New Conferences Partnerships
Published January 9th, 2008 Under Conferences, Methods & Tools | Leave a Comment
Methods & Tools is proud to have been chosen as media partner by the following software development conferences:
EclipseCon 2008 March 17-20 2008, Santa Clara, CA, USA
TheServerSide Java Symposium, March 26-28 2008, Las Vegas, USA
SPICE Days 2008 June 23-25 2008, Prague, Czech Republic
The Toilet Paper Theory Applied To Software Development
Published January 7th, 2008 Under Humour, Software Development | 4 Comments
There are many configurations for developers to work together, but one of the common things that you will share with your colleagues is the toilet. Visiting the lavatories is also something that you will most likely to do every day. You could think of this as an intimate and mandatory version of the continuous integration paradigm. The toilet paper is one of the essential and ephemeral resources for this activity. Benjamin Franklin is quoted to have said “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” I would personally add a third thing: toilet paper rolls reaching the end of their existence. What follows this event could give you an interesting view on the culture of the hosting organization and how its developers are working. Read more