Archive for April 2005
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-04-29 Sparklines for Minimalists: Sparklines in Ruby Keywords: Ruby Utility Class to Compare Objects and Graphs for Unit Testing: Keywords: C# Ruby and Mysql: Keywords: Ruby/Databases
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-04-28 Choosing an XML editor: Detailed review of 20 different XML editors (some free), with recommendations. Keywords: XML From footnotes to sidenotes: Creating sidenotes with Css3 Keywords: CSS, Webmaster Why I Don’t Use DataSets: Scott Mitchell explains… Keywords: ASP.Net The Official Monster Raving Loony Party 2005 manicfesto: Where [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-04-27 Want to manage tacit knowledge?: PDF from Shawn Callahan on managing tacit knowledge with communities of practice. Keywords: KM Give me parameterized SQL, or give me death: Why you should use parameterised SQL in data-access code Keywords: Development Scenario planning in project management: Keywords: Project_Management Aardvark: Aardvark [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-04-26 The Continuous Environmental Scan: Dave Pollard’s process for implementing Imperato and Harari’s Continuous Environmental Scan Keywords: KM SessionSaver: SessionSaver remembers loaded tabs and their history items when Firefox is manually closed, then restores the tabs and history items when next started Keywords: Firefox/Extensions Create an intention calendar: [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-25 Open Space Conversations: Dave Pollard draws comparisons between good dialogue practice and the principles of Open Space Keywords: Dialogue Deconstructing stupidity: James Boyle article from the FT on the fallacies behind current IP law and government thinking Keywords: IPR The Praxis Equation: Design Principles for Intelligent Organisation: [...]
I’ve started looking at one of the pieces of pre-work for the strategy course. Summary notes of the problem are here. The challenge is to make the system profitable, with a strong steer to focus on increasing revenue. This post contains my first thoughts about a solution. My first thought was to look at the [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-04-24 Enhanced Daily Del.icio.us: Script to extract a daily report from del.icio.us and post as an entry to a WordPress blog Keywords: WordPress
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-22 WW II Codes and Ciphers: Fascinating site run by Tony Sale, founder and curator of the Bletchley PArk musuem Keywords: Encryption
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-22 WW II Codes and Ciphers: Fascinating site run by Tony Sale, founder and curator of the Bletchley PArk musuem Keywords: Encryption
I’ve just received the joining instructions and pre-work for Developing Deliverable Strategies There are two pieces of pre-work: The Right Game: Use Game Theory to Shape Strategy [notes] Will Biddiford’s Trams Make a Return? [notes] Some interesting stuff to get my teeth into! As I’ve noted here my learning goals are to: Enhance my ability [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-20 Pluggable Use Cases: Keywords: Agile/Requirements Use Case Fundamentals: Keywords: Agile/Requirements System Requirements Document: Keywords: Agile/Requirements Structuring Use Cases with Goals: Keywords: Agile/Requirements UseCases.org: Collection of useful links from Alistair Cockburn Keywords: Agile/Requirements Customizing Folders with Desktop.ini: Keywords: Development/Windows Use case modeling tips: Advice from Scott Ambler Keywords: [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-20 Pluggable Use Cases: Keywords: Agile/Requirements Use Case Fundamentals: Keywords: Agile/Requirements System Requirements Document: Keywords: Agile/Requirements Structuring Use Cases with Goals: Keywords: Agile/Requirements
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-19 .NET Encryption Simplified: Keywords: Development/Crypto Splits and multi-file editing: Keywords: Tools/Vim Why smart people defend bad ideas: Keywords: Psychology
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-19 .NET Encryption Simplified: Keywords: Development/Crypto Splits and multi-file editing: Keywords: Tools/Vim Why smart people defend bad ideas: Keywords: Psychology
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-18 Mock Object Patterns: Keywords: Development/Test-Driven Mock Roles, not Objects: Keywords: Development/Test-Driven Ruby Test Unit: Keywords: Development/Test-Driven, Ruby Endo-Testing: Unit Testing with Mock Objects: Keywords: Development/Test-Driven
