Martin Fowler's BlikiA cross between a blog and wiki of my partly-formed ideas on software developmentSchoolsOfSoftwareDevelopment- April 12, 2008 For nth, and I'm sure not last time, I'm sliding into a conversation about defining practices, labeling some of them as "best", and probably the C-word (certification). It's a familiar discussion, and although we've barely started it, I can predict much of where it will go. It's driven by a perfectly reasonable desire to identify who are the better software developers, and how existing developers can improve their abilities.When people get into these conversations, they usually end up...http://martinfowler.com/bliki/SchoolsOfSoftwareDevelopment.html UpcomingTalks- April 8, 2008 My next appearance at a conference will be at the JAOO conference in Australia - specifically Brisbane and Sydney. This is JAOO's first venture into Australia and I have high hopes for it. One thing I've learned from my recent visits to our offices in Oz is that Australia really lacks for decent conferences. JAOO does an excellent job, so it should do well.I have three talks on my list, two of which I'll be doing with my colleague Erik Drnenburg. The first one to mention is our tutorial on..http://martinfowler.com/bliki/UpcomingTalks.html ThoughtWorks Anthology- April 3, 2008 Updated web site: I'm sure that putting it together was a frustrating exercise in cat herding, but the Prags have put out a book of essays by ThoughtWorkers. It's a great collection of writings, mostly by people who aren't well known outside TW, despite their great know-how. It includes one from me on DSLs in Ruby, which the prags currently have made available as a PDF download.http://www.pragprog.com/titles/twa REST Podcast- April 3, 2008 Updated web site: I got involved in another ThoughtWorks podcast, this time on the subject of REST with Jim Webber, Chris Stevenson, and Sriram Narayan.http://www.thoughtworks.com/what-we-say/podcasts.html |