Accelerating Agile Development

Software | July 24th, 2009

In many respects, agile development can already be considered a more efficient software development methodology – it’s hard to believe that this process can be accelerated even further. While there are a number of things that you need to do to properly manage the risk of agile development, the cornerstone of this process is the iteration document which describes the features you are implementing.

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Playing ISO Images on Ubuntu

Linux, Software, Ubuntu | June 28th, 2009

So it use to be that you could simply double-click on an ISO image and have it automatically launch Totem. Assuming the ISO contained an image of a DVD filesystem, it would start to play the movie. This convenient feature has been replaced in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) with the equally convienent feature of mounting the ISO image as another drive.

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Fixing My Email

Technology | June 24th, 2009

A recent spam email from the folks at http://fixoutlook.org inspired me to reconsider what really is wrong with email. If I were to list the things about email that frustrate me the most, the arrival of unwanted messages from sources like this group are probably at the top of my list.

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Microsoft Virtual Storefronts

Microsoft, Technology | February 13th, 2009

Microsoft has decided to pursue commercial stores, presumably these would be located in strategic markets and would allow consumers to purchase software and various PC accessories. While they are obviously borrowing the idea from Apple, it may prove difficult for Microsoft to execute.

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Annual 2009 Predictions

Linux, Microsoft, Technology | December 23rd, 2008

It’s that time of the year again, and this year I thought it might be worth reviewing my 2008 predictions to help put my thoughts on next year in perspective.

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