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Why is it so Hard to "Get" Semantics Inside the Enterprise?

Semantic Software Technologies: Landscape of High Value Applications for the Enterprise was published just over a year ago. Since then the marketplace has...

0 replies - 4521 views - 11/15/11 by Lynda Moulton in Articles

7 Reasons why Continuous Delivery needs to be a BUSINESS initiative

One of the key practices of agile and lean teams is the idea of Continuous Delivery.  If not continuous, then at least very frequent! ThoughtWorks has an...

2 replies - 5563 views - 11/14/11 by Kelly Waters in Articles

How to Deal with Being a Negative Developer

There was a recent AltDevBlogADay post about Negative Developers and Team Stability that hit home. It’s not that I think the advice was...

0 replies - 297 views - 11/01/11 by Rob Galanakis in Articles

Jez Humble on the Lean Startup Model in the Enterprise

It was a standing-only room when Jez Humble gave his presentation at Agile 2011 on how you could implement the basic principles of Lean Startups in a large...

0 replies - 5063 views - 11/01/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in Videos

Mentorship in Software Craftsmanship - part 3

Once the relationship between mentor and mentee is established, it is fair to say that they will be in a journey together. Every software craftsman is on a...

0 replies - 3075 views - 10/30/11 by Sandro Mancuso in Articles

“Startup rollercoaster” isn’t even the half of it

A year ago, to the day, I was sitting in Om Malik‘s office in San Francisco. We were discussing a possible writeup about Preona/LazyReadr on...

2 replies - 3456 views - 10/29/11 by Swizec Teller in Articles

Finding Out the Salary Averages for Application Release Professionals

I found an interesting survey by Nolio that is aimed at "Application Release Professionals".  The survey is ending in one week and Nolio claims that...

2 replies - 5537 views - 10/24/11 by Mitch Pronschinske in News

Your search software supplier has been acquired? The safe bet: Lucene/Solr open source

To hear him tell it two weeks ago, Larry Ellison’s Oracle had everything you need for search technology; no need for that legacy search...

3 replies - 3388 views - 10/21/11 by David Fishman in News

To employers that don't respond in time

First you send a CV, or a recruiter contacts you. Then there’s the interview(s). And then the employer has to decide whether they want you onboard or...

2 replies - 3169 views - 10/20/11 by Bozhidar Bozhanov in Articles

How to Get Unstuck

Jeff Wofford singles out “getting stuck” as A Programmer’s Greatest Enemy. Stuck as getting stuck with a problem that you just can’t solve. This...

2 replies - 4204 views - 10/17/11 by Jens Schauder in Articles

Understanding the Innovator's Dilemma

Stephen Forte applies the Innovator's Dilemma wrongly to Apple: In a nutshell, the Innovator’s Dilemma says the following (I am paraphrasing): when you...

0 replies - 3373 views - 10/15/11 by Krishna Kumar in Articles

I'm a Developer. I Understand...

As consumers we get more and more demanding, expecting features in everything we use to be perfect. But as developers, we really should be more...

2 replies - 8343 views - 10/14/11 by James Sugrue in Articles

“Do you create anything?”

You’re all reading this because of Steve Jobs. Our entire adult life has been spent gilding the lilies that Steve Jobs created. No bigger influence on...

2 replies - 4899 views - 10/06/11 by Alex Curylo in News

RIP Steve Jobs: Thank You For Thinking Differently

There are few people in this industry that cause the level of emotion that Steve Jobs does. In his passing at home with his family this Wednesday, there a huge...

6 replies - 11317 views - 10/06/11 by James Sugrue in Articles

LSCC's First Code Retreat

On September 10th we had the London Software Craftsmanship Community's First Code Retreat. We had 22 passionate and talented developers working in Java,...

1 replies - 2908 views - 09/24/11 by Sandro Mancuso in Articles