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After three months on windows7
It still seems much more stable than Vista (and it is a release candidate version!). I have successfully tested some other programs: CorelDraw14 Google Chrome RapidSVN Eclipse Jude UML Paint.Net Skype Unfortunately Sony Wireless Manager stopped working, to be precise, the problem is that it does not recognize the modem. I still have the problem… — read more
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More about Agile Open Tandil (estimation session)
Two folks asked me to write a bit more about the afternoon sessions, especially about the estimation one and here I go, I will resume what we talk in that session. The format of the session was open, there were more that 20 people and each talk about the way he uses to estimate. In… — read more
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After a week using Windows 7 RC
Well, I must say that I am pretty happy with it. I think this RC is much more stable than the Vista RC that I tried some years ago. I have installed and run successfully some more software: Visual Studio 2008, Smart SVN, OneNote, Foxit Reader and Ant. At the same time I have some… — read more
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Second day on Windows 7
This morning when I tried to wake up my machine (yesterday I left it hibernating) I get a blue screen, it restarted automatically, and no other problems. Except for this issue it seems that W7 very stable. I could install and run these other programs: Open Office 3 Foxit Reader Virtual PC 2007 Adobe Flash… — read more
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Running Windows 7 RC – Day 1
Yes, I am writing this post from my machine with Windows 7 RC installed directly on the hardware, no virtual machine, and it is the only systems (no vista, xp o linux on other partitions). My machine is a Dell XPS 1330M with 2 GB of RAM. I been working for a couple of ours… — read more
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Agile Open BsAs 2009 – Sessions part 3
This is the last part: Session 4: What should I do with my junior developers? One of the principles of the agile methods is the self-organized teams, but this is not an easy question when you have junior people in your teams. How much seniority is required to have a self-organized team? How can a… — read more
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La programación como disciplina central del desarrollo del software (introducción)
Parte 1: La programación, la academia y la industria Claramente si trazáramos un paralelismo entre el desarrollo de software y las construcción de edificios, bien podríamos decir que en cierto modo, el programador es al desarrollo de software lo que el albañil es a la construcción de edificios. Al mismo tiempo, resulta que el trabajo… — read more