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Entries from June 2007

Twitter Updates for 2007-06-29

June 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Watching Scoble in the iPhone queue in Palo Alto. Hate to admit it but I’d probably be queueing if the iPhone was being launched in Europe! #

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Twitter Updates for 2007-06-25

June 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Back in Munich. Preparing to kick off a new Scrum next week, with three days of Scrum, user story, estimating/planning etc. training. #

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Twitter Updates for 2007-06-19

June 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Pair programming – refactoring a large Swing app to use JPopupMenu instead of PopupMenu #

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Twitter Updates for 2007-06-18

June 18th, 2007 · No Comments

Installing XP with Boot Camp on my MBP. If only a Mac client for LOTROL was available #
My MBP 17 2.33 doesn’t support -R DL, only +R DL. Unfortunately I’ve only got -R DL media here so can’t backup, no XP, no LOTROL tonight #

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Twitter Updates for 2007-06-14

June 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Pair programming selenium tests – integrated with FitNesse. #
Extending our FitNesse fixture so that it can interact with a Java applet using abbot. #

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Twitter Updates for 2007-06-10

June 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Just watched “Blink”, the latest Doctor Who episode. The best this series and really scary in a “let’s hide behind the sofa” way. #

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Is the Toyota Production System Responsible for Toyota’s Success?

June 9th, 2007 · No Comments

In April of this year it was announced that Toyota had overtaken General Motors as the largest manufacturer of automobiles in the world in terms of vehicles sold. It seems that they will maintain this lead for some time to come. Interesting, a Toyota representative played down the achievement stating that they were focussed on [...]

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Tags: Agile

Twitter Updates for 2007-06-07

June 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Back in L:Lichtenrade, Berlin: for another very long weekend – working in Bavaria (which has more holidays) has some advantages. #

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TDD Workshop

June 7th, 2007 · No Comments

I recently led a test-driven development (TDD) workshop for the team that I am currently coaching. We’ve been working together for several Sprints (every Sprint bar none has resulted in valuable functionality that has been put into production). We’ve previously looked at unit tests in detail and I had made a strong recommendation to try [...]

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Tags: Agile · Munich

Twitter Updates for 2007-06-06

June 6th, 2007 · No Comments

At L:Munich Airport: boarding soon for Berlin. #

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