survey asking you, our customers, how you are using agile practices out in the world, and how we can help. From Eugenio's blog post announcing the survey: Lately, there has been an increasing interest in applying agile methods for software development. Practices like...

The patterns & practices Product Manager, Eugenio Pace, has just posted a survey asking you, our customers, how you are using agile practices out in the world, and how we can help. From Eugenio's blog post announcing the survey: Lately, there has been an increasing interest in applying agile methods for software development. Practices like...

Lately, Brad Wilson and I have been playing an interesting game while pair programming. Brian Button and Ward Cunningham (who has moved into the war-room) were sitting watching us play it the other day, and they said, "Have you ever blogged that?" "Nope," I said. "Why? Haven't you seen people play the TDD game before?" Well, they hadn't,...

Lately, Brad Wilson and I have been playing an interesting game while pair programming. Brian Button and Ward Cunningham (who has moved into the war-room) were sitting watching us play it the other day, and they said, "Have you ever blogged that?" "Nope," I said. "Why? Haven't you seen people play the TDD game before?" Well, they hadn't,...