Jonathan Starr 
Coding Tips and Quirky Diversions
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Agile: Spikes With TDD - My Conundrum - 461 days ago
Leonardo da Vinci, when he painted Il Cenacolo, or as we call it here in the US, The Last Supper, produced sketches or studies for the work before he began to paint. Later, when the painting was restored in the 1970s, researchers used infrared... Topics: Agile Development, Spike, TDD
Scrum / Agile Development and Team Consciousness - 463 days ago
improve my => 'code' One of the interesting features of Agile development is the regular feedback created by the methodology. Continuous builds, especially when they show graphically when they are broken or have failing unit tests, give... Topics: Agile Development, Personal, Scrum
Coding With Comments - 471 days ago
improve my => 'code' Jeff Atwood wrote an interesting post today about Coding Without Comments. If you didn't catch it, he basically says that if a coder uses excellent naming conventions in his code, the code is eminently readable. So. Topics: Agile Development, Critique, Scrum
On weekends, I tend to go off tangent, and this weekend is no exception. I started to read some of the works of Levi-Strauss, the structural anthropologist, and it occurred to me that many of the positive changes from Agile Development are not merely...
Topics: Agile Development, Anthropology, Management, Scrum
Topics: Agile Development, Anthropology, Management, Scrum
Hint for today - Install SQL Server 2008 - 501 days ago
Even if your databases are from prior versions of SQL Server, you should download the new CTP for SQL Server 2008. https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/content/content.aspx?ContentID=5395 The new version's SQL Server Management Studio will...