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-15 Smashing Heads Does not Open Minds: Keywords: Dialogue How to prevent robots caching your site: Keywords: Webmaster NTLM Authentication – is it worth it?: Keywords: ASP.Net Unit testing database code: database testing Keywords: Development/Test-Driven Implementing NTLM Authentication for Your ASP.NET Web Services: Keywords: ASP.Net Unit Testing and [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-15 Smashing Heads Does not Open Minds: Keywords: Dialogue How to prevent robots caching your site: Keywords: Webmaster NTLM Authentication – is it worth it?: Keywords: ASP.Net Unit testing database code: database testing Keywords: Development/Test-Driven Implementing NTLM Authentication for Your ASP.NET Web Services: Keywords: ASP.Net Unit Testing and [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-13 Intelligent Test Automation: Keywords: Development/Test-Driven TDD with Ruby: Walk-through of basic TDD with Ruby Keywords: Development/Test-Driven, Ruby
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-13 Intelligent Test Automation: Keywords: Development/Test-Driven TDD with Ruby: Walk-through of basic TDD with Ruby Keywords: Development/Test-Driven, Ruby
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-12 Gmail Delete Button: Keywords: Mozilla/GreaseMonkey Bridging the gap: James Robertson says ‘we need to be able to go to clients and say: ”you have this problem, here is a way of solving i”. The challenge, of course, is that each organisation (or industry sector) has different challenges, [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-12 Gmail Delete Button: Keywords: Mozilla/GreaseMonkey Bridging the gap: James Robertson says ‘we need to be able to go to clients and say: ”you have this problem, here is a way of solving i”. The challenge, of course, is that each organisation (or industry sector) has different challenges, [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-11 The Power of Influence: Article about Robert Cialdini’s book Influence Keywords: Psychology 7 Myths About Network Security: Keywords: Security TestDriven.NET: Unit testing add-in for Visual Studio Keywords: Development/Test-Driven
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-11 The Power of Influence: Article about Robert Cialdini’s book Influence Keywords: Psychology 7 Myths About Network Security: Keywords: Security TestDriven.NET: Unit testing add-in for Visual Studio Keywords: Development/Test-Driven Introducing Agile to a legacy project: Keywords: Agile Constructing or Traversing URIs?: Keywords: WebServices/REST
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-8 Lean consumption: Keywords: Lean
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-8 Lean consumption: Keywords: Lean
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-7 Party policies at a glance: BBC summary of where the three main parties stand on 14 major issues Keywords: Politics Comment on Ideas for Better Conversations: Keywords: mycomments Reith Lectures 2005: This year’s Reith Lecturer is the distinguished engineer, Lord Broers who is President of the Royal [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-7 Party policies at a glance: BBC summary of where the three main parties stand on 14 major issues Keywords: Politics Comment on Ideas for Better Conversations: Keywords: mycomments Reith Lectures 2005: This year’s Reith Lecturer is the distinguished engineer, Lord Broers who is President of the Royal [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-6 PHP/SWF Charts: generate flash graphs with PHP Keywords: Webmaster Four Threads Unify Reality: Ian Glendinning reviews David Deutsch’s Fabric of Reality Keywords: Books
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-6 PHP/SWF Charts: generate flash graphs with PHP Keywords: Webmaster Four Threads Unify Reality: Ian Glendinning reviews David Deutsch’s Fabric of Reality Keywords: Books
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-1 Implementing a Pattern Library in the Real World: A Yahoo! Case Study: A case study of the definition, design, and roll-out of an interaction design pattern library at Yahoo! Inc. The process for defining the requirements, design of the application, process for defining the lifecycle of a [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-1 Implementing a Pattern Library in the Real World: A Yahoo! Case Study: A case study of the definition, design, and roll-out of an interaction design pattern library at Yahoo! Inc. The process for defining the requirements, design of the application, process for defining the lifecycle of a [...]
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Synesthesia on 2005-4-1 Implementing a Pattern Library in the Real World: A Yahoo! Case Study: A case study of the definition, design, and roll-out of an interaction design pattern library at Yahoo! Inc. The process for defining the requirements, design of the application, process for defining the lifecycle of a [...]