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March 2006 - Posts

• INXS uses wishy-washy language!

  INXS Song Lyrics Wishy Washy (From the album "INXS") I got a place with a view You can see the cars As they travel down the freeway To clubs and bars There's a woman downstairs With matt-grey hair And she smiles when she tells me There's no room for me Read More... Posted Friday, March 31, 2006 11:36 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Software Engineering

• Harry Potter and Snape have different training styles

  The IT Training Doctor: Harry Potter and the Trainer of Dire A nice, LEGO-illustrated story on how following the right course saved Dobby's life. Read More... Posted Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:54 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Other

• Why training is useless

  In his blog ( David Maister > Passion, People and Principles ) David, who earned a lot of money training people, states the (most) training is useless. He argues that most of the time, companies want changes in behavior from their employees, and send Read More... Posted Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:46 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Other

• Africa Experience - My adventurous nephew

  My nephew Clint and his friend Jaap Jan left for a trip from Holland to Ghana this morning. They had some spare time between exams and decided to buy a 4WD, take it on a trip to Africa, sell it in Ghana and use that money to buy tickets to fly home. That Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 28, 2006 12:21 AM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Other

• Important tips for pointy-haired managers

  Top ten tips for preventing innovation -Tyner Blain , Dilbert's manager would not hesitate to implement them: Read More... Posted Thursday, March 09, 2006 11:14 PM by Anonymous | 1 Comments Filed under: Requirements, Project Management

• fun stuff Fridays and the differentiator developer

  Scott (Tyner Blane) introduced some (to me) new terms describing approaches he uses to build the right software. The problem he addresses is: how to decide which features to include on your first release. Even though we all know the including 100% of Read More... Posted Thursday, March 09, 2006 10:57 PM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: RUP, Requirements, Project Management

• Tips on scheduling a project

  You just need to keep a few things in mind when you schedule your project, things that will keep you out of trouble. Christopher Hawkins published an article titled Why Your Schedule Is No Good - And How To Fix It explaining why you can not run a six Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 07, 2006 12:19 AM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Software Engineering, Project Management

• Everything you always wanted to know about Microsoft's virtualization software

  Just more than one hour of video from the Microsoft virtualization people, explaining how Virtualization works and what's the future of these techniques. On channel 9. Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 07, 2006 12:09 AM by Anonymous | 0 Comments Filed under: Software Engineering, Other