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My first foray into Agile was with a product team back in 2004-2005. It was my first “real” job out of college, and my first experience with a death march. During the death march, I was struck on how bad the idea of death marching was. Working weekends, long hours etc. were a sign of failure not on the development team, but our a failure to plan, set expectations, and deliver frequently. This rather horrible experience pushed me to explore better options, leading me into Scrum and XP. I’ve had a lot of success with Scrum – but I’ve had greater success in ditching it.
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In partnership with the Visual Studio team, we are launching Code Snippets for Windows Store apps, a collection of around 60 IntelliSense Code Snippets for common Windows Store app programming tasks. The snippets are available for Visual Basic, C#, C++, and JavaScript developers. For example, if you don’t know how to copy a file in JavaScript or C++, just right-click, select Insert Snippet, select the code snippet, and it will automatically add the code to your Windows app. Translation: Apps previously known as "Metro" for the store previously known as "Marketplace."
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iRobot has published an API for Roomba - the Roomba SCI (Serial Command Interface). The idea is very simple: you need to transfer byte array to Roomba’s serial port.... Each byte holds a single command or a command-group. We will go deeper into that later on... Battling robots that clean up after themselves.
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Dennis also had a deliciously wry sense of humor. He was once asked: In your experience, how long does it take for a novice programmer to become a reasonably proficient C developer capable of writing nontrivial production code? Dennis replied: I don’t know. I never had to learn C. To the software world, Dennis was a genius. To those who were privileged to know him, he was a mensch. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
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It would be impossible to list every feature in Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop. However, in this post I want to tell you about some of the new tools and capabilities in the product that have not been available in any other Express products in the past. I’d also like to answer some of the questions you’ve been asking about what we’re including in this edition. Unless otherwise mentioned, the features listed are supported for all languages that are included in Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop – C++, C#, and Visual Basic. It's here. Download and get coding!
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The latest iOS application has doubled engagement (double the stories). It is pretty amazing to see a product as large as Facebook get rebooted in this way. The app looked pretty much the same (a few UX touches, but pretty minimal) before and after. So obviously, HTML5 sucks and native rocks. Not so fast. Let’s look at what we know from the history of the Facebook app. You'll "Like" this.
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Hello, Young Mage! Welcome to the Tower of Nix! Here you!ll begin your training in the skills of Unix. I'll be your Instructor and Narrator. We here at the tower understand if you!re a little nervous or unsure about learning something so new and different. However, I can assure you that your stay and training at the Tower will be none other than the best! Before we begin, I'd like to give you a brief history of the craft you are about to learn. A Brief History of Unix and Unix-like Spellcrafts.
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Windows: If there's one thing I miss about Linux, it's being able to install any program in seconds with a quick command. Chocolatey brings that convenience to Windows, with over 300 popular programs in its database. From VLC to Launchy to Skype and tons of other apps, Chocolatey puts all of your favorite Windows programs right at your fingertips. sudo oh this isn't linux.
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This is cool, but what about NuGet[^]
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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By now it’s almost inevitable given the company’s track record: No matter what Apple unveils tomorrow at the Yerba Buena Center (an iPad Mini? iPhone 5?), pundits will herald the company for its innovative thinking and bold hardware design. But the elephant in the room will be Apple’s software, which many inside the company believe has evolved for the worse in the last few years. The rich Corinthian leather is wearing thin.
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This year’s wait for Apple’s new smartphone is over. Apple revealed the iPhone 5, its sixth-generation smartphone, at a press event in San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Wednesday. Unlike the mainly under-the-hood update from the iPhone 4 to iPhone 4S, Apple has made significant changes with the iPhone 5. With so many hardware, spec and feature improvements, there’s a lot to take in with Apple’s latest smartphone. We’ve gathered the most pertinent details you need to know about before the device goes on sale September 21. What do you think of the new iPhone 5?
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Terrence Dorsey wrote: What do you think of the new iPhone 5?
Does it blend? 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Do you trade higher pay now for the potential of having a harder time finding a job later? That's an over-simplification, to be sure, but which path did you choose? [ITworld]
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valid question, I personally am a Generalist (not by choice, it chose me and I stuck with it due to needing work and a roof over my head.). On the pro side, I can fit into most situations, with a grasp of the different fields. on the con side; well, Some want that Specialist.
As for finding work, the money and jobs are there,for the experience and knowledge, I am always practising and reading up.
Heck, I still keep up on my other career option; Chef work. For example, I'm making Duck l'orange this weekend.
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I haven't had an issue with "good" / "high" pay ether. 
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modified 12-Sep-12 11:06am.
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You're probably more of a specialist than you realize; anyone who focuses on .NET development can be considered a specialist, as opposed to people who develop software in general, or who do general IT work and sometimes write scripts and programs.
It's more of a fuzzy spectrum than a black-and-white category thing.
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comment from my co-worker after showing the article;
"if you think about it .. according to the general public outside IT .. you specialize in IT .. "
he does have a point 
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-Negative, I am a meat popsicle.
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i chose the path of maximum employment: when necessary, find a new job. don't sweat the details, because it's all database stuff, in the end.
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Unless you work in a niche market you are probably more of a generalist than you might think: even if you call yourself a .Net specialist (which part?) you still require other skills to enable you to do your job.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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"We need both, and we need good ones"
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
if you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I have been working with XAML based technologies for the last few years, and being specialized in WPF/Silverlight has kept me working and getting better pay everytime. I do end up working with other technologies, which helps me be a generalist. I have found, as a contractor, trying to get work as a general .NET developer is difficult. However, WPF is easy. There are a limited number of people out there that have extensive experience in this technology, and working in XAML is very different from C#. However, the issue is that I have been moving to stay working.
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Since 2010, the developer job market in Texas has been improving a lot; now, .NET generalists and XAML specialists are both in such high demand that there are significantly more job openings than qualified applicants.
It's probably the same in other places, and I think your increased opportunity and success has more to do with what year it is than with what technologies you're using.
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I think that to get a job in ASP.NET, you also have to show a lot of experience. ASP.NET is not easy if you get into where things are done, and knowing it intuitively. Think it would be hard to find work as a WinForm specialist, but I really do not know.
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I am in a very specific IT field, but still consider myself a generalist. I consistently find myself put on the team that researches, tests, and implements new ideas with new technologies. As stated in an earlier response, I didn't choose it necessarily, it chose me.
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In an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt, Mark Zuckerberg said that one of the company's biggest mobile missteps was 'betting on HTML 5 instead of native.' [Watch the interview on ITworld]
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I don't know if is for that or something else but I've said it more than once that Facebook is the worse app I have on my phone.
Comunities appart, G+ app is just fabulous... shame no one's there! 
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