Blog
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The death of agile
First go and read this great post by Bill Caputo. Bill's site doesn't seem to allow comments right now so I'll put my response here instead.
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I'm not the only IT guy in the family...
So I don't really know how it happened, but my sister and I ended up in the same line of work. Considering we never could agree about anything when we were kids, it's quite a feat! So here's a quick nod to her (Zoe Smith) and my brother-in-law who now have their own consultancy. Good luck to the both of you from titch!
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Retlang & Jetlang
Retlang and Jetlang are open-source libraries for the .NET CLR and JVM that provide concurrency through in-process messaging. Mike Rettig, one of my colleagues at DRW, is the lead of both of these projects.
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2008 Gadgets Review - #4 - Twitter
Strictly speaking I signed on to Twitter in 2007 but never used it very much. I didn't find a way to read it that I liked, and there wasn't that much I found interesting to read.
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eXtreme Tuesday Club NYC starts up again this week
After a hiatus for a few months, I'm kicking off XTC NYC again this week, on inauguration night. Details on the website.
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2008 Gadgets Review - #3 - Dots gloves
This one wasn't going to get a mention originally, but after how cold it is here in NYC this morning I changed my mind. -
2008 Gadgets Review - #2 - Logitech Harmony 880 Universal Remote Control
For part 2 of my 2008 gadget round-up I'm going to talk about Logitech's Harmony 880 universal remote control.
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2008 Gadgets Review - #1 - Mobile Me
2008 was a good year for gadgets for me. It was probably something to do with making up for not coding for most of it. I'm including in gadgets software and services nothing to do with computer programming.
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Joining DRW, going re-technical
This week I've started working for DRW Trading Group. They have an extraordinary team, including a whole bunch of people I worked with or know through ThoughtWorks.
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Ad-supported public Wi-Fi
Short entry this one, but something cool I came across recently.