tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356979302012-01-17T16:23:34.011-05:00Rants, Raves, Reviews and Recitative about technology and my constant discoveries.David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-23384503395776447012012-01-17T16:20:00.001-05:002012-01-17T16:20:13.725-05:00

last week I discovered something that I am not proud to say has me addicted. www.woot.com! It is amazing! Woot offers one item a day for sale at some great % off the price you would pay at some other online retailer. The sale ends when they run out of merchandise or they reach the end of the day. (Midnight) I haven’t bought anything yet because this is the reason Dave Ramsey stays in business.

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-59441965709048309132012-01-11T16:09:00.001-05:002012-01-11T19:25:17.167-05:00

9PAUXZYJ7299 There is a new buzzword in the Software development industry.  This buzzword is “Craftsmanship”  There is a Manifesto. There is a conference SCNA. There is a website.  There is a new Academy. And there are many followers, one of whom I had the pleasure to be trained by back in 2006, Uncle Bob Martin, and one I have lunch with every now and then, Jared Richardson. This is a new

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Every year I like to thank those Veterans close to my family and me: Retired: Roland F. Chapman (Grandfather -b1910-d1987 - Navy) Robert D. Boss (Dad - Navy) Michael J. Boss-Hill (Brother – Air Force) Stephan J. Hill (Step Dad – Navy) Fredrick R. Chapman (Uncle – Army) Mark Hanson (Uncle – Navy) David Bishop (Navy) Charles W. Hobbs (Navy) Dawn Meiers (Navy)

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I just left a meeting with several folks from the server group, the web services group, and my applications group.  The discussion was around environments and promotion of software through these environments. Let me tell you, there are some very different ideas out there regarding this process. I thought I would let you know how I prefer to make this work so that there is the best opportunity

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-2110969569963039842011-10-28T12:12:00.001-04:002011-10-28T14:10:11.199-04:00

In 2001 Microsoft gave us ASP.Net.  The successor to what we now call “Classic ASP”. This brought the full power of the Visual Studio IDE to web development. Allowing us to write “Code Behind” in our favorite language, either Visual Basic or C#, for WebForms development inside Visual Studio. This was a significant improvement to Classic ASP and to the developers ability to quickly produce web

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-17513966667057874502011-10-24T15:54:00.001-04:002011-10-24T15:57:14.047-04:00

Many times in my life I have wanted to be somewhere in my career or in my family life that may have been just out of reach. It is during those times that I have had a significant amount of growth and have met some of the long lasting fiends in my life. Back in 1995 when I was a theater electrician working in the Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort and Casino, I knew I wanted to be a computer

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-86529268244947183852011-10-17T14:26:00.001-04:002011-10-17T14:26:55.864-04:00

In software development shops across the world there is absolutely nothing more frightening to software developers than estimating a task. The fear stems from the unknown. The phrase “I don’t know what I don’t know” comes to mind. The pressure of giving an estimate for a task in terms of amount of effort can be very heavy. Somehow telling someone how long it will take to get this task “done” has

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-89006610328002859982011-10-07T08:59:00.001-04:002011-10-07T08:59:35.069-04:00

Steve Jobs passed Wednesday night and he left a void in technology that will not be soon matched. On the web, on twitter, on Facebook and even at Disney tributes are still being posted. He was an amazing man with an amazing story.  How did he affect me and my life? in 1984 I watched the super bowl. I was 17 years old. I watched a commercial with a big head speaking to a zombie like crowd and a

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-36010428328422792572011-10-04T09:28:00.001-04:002011-10-04T09:30:43.568-04:00

In the world of Agile Development there is this practice known as a Retrospective. A Retrospective is when teams get together to reflect on what happened during the iteration that just completed.  it is a time for the team to answer a few questions about their process, the result, the engineering, anything that may need to be reviewed by the team for approval or improvement. If the team is

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-85612008528184220152011-09-27T14:38:00.001-04:002011-11-07T17:28:26.616-05:00

So, I have now joined the world of twitter.  Yes, I know that I should have done it a while ago, but I didn’t.  There is no real reason for me to not have done it sooner. I just didn’t.  What are some of your excuses for not doing things you know you should do? So, Follow me on twitter. @rdbossjr  Now all I have to do is figure out how to create a follow me button on BlogSpot. Till next time…

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-74459189328036605392011-09-22T15:56:00.001-04:002011-11-07T17:27:37.767-05:00

Many organizations have tried to implement “Agile” in their development process. Some have been extremely successful.  Others have failed miserably. I have worked with 4 organizations in the last 10 years that have implemented some form of agile development. They vary in their success and they vary in their implementation.  Each company having its own values and culture affecting the outcome.

