Category: tech
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Falling (back) in love with the command line
Its all Mike Mason's fault. He sent me an email a few months ago asking me to review his new Subversion Book. Little did I know it was actually a ploy to turn his former bash-savvy, now cheese-eating Windows GUI dependent, sparring partner back to the realm of the $ and # ....
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CruiseControl.NET 0.7 Released
I'm very happy to say that CruiseControl.NET 0.7 has been released. This was a fascinating release for me to work on for three reasons:
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GMail Extra - Gmail Drive
Yes, more Google dribblings. This time its Gmail Drive which lets you have a Windows Drive that is backed by your GMail Account! (Go back and read that again and think about it. Its your own personal file server accessable from anywhere.)
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Google Desktop - I guess it was just a matter of time
I know I'm at risk of starting to sound like a bit of a stuck record when it comes to Google, but I needed to blog Google Desktop. Its a really simple concept - Google searching your own machine - which I think will become as ubiquitous as their internet search engine.
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What does Skype mean anyway
Skype is a free Instant Messaging App that also does really high quality free Voice over IP. Its easy to use, free, and the sound quality and lag are great even over wireless LAN and long distance. And did I say it was free?
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You've got GMail
I've always considered myself a fairly demanding email user. For a long time, I've expected to be able to use folder hierarchies, server-side rules, secure connections and an easy to use interface. For personal email I've used IMAPS or IMAP/ssh tunnel and procmail since 1999. I expect proprietory mail systems to fit the bill too (which I'm often disappointed by.)
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Agile Auckland starts next week
It seems I have timed my arrival in New Zealand, and specifically Auckland, perfectly. Agile Auckland is a new Agile User Group that has its first meeting next week (12th October). Check out the website for more details about the event and a mailing list.
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Lessons from a Successful Agile Project Part 4
Anyone that knows me would have expected me to spout on about tools and build issues by this point, and I think its pertinent how important the previous points were to this project that build gets pushed into the fourth chapter, but here it is finally.
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Lessons from a Successful Agile Project Part 3
Apologies for the delay since the last installment of this series - I've been pretty busy with work and moving country. :)
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Lessons from a Successful Agile Project Part 2
Lightweight Planning