Looks like the Waterfall Alliance has opted to host their 2006 conference in Niagara Falls on the 1st of April. A very interesting set of tutorials/sessions...
Breaking with Tradition by Steve Berczuk We do not usually associate the words "simple," "dynamic," or "agile" with software configuration management (SCM),...
Great article and thank you for sending it. Some very, very excellent SCM practices discussed here. Regards tester384 <tester384@...> wrote: Breaking...
I have a column this week on StickyMinds.com: http://www.stickyminds.com/sitewide.asp? Function=WEEKLYCOLUMN&ObjectId=10330&ObjectType=ARTCOL&btntopic=artcol&t...
[Apologies for any duplication] User Interface Engineering is hosting a happy hour in Portland, OR on Thursday, February 16 for user experience professionals,...
I'm writing this from a room full of rocket-surgeon Ruby developers. Normally I'd refer to myself as a developer also. But, in this room that would be...
Hello Jeff, Thanks for the comment. I can't speak for anyone else, but I enjoy being on this list exactly *because of this kind of random and valuable insight...
So, what's my point? I have none - at least no big point. Just these observations: developers often design good software for developers: FUBU. Other often...
... Jeff: Brilliant post -- I'll be stealing ideas from it for months to come! Alain: I worked in the Software Engineering groups for DEC and Symbolics for...
... user ... the ... I have to relate a quick story here. I do QA/usability on a large project and also have an extensive background in development. I was ...
... for ... pretty much ... without a ... Yes, I agree with this. One thing I've been contemplating is that maybe it isn't as much a culture shift to get from...
There are developers who understand "users", not just because of FUBU, but because they have that empathy wiring. Move them to another field, and they'll...
... Well, I agree that the environment is a necessary condition, but I don't think it's sufficient. Again, this may be limited to my own experience, but having...
In fact, what has happened is that many people *believe* they are empathizing, and they certainly do want to help the user - it's that for some reason they are...
... Yes, that's exactly what I mean :-) But I wasn't making a statement that "UI people" are better at this than developers as a rule. Or that developers are...
But I wasn't making a statement that "UI people" are better at this than developers as a rule. Or that developers are universally bad at it. -- Alain: No...
... able to ... I am not so sure... (except for the "might" part) I would surmise the reason FUBU is easy for technical products is because of the intense...
[ Apologies for any duplication. ] Greetings, User Interface Engineering is hosting a happy hour in Atlanta, GA on Friday, February 24th for user experience...
[ Apologies for any duplication. ] Greetings, User Interface Engineering is hosting a happy hour in Atlanta, GA on Friday, February 24th for user experience...
... 5:30 - I'm typing frantically on a test server, down in jungle land. Iris calls and reminds her that Ashley's diorama is due tomorrow. Of course it's my...
<lol> -- jon Phlip said the following on 2/25/2006 11:04 AM: ... 5:30 - I'm typing frantically on a test server, down in jungle land. Iris calls and reminds...
Greetings, The San Diego chapters of SIGCHI and UPA are sponsoring an Agile and UCD panel discussion Wednesday, March 15th, from 6-8 PM at Intuit, 6220...
A while back - a long while back now - I posted something saying my company, ThoughtWorks, was looking for UCD-types. Well, for a variety of reasons, things...
I am an Interaction Designer at a medium sized software company. We develop very complex design software for construction professionals. There is almost no...
... One of my secret techniques for switching people over is to do the agile stuff in parallel. For example, with a big spec, I'll make up the cards and...
[Sorry for any duplication] If you find yourself in the Washington DC area on Tuesday evening, March 14, or the Philadelphia area on Thursday evening, March...
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