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-6049354682860482412011-09-20T14:51:00.001-04:002011-11-07T17:26:31.198-05:00

Microsoft did a survey of College Students and parents about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). STEM, over the course of the next decade or 2, will be where most of the worldwide higher paying jobs will come from.  Are your Middle Schools and High Schools preparing your college bound child well enough for them to succeed in STEM? According to the survey, the answer to the

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-78386882096725869782011-09-16T13:47:00.001-04:002011-11-07T17:29:21.306-05:00

I have had a few emails from friends who have installed Windows 8 and are skeptical to say the least. With all due respect to them, I believe that Microsoft is working two angles with one OS here. Some have said that the corporate world will not accept Windows 8 with the Metro UI. I think Microsoft knows that.  They have, after all, been the dominate OS in the business setting.  This is where

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-26469376133687495002011-09-15T13:43:00.001-04:002011-11-07T17:30:11.157-05:00

For those of you looking at Windows 8 as I am, there is a lot of excitement I think. There is some excitement in the background as well.  Something that could affect us all as much, if not more than Windows 8. Windows Server 8 is here too.  No we do not have a Developer preview to download, nor any bits to play with.  [Update: Some folks got it today] But some folks were invited up to Redmond

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-37527047150244958012011-09-14T21:18:00.001-04:002011-11-07T17:33:31.445-05:00

Interesting turn of events.  I couldn’t see any of my other PCs on the network. I know I was connected because I could get to the Internet.  So I tried adding the Windows 8 box to my Home Group but it wouldn’t let me. Windows 8 only allowed for me to create a home group not add to an existing one. Not sure why. So I decided to try and find the Workgroup and see if I could add it to my workgroup.

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-79449942608944054142011-09-14T20:39:00.001-04:002011-11-07T17:31:17.731-05:00

So I have finally installed Windows 8 on a Virtual Machine. I am pretty pleased with how things are going.  The first thing I discover is that pressing the Windows key on the keyboard goes right to the Desktop.  This is the Desktop like Windows 7 with everything exactly like this Windows’ predecessor. Or is it? I press the Windows key again and I am back to the Metro Start screen. Then I click

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-33250085322062442952011-09-14T20:09:00.001-04:002011-09-22T21:30:21.960-04:00

So after not being able to continue my first attempt at installing Windows 8 Developer Preview, I have moved to a different tactic.  I am using Oracle VM Virtual Box.  I created a new virtual machine with a 40GB hard drive.  I started it up with my G: drive as the start drive. I am immediately brought to this screen. A standard LTK (Language, Time Keyboard) screen. I believe I am already way

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-80643068105612958872011-09-14T17:48:00.001-04:002011-09-14T17:54:58.062-04:00

So I really wanted to get started with Windows 8 so I can move forward with investigating the new Metro UI.  If you want to do the same you can download the Windows 8 developer Preview at Microsoft’s Dev Center. There are a couple of options that you will be presented with. Windows Developer Preview with developer tools English, 64-bit (x64) Windows Developer Preview English, 64-bit (x64)

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-66364399332537824422011-09-14T08:59:00.000-04:002011-09-14T09:01:20.951-04:00

Yesterday Microsoft introduced us to Windows 8.  If you want to download the new bits, you can here. The  screen shots have been shared millions of times across the net so I wont show them to you here.  But what I want to talk about is the new Design Language that Microsoft is focused on.  It is called Metro. This Design Language is not new to you if you have been programming for the Windows

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-35283325193240578412011-08-29T15:40:00.001-04:002011-08-29T15:46:44.992-04:00

Many of you know that I have been a Windows Home Server fan since I participated in the WHS v1 beta back in 2007. I wrote a little bit about my experiences installing and using WHS. I was, by no means, prolific in my writing but I did a blog or two on it. I fell in love with it and evangelized it to my friends and family. It was a great product that Microsoft knocked out of the park.  Many a

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-22631942111219583942011-07-21T11:13:00.001-04:002011-07-21T11:13:11.810-04:00

