Martin Fowlers updated paper on The New Methodology where he covers the history, reasons and advantages of agile methodologies. He also covers the different agile methodologies out there.
Category Archives: Remaindered
Interview with Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, Founders of MySpace
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Forbes has an interesting interview with Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, the founders of MySpace, in which they talk about how they built such a successful site in two years. Its nice to see a story of a couple of guys that used common sense to be successful.
The Patent Epidemic
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I found a reference to this on Slashdot – BusinessWeek has a really good article describing the goofiness that is the U.S. patent system.
Why Companies Monitor Blogs
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An interesting article on the effect blogs have on companies and why more companies these days are actually monitoring the things written on the internet.
Man Goes on One Year Podcast Only Diet
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Dan Safkow donates his television, DVD player and assorted radios to Goodwill and relies completely on podcasting and online content for entertainment. Dan’s website can be found at podcastyear.blogger.com.
Corporate Blogging Increases Sales?
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Hugh Macleod talks about how bloggers helped to double the sales of Stormhoek wines in less than 12 months. Interesting read. The most interesting distinction in this one is how participating in blogging changes the company more than the market.
Subversion 1.3.0 released.
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The Subversion team announced yesterday the official release of Subversion 1.3.0. This release includes around 30 bug fixes along with new functionality such path-based authorization for svnserve, –xml support for additional commands and performance improvements on the svn status and blame commands. See all the detail in the release notes.
The Year of The Podcast
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Slate.com’s Andy Bowers reflects on where podcasting has gone in 2005 and some predictions on where it might head.
Fans following Stern to his new Sirius home
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Religion the Fastest Growing Genre in Podcasting?
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According to this article, religion is the fastest growing genre in podcasting.