The other day I posted about the reference material available on DZone. Today I found this post on LinkedIn’s Linux Expert group from someone who has combined the input from the Linux Documentation Project and other sources into one indexed. I poked around it and really like the way he’s organized it. Check it out here.
DZone is a community-driven website where software developers can post links to articles and reviews. There’s other great content there, but I want to focus on the huge collection of free reference cards they offer in PDF format. Some of their recent titles are:
The reason I like this concept so much because my specialty is having no specialty. I have a very diverse set of skills. But when you know so many languages and technologies that have a lot of common (Meet the new language, same as the old language), it’s great to have quick reference materials to refresh myself on the ins and outs of the hat I need to wear that day, or to an interview the next day. The quality of the material is high, too.
Title: A Jet Engine On Your Pinto: When HyperSpeed Agile Teams Pull A Slow Organization
When: May 28 06:00 PM – 08:30 PM
Where: Pizzeria Uno – Newton, MA
Cost: Free, though donation toward food cost is welcome
Parking: Garage (entrance off Bacon St.) parking is free with validation from Uno’s
If you piloted an agile team that was successful, you might start a few more. If they were successful, you might then initiate a push to convert the whole company as soon as possible. One company did just that – started forty agile teams, each one delivering impressive results. But it strained the organization so badly that the whole agile program was scrapped. They are not alone – others have experienced this. It’s like installing a jet engine on an ordinary car; the engine will go fast but will tear the car apart. Unless you add the right support structures! We will examine what these structures are for companies on their agile journey.
Agile Bazaar is an ACM chapter and an Agile Alliance affiliate. If you’re into Agile/Scrum/XP, it’s a great organization that has great meeting topics, and they welcome new ideas and topics. Here’s the info page for the event.
Most of these are from the Some Random Dude, MakeUseOf, and Vandelay Web Design websites/mailing lists, but some were scooped up from the entropy.
Microreview: Most Excellent!
I bought this book because I was working on some gnarly multithreading problems. I was hoping to get up to speed on the wonderful new concurrency classes added in Java 1.5 to replace the boring old Thread class. What I got was so much more. It goes into great depth in:
My WordPress theme is based on Andreas04. When I implemented it on my website, though, I found all sorts of problems with it once you start shoving real content in it. I had to tweak it quite a bit. I’m still not exactly in love with the way the footer came out. It was worth it, though, because I found it very hard to find a theme that:
Anyway, I put a lot of efforts into adding lots of tags on my pages. While they are helpful in searching, I realized they never actually get displayed. So I modified the index.php and single.php to display the tags in the footer area. What do you think? Please comment.