Here is a list of most of the tools I use everyday at home and at work. Some are free others I pay for.  What do you use? 7-zip - for compressed files of any type CCleaner - for general all-purpose disk and registry maintenance DA Document Manager - managing all of my documents - (we are trying to go paperless) doPDF - for printing to pdf DVDFab - for DVD duplication Google Chrome

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-41904242593763749642011-07-01T11:12:00.000-04:002011-07-01T11:16:02.902-04:00

I have been away from this place for too long.  Many things have happened over the last year that have impacted my life in a significant way.  First, and most importantly, the company that I moved from Rhode Island to North Carolina to work for, no longer exists.  This is very sad for me.  I really enjoyed working for Emergent and with all the incredibly smart individuals associated with that

David Bosshttps://profiles.google.com/100396876455077444855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-42649316373157870172010-05-05T10:43:00.001-04:002010-05-05T11:16:33.552-04:00

Last night I attended my first meetup with the group Agile RTP. This is a group of Agile enthusiasts, practitioners, and those who just want to learn more about Agile.  They meet about once a month and have various presentations and discussions around the Agile movement and community. If you are unfamiliar with Agile, see my last post. This month the presentation was entitled How "Bottom Up" is

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-85675877219622575492010-04-23T09:39:00.001-04:002010-04-23T12:13:14.805-04:00

I recently went to a seminar in Durham on Agile Development Methodologies. This seminar was sponsored by AccuRev and Anithillpro (UrbanCode). I learned a little bit, some of my core beliefs were re-enforced, and I was a bit surprised by the level of Agile development my company was at compared to other companies that were represented at the seminar. So, first of all, for those not acquainted

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-61992615379522769352010-04-08T15:01:00.001-04:002010-04-08T15:08:03.162-04:00

One of the blogs I read is by Scott Berkun. He writes about management and public speaking.  One of his latest entries is entitled “Should managers know how to code?”.  He basically puts managers into 2 categories.  A. Managers of software development teams and B. project managers and team leads.  Then he makes a series of points that a manager in any role should strive towards.  I’ll let you

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-8209862366284772982010-03-24T10:28:00.001-04:002010-03-24T10:30:27.038-04:00

We have a utility that generates our build scripts when it is passed a directory path as an argument.  The utility finds all the .sln files in the directory and its sub directories.  Then it interrogates the sln files to find out what the project dependencies' are and then generates a build script.  We use this utility in all of our CCNet projects.  CCNet calls the utility and then the next CCNet

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-11255444301547397062010-03-18T15:46:00.001-04:002010-03-18T15:46:31.937-04:00

So I was looking at the CCNet documentation this morning because I needed to refresh my mind regarding some syntax.  As I was searching I found the Parallel Task feature.  This feature allows you to run several tasks at the same time as the name might indicate.  Well this is all well and good and I will use the Parallel Task feature.  But what was even more exciting to me (I get excited easily)

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-18884831379832798842010-03-18T15:46:00.000-04:002010-03-18T15:46:08.148-04:00

In my last post I talked about how Continuous Integration was where I started when faced with rebuilding an entire build process from scratch.  I talked about CruiseControl.Net and some of the challenges I faced at a high level.  Today I am going to talk about taking the Continuous Integration system and moving to a nightly Full Build system. I began here: Nightly Build and Test Only built

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-64798810193023275252010-03-18T15:42:00.000-04:002010-03-18T15:42:36.448-04:00

A couple of weeks ago I began setting up a new set of build servers for our west coast office.  I’ve pretty much got it setup so it is almost a push button operation.  Not quite there with all the DCC tools yet but almost.  We typically stand up one machine with the OS and run a single installation script which installs Visual Studio 2005, 2008 and the SPs.  It also installs Perforce,

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-70330312038847831902010-02-02T12:57:00.001-05:002010-03-18T15:41:55.854-04:00

I’m extremely pleased to let everyone know that the company I work for, Emergent Game Technologies, had a better 2009 than 2008 in terms of Revenue year-over-year.  Here is an excerpt from the press release: CALABASAS, Calif. – February 2, 2010 – Emergent Game Technologies, a worldwide leader in 3D videogame engines, today reported a 35% increase in revenues year over year and a 58% increase

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-89720431200916299252010-01-12T12:11:00.001-05:002011-11-07T17:37:32.819-05:00

