Wayne Allen's Blog

Jon Udell wrote a piece (and another) about some technology Jonathan Edwards at SubText is putting together (demo). Looking at the demo gets me excited about the future of writing code. I get tired of fighting text… more »

Via Simon: IE allows script to read the contents of the clipboard! Some nefarious person could easily grab your clipboard contents and post them back to their server. A fix from the comments: Tools -> Internet Options, Security. I… more »

From Haacked  How Constant Are Your Constants in .NET When one assembly references a constant in another assembly, the compiler will embed the value of that constant into the assembly. This could really lead to some hard to find bugs. Imagine… more »

Brian Marick posted here and here about burnbown chart styles and I thought I'd chime in with my variation. I use a slight modification of Kelly's burndown. I always put the remaining work on top of the bar and use real dates across the bottom. Addition… more »

Looks like the Agile United conference website is finally up (probably for a while, but I just noticed). The call for papers is also out. more »

Check out Clarke Ching's new book project Rolling Rocks Downhill. The purpose of the book is to help people – customers, managers, workers (and even their families) – who work on traditionally managed software development projects to find a b… more »

The Macau Productivity Center has released a PDF version of their book Essential Skills for Agile Development. It covers the basic development skills necessary for a programmer on an agile (XP specifically) team. Chapters begin with short descriptions… more »