Monthly Archives: March 2008

What went well, what didn’t go well, what can I try next time?

By jonezy | Published: March 31, 2008
At Q4 we have a monthly retrospective at the end of each month, and we ask our selves these 3 questions: 1) What went well this month? 2) What didn’t go well this month? 3) What can we try next month? This is an agile philosophy that we use on the month and week level at work depending on [...]
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Note: Blog upgraded to Wordpress 2.5

By jonezy | Published: March 29, 2008
