Highlights of the International SOA and Cloud Symposium

Two days long we participated in the International SOA & Cloud Symposium in Berlin. We attended many presentations and had some great discussions around these two subjects. In the upcoming … Continue reading “Highlights of the International SOA and Cloud Symposium”

Quick start with Ehcache Annotations for Spring

How to profit from the new Ehcache Annotations for Spring? As a Java developer you would like to know, don’t you? ehcache-spring-annotations – licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 – … Continue reading “Quick start with Ehcache Annotations for Spring”

Is Townhall going to be the new way to connect with your voters?

Social networks are an important place to meet for marketers and increasingly for politicians as well. The 2008 Obama campaign on Twitter showed the value of social networks. Voters are … Continue reading “Is Townhall going to be the new way to connect with your voters?”

A legend of the notorious Black Team

In my last post about teams I claimed there is no universal recipe for breeding a jelled team. A few days ago I came across a great book Peopleware, first … Continue reading “A legend of the notorious Black Team”

Is Lean software development better than Scrum?

Quite some years ago, after attending a presentation about lean production at Toyota, I decided to buy the book “The Toyota Way”. I had the feeling many of their 14 … Continue reading “Is Lean software development better than Scrum?”

Getting More From The Lime Testing Framework

Lime is a testing tool bundled with symfony. It can be, however, used separately with any PHP application. It is a great alternative for famous PHPUnit. Its advantage is simplicity. … Continue reading “Getting More From The Lime Testing Framework”

Software development is art and artists are hard to handle

Yesterday I was talking to a researcher at Amsterdam University. As Goyello we take part in the Symbiosis program and from time to time they measure the progress of all … Continue reading “Software development is art and artists are hard to handle”

Seesmic Look let’s you discover the value of the Twitter timeline

Whether or not you are using Twitter, please continue reading. This is not a typical “new on Twitter” post, although it is about Twitter. Last night Seesmic launched a new … Continue reading “Seesmic Look let’s you discover the value of the Twitter timeline”

Kanban system for Software Engineering – pure Agile

Kanban system introduces generic approach to Agile. There is no one way to became Agile. If you work using Kanban principles (which are derrived from Agile) you are working in Agile way. If this means that you will have Scrum meetings with your team – fine. If this means that instead of Scrum your meeting will aim on remaining work – also good. Tools are very important but only when they are helping you keeping your principles within company. Correct approach and tooling is a result of deep brainstorming and constant improvements process lead by Kanban principles.

Forrester claims the IT industry will recover best in Europe

According to a new report by Forrester Research, Inc. the technology sector will see a recovery in 2010 as businesses and governments in the US and around the world begin spending … Continue reading “Forrester claims the IT industry will recover best in Europe”