http://mattorama.net/blog Much profound brain things inside my head Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:32:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en IT Conversations | StackOverflow | Episode Seventeen. There's a website for CSS and HTML called "Don't meet your heroes", which has always been one of my favorite website names. This podcast always makes me think of that phrase. I really like Coding Horror, which is Jeff Atwood's blog about programming. It's ... http://mattorama.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/20/thinking-about-windows-programmers/ Pair programming. What researchers say on the costs and benefits of the practice. | Agile Software Development. Just what I was hoping would come from the post the other day about pair programming, data on its effectiveness. http://mattorama.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/19/pair-programming-what-researchers-say-on-the-costs-and-benefits-of-the-practice-agile-software-development/ As I mentioned on twitter today, I wrote my first Java servlet today. I had written part of a webapp using the Tapestry framework a few months ago but stuck and haven't gone back to it. This was a basic servlet to take a chunk of XML and send it ... http://mattorama.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/18/first-java-servlet/ 16 Aug 2008 Processing version 146 released. It's one better than 145. Download here hehe. And what do you know? It is one better. http://mattorama.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/18/funny-processing-update/ Mik Kersten presents Mylyn 3.0. I haven't watched this yet but I love Mylyn and I just upgraded to Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) so I want to start learning about the new features. http://mattorama.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/15/mik-kersten-presents-mylyn-30-webcast/ Five risks of solo programming | Agile Software Development. High defect rate Distractions that force you out of the zone Low focus and discipline Low incentive to adhere to common practices Slow learning Pair programming is one of the practices I've always had a hard time wrapping my mind around. I've been told a bunch of ... http://mattorama.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/15/five-risks-of-solo-programming/ Outside the world of fanboys, people realize that most everything available sucks in one way or another, and most everything has a positive side, too. And while we all have our favorite technologies, most of us don't obsessively troll every thread that discusses them. For example, Haskell on Linux is my ... http://mattorama.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/15/shades-of-grey/ This is an email I wrote my department yesterday, talking about keeping on with Agile. The team has decided we want to keep going with the successes we've had with Agile but we obviously have to convince the people above us. Since I'm not a manager I have to put ... http://mattorama.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/14/bringing-people-around-to-agile/ BarCamp wiki / BarCampAlbuquerque. I'm definitely going to try to attend this, should be fun. Maybe I'll try to present something about my experiences with Agile. hmmm... http://mattorama.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/13/barcampalbuquerque/ How to yell on your iPhone: Tap Settings, Tap General, Tap Keyboard, Tap Caps Lock, YELL from the brilliant rands on twitter. http://mattorama.net/blog/index.php/2008/08/13/twitter-rands-how-to-yell-on-your-iphone/