Monthly Archives: May 2005

Recovering from corrupted perf counters

Posted on May 30, 2005 by bbutton

Don’t know if any of you have ever had this happen to you or not, but it paniced me a bit when it happened to me. I opened up perfmon, and instead of nice names of counters and categories, I … Continue reading →

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Replay link for Refactoring web cast

Posted on May 26, 2005 by bbutton

Look here for the replay link to the Refactoring web cast I gave yesterday. Thanks to all who attended and gave feedback. I really do appreciate it! — bab

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Refactoring Web Cast — Wednesday, May 25th, 3-4 PM PDT

Posted on May 24, 2005 by bbutton

Sorry for the late notice, but I’m doing a teched webcast tomorrow on Refactoring. I’d love it if a big crowd showed up! Here is the link to listen: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/eventdetails.mspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032273124%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e Yeah, I know — what kind of system do they … Continue reading →

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What Makes a Good War Room?

Posted on May 20, 2005 by bbutton

If you could design your own war room for a software team, what would be in it? I’m talking about the kind of stuff that a company can provide, not the soft stuff like candy, etc. Here are my choices: … Continue reading →

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Agile Speaking

Posted on May 19, 2005 by bbutton

I was asked by the local VB.Net User Group to give a talk on Agile Development. The problem with giving a talk like this is that there are so many possible things to cover in the time allotted. And I … Continue reading →

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The Delta Lounge V2

Posted on May 15, 2005 by bbutton

Enterprise Library V2 is starting up, and we’re having problems getting traction. Scott Densmore, Mani, and I are the only holdovers from the original project, and we’ve picked up a new tester, Gokul (I know I spelled this wrong — … Continue reading →

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The Power of the War Room

Posted on May 15, 2005 by bbutton

I was just reading an article in Fast Company. The theme of this issue was “Design”, and the first article in there was about designing workspaces for knowledge workers. The article was written from the point of view of the … Continue reading →

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