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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Democamp 15 and ConceptShare
Democamp 15 took place last Monday (Oct 29) at the Great Hall of the University of Toronto’s Hart House, and I went with high expectations after hearing all that good stuff about the previous Democamp. Sadly, I had to leave … Continue reading
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Indian march
While on the road from Agra to Delhi, we saw thousands of people blocking two of the four lanes. They were marching towards Delhi, and many were waving green and white flags. There were a lot of them, and we … Continue reading
Leon on the map
Until recently, I thought of Google Maps and its competitors as useful only for the lands I came to after leaving Mexico — great for the US and Canada, but zooming in on Mexico produced a low-definition blot with no … Continue reading
Posted in Mexico
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It’s like being in Arcade Fire!
I like The Arcade Fire, but I can see where the latest strip from the webcomic “The Non-Adventures of Wonderella” is coming from:
Presenting at CASCON today
I’m presenting a short paper today at CASCON, on “Discovering the Shared Understanding Dynamics of Large Software Teams“. I co-authored it with Ramzan Khuwaja, from the IBM Toronto Lab, and with Steve Easterbrook. We’ll also have a cute poster with … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Software development
Tagged cascon, shared understanding, software engineering
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Triangular wheels
Heard on the RE’07 conference, regarding the problems of blindingly adopting a set of metrics and trying to optimize them: “Triangular wheels, then, are a great improvement over rectangular wheels –they significantly reduce the number of bumps you get.”
Posted in Academia, Software development
Tagged conference, delhi, india, metrics, requirements engineering
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RE’07 in Delhi — got an award!
The 15th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference has just wrapped up. There were some wonderful papers, which I’ll write about once I return home, and I have lots to say about the socials and the city, but for now I … Continue reading
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Tagged conference, delhi, india, requirements engineering
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Going to Delhi!
I’m heading off to the International Requirements Engineering Conference in Delhi, India. If we haven’t met, perhaps we should! Drop me a note and we’ll set something up. (photo by babasteve)