Monthly Archives: October 2007

Democamp 15 and ConceptShare

Posted on October 31, 2007 by

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

Posted on October 28, 2007 by

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 →

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Leon on the map

Posted on October 25, 2007 by

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 →

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Syntax error

Posted on October 24, 2007 by

At least worth a chuckle: (via Global Nerdy)

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It’s like being in Arcade Fire!

Posted on October 24, 2007 by

I like The Arcade Fire, but I can see where the latest strip from the webcomic “The Non-Adventures of Wonderella” is coming from:

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Presenting at CASCON today

Posted on October 23, 2007 by

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 →

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RE’07 presentation slides

Posted on October 22, 2007 by

If you’re curious about our RE’07 paper, “Requirements in the wild: How small companies do it“, but can’t bring yourself to read Academese, here are the presentation slides. It’s not the same, of course, but it’ll give you an idea … Continue reading →

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Triangular wheels

Posted on October 21, 2007 by

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.”

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RE’07 in Delhi — got an award!

Posted on October 19, 2007 by

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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Going to Delhi!

Posted on October 10, 2007 by

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)

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