This summer I'm revisiting my short apprenticeship at Object Mentor. I'll be posting commentary on all my posts from the summer of 2004 exactly 5 years later to the day.Thursday 6-17-04You know what? I had fun today. Imagine that. Yes, some of the day was spent looking at the OMwiki pyhton code which still confuses the hell out of me, but I...

This summer I'm revisiting my short apprenticeship at Object Mentor. I'll be posting commentary on all my posts from the summer of 2004 exactly 5 years later to the day.Wednesday 6-16-04The first part of the day was more crazy python code. I was asking Paul some more questions about the Visitor pattern and at some point, while he was describing...

This summer I'm revisiting my short apprenticeship at Object Mentor. I'll be posting commentary on all my posts from the summer of 2004 exactly 5 years later to the day.Wednesday 6-16-04The first part of the day was more crazy python code. I was asking Paul some more questions about the Visitor pattern and at some point, while he was describing...

This summer I'm revisiting my short apprenticeship at Object Mentor. I'll be posting commentary on all my posts from the summer of 2004 exactly 5 years later to the day.Tuesday 6-15-04Rough day.There's only so long I like to stare at a mountain of code which doesn't work and I don't understand. Paul was frustrated b/c we still couldn't figure...

This summer I'm revisiting my short apprenticeship at Object Mentor. I'll be posting commentary on all my posts from the summer of 2004 exactly 5 years later to the day.Tuesday 6-15-04Rough day.There's only so long I like to stare at a mountain of code which doesn't work and I don't understand. Paul was frustrated b/c we still couldn't figure...

The Chicago Tribune wrote up an article about the craftsman swap I participated in 2 months ago:http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon-craftsman-swap-0615-jun1 5,0,1513297.storyMy thoughts on it are here:http://jakescruggs.blogspot.com/search/label/craftsman_swapBasically Obtiva and 8th Light exchanged developers for a week. If you want...

The Chicago Tribune wrote up an article about the craftsman swap I participated in 2 months ago:http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mon-craftsman-swap-0615-jun1 5,0,1513297.storyMy thoughts on it are here:http://jakescruggs.blogspot.com/search/label/craftsman_swapBasically Obtiva and 8th Light exchanged developers for a week. If you want...

This summer I'm revisiting my short apprenticeship at Object Mentor. I'll be posting commentary on all my posts from the summer of 2004 exactly 5 years later to the day.Monday 6-14-04Today I took the train to Waukegan, and then unfolded my bike and rode the last five miles to OM.Good news: An hour to do some work on the train. 10 miles per day...

This summer I'm revisiting my short apprenticeship at Object Mentor. I'll be posting commentary on all my posts from the summer of 2004 exactly 5 years later to the day.Monday 6-14-04Today I took the train to Waukegan, and then unfolded my bike and rode the last five miles to OM.Good news: An hour to do some work on the train. 10 miles per day...

I just wanted to point out that I'm not editing my original posts except where explicitly noted so all of this is really what I typed up after a day of coding. In this installment, I talk about my first day at Object Mentor as an apprentice. It's interesting to note that the "David" I refer to is actually David Chelimsky -- lead developer of...

I just wanted to point out that I'm not editing my original posts except where explicitly noted so all of this is really what I typed up after a day of coding. In this installment, I talk about my first day at Object Mentor as an apprentice. It's interesting to note that the "David" I refer to is actually David Chelimsky -- lead developer of...

It's the 5 year anniversary of my 3 month apprenticeship at Object Mentor so I thought I'd revisit my original blog posts about my time there. Why? Well mostly because I used to collect LaserDiscs and really enjoyed listening to a director's commentary on something they had done many years ago. These days commentary tends to be done either...

It's the 5 year anniversary of my 3 month apprenticeship at Object Mentor so I thought I'd revisit my original blog posts about my time there. Why? Well mostly because I used to collect LaserDiscs and really enjoyed listening to a director's commentary on something they had done many years ago. These days commentary tends to be done either...

I spent the week doing an iteration zero for new project. The idea behind iteration zero is to get the development environment as automated as possible so developers can spend their time coding when the real development begins.So here's what we did:1. Set up new git repository We use GitHub so that only took a few minutes. 2. Make new Rails app...

I spent the week doing an iteration zero for new project. The idea behind iteration zero is to get the development environment as automated as possible so developers can spend their time coding when the real development begins.So here's what we did:1. Set up new git repository We use GitHub so that only took a few minutes. 2. Make new Rails app...