Today I read a blog from Sean McCown that encourages developers to be professionals when it comes to interacting with a database.  In a nut shell, (Go read his blog for more) he says that coders should not write code a specific way to make the DBA happy.  They should write the code that way because it is right way to access a database. I appreciate Sean’s sentiment and would like to take that a

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-34087712769292596892010-01-11T13:22:00.001-05:002011-11-07T17:38:22.403-05:00

It has been about 4 months now since we have implemented our new backup solution. I must say that I am a fan! Deduplication is eliminating the redundant data in a given set of data being backed up.  For instance, we have several VMs with Windows on them.  These VMs take up very little space because the Windows bits are only stored once. We purchased from EMC their Avamar backup solution. We have

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-55034134902735075682009-11-11T10:00:00.001-05:002011-11-07T17:38:41.303-05:00

I would like to thank those Veterans close to my family and me: Retired: Roland F. Chapman (Grandfather -b1910-d1987 - Navy) Robert D. Boss (Dad - Navy) Michael J. Boss-Hill (Brother – Air Force) Stephan J. Hill (Step Dad – Navy) Fredrick R. Chapman (Uncle – Army) Mark Hanson (Uncle – Navy) David Bishop (Navy) Charles W. Hobbs (Navy) Dawn Meiers (Navy) Chuck Norris (Navy) Arthur

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-46255111911708548982009-11-06T09:40:00.001-05:002011-11-07T17:39:37.065-05:00

Some of you know that I work in the Video Game industry.  See my last post.  I do not work for a company that makes games.  I work for a company that makes what is called a “Game Engine”.  If you are not a gamer you have no idea what i am talking about.  If you are a gamer then you are familiar with the term. The company I work for is called Emergent Game Technologies. Yesterday, another game

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-32504561021446170932009-10-23T10:48:00.001-04:002009-10-23T10:48:11.215-04:00

So, over the past few weeks my organization has been going through lots of restructuring and planning.  It occurred to me that a lot of my readers don’t know exactly what it is I do at my 9 to 5.  One of the exciting things the organization I work for is going to be doing in the next couple of weeks and months is expanding its presence online via blogs and youtube videos etc.  the idea is to

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-62553744466183795712009-09-17T08:21:00.001-04:002009-09-17T08:21:49.826-04:00

For those who know me and what I do when I am not at my regular 9 to 5, you know that I sometimes I work in the theater and at concerts as a stagehand (the best description of a stagehand I have ever seen is found here.)  When I lived in Rhode Island I was a member of IATSE with the now defunct local 538. When 538 was swallowed up by the ever hungry local 84 out of Hartford CT, I took an

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-55007933913942587672009-08-06T13:11:00.001-04:002009-08-06T13:11:00.558-04:00

Craig Sutherland has become a prolific contributor to CruiseControl.Net recently.  He has pushed the envelope and I think is making some positive changes with the structure and architecture of CruiseControl.Net.  A while ago he started down the road of creating a replacement for CCTray, a staple among CCNet users.  He was going to migrate this replacement into the actual product but got some

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-42992749020322643712008-09-19T13:41:00.001-04:002008-09-19T13:41:38.876-04:00

I have been looking for something that will allow me to do a force build of one of my CruiseControl.Net projects after I reformat the build drive in the middle of the night.  This would cause a rebuild of my project after I do a force sync with perforce. I was trolling the CruiseControl.Net blogs last night and I came upon a post by Craig Sutherland.  He has created an applet for

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-66747914293235380262008-04-30T11:48:00.001-04:002008-04-30T11:48:14.902-04:00

So, as I said earlier I am setting up CruiseControl.Net to begin my company's journey into Continuous Integration.  My earlier problem is not solved but I have moved on from the 2.0 build to the 3.5 build. Now, I am not one to get frustrated easily.  I typically keep moving and document my challenges as I go. So I ran my project in CC and I got the following message: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\

Davidnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-33977916579545345952008-04-28T15:54:00.001-04:002011-11-08T15:43:57.714-05:00

So this Monday morning has given me a new challenge that I am looking forward to solving. I began working on moving to CruiseControl.Net and MSBuild for our CI. This is in the very early stages. I decided to use the least resistance path to setting up CruiseControl. I setup CruiseControl (done this many times at my previous job) without incident. I edited the ccnet.config file to use perforce.

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-9234902036990736792007-08-27T11:29:00.001-04:002007-08-27T11:30:11.127-04:00

  Simply the most comprehensive list of must-have's ever.  Every year some are added, others are replaced or removed.  I now have a c:\utils directory full of useful tools that i use often. Get them all and use them!

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-1168405884226359982007-01-10T00:11:00.000-05:002007-01-10T00:11:24.233-05:00

Man, Steve, you tag hard. So I haven't written an entry since December... Tangent:  Happy new Year everyone and I hope you all had a great Holiday Season.  Now, get back to work. We have a March 31st Code Complete deadline! So let me explain what I've been tagged with.  It is something called a blogmeme. This is the blog world's version of a chain letter.  Now I don't make a habit of passing

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-1166540566912287692006-12-19T10:02:00.000-05:002006-12-19T10:02:47.036-05:00

I just read a story that scared the living $#!^ out of me. In this story. written by Ryan Naraine, entitled Hackers Selling Vista Zero-Day Exploits, it says that with $50,000 you could by your way into a Vista hack.  Now, I just installed Vista on one of my home machines to explore how applications react, and ways I might develop applications for that environment, so I noticed and read the story

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-1164660330526644242006-11-27T15:45:00.000-05:002011-11-08T15:46:35.099-05:00

I am faced with a dilemma.  It is not a life or death problem, nor is it even important in the grand scheme of life.  However, it is a dilemma I face with my team. Let me try to explain my dilemma.  We currently are using TFS as our source control application.  we are slowly beginning to utilize the Tasks for development and will continue to move toward integrating QA etc..  We are using the

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-1162750025451984382006-11-05T13:07:00.000-05:002006-11-06T09:05:49.703-05:00

As a developer, I know the draw to have that database right there on my laptop.  I don't have to worry about permissions on the dev database. I can execute any SQL changes and test my SQL code with data that is quick and convieniant.  But, boy does this have security implications, as Starbucks has recently found out. In my industry, knowledge is power.  I consider my company, and the CEO just

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-1162141331063370672006-10-29T12:02:00.000-05:002011-11-07T17:35:57.745-05:00

I just read Buck Hodges blog about a great idea! One that I wish I had thought of. Clark Sell created this custom policy for TFS that checks the CI process via a web service to interrogate the status of the most recent build attempt.  If it is red then you can not check in your code. I've got to have this! My team is still trying to come to grips with moving our CI process to retrieve code from

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-1161022660983817452006-10-16T14:17:00.000-04:002006-10-16T14:17:40.986-04:00

At the end of day four of Microsoft's patterns & practices Summit in Redmond Thursday we got to go on one of the best tours I have ever been on.  Tom Hollander was our tour guide and he guided us through a place he knows well:  the patterns & practices development team's workspace.  All I can say is WOW! It must have been embarrassing for my co-workers to have to walk around with me as I drooled

Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35697930.post-1160671394033041242006-10-12T12:43:00.000-04:002006-10-12T20:23:13.280-04:00

Final Keynote - Architecture Evaluation in Practice  - Dragos ManolescuInteresting session on Architecture Evaluation.  From what i got from the session is there is a comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of architecture.  Someone or some group goes to an organization and interviews, observes and analyses the IT architecture.  Important issues are making sure the evaluator has access to all

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Again, today I will be updating this blog after every session. Today's sessions, in a word, were "supercalafragalistickexpialladosous".  that may be spelled wrong, but who cares! Micro-Pairing - Peter Provost & Brad Wilson(why arguing while you code is fun and productive)"Real time code review" - Stop calling it Pair Programming! Have I used the term "tag team"?  This is pretty cool stuff. 

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I am blogging this conference realtime after each session.  Check back every hour or so for updates. My friend Steve is also blogging about this conference you can read his recitative here. Architecture for the Next Generation - Scott IsaacsHistory lesson to start.  Extremely interesting account of events related to the Internet over the last 15 years.  Key take away's from this presentation are

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When I attend conferences or training I usually have certain expectations of what I can and cannot get out of them.  My expectations of day 1 of Microsoft's Patterns and Practices Summit where somewhat open because I have never been to the Microsoft campus nor have I been to a conference or training put on by a specific Microsoft group. So have I been satisfied that I was right to keep my

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The world of blogging is not something new to me as a consumer, but as a writer it is completely new. My co-worker and friend, Steve St. Jean suggested that I join him in the world of blogging. So here I am. The Microsoft Patterns & Practices Summit in Redmond, WA is where I am this week and will begin my recitative from. Look back here for my thoughts of each days events and sessions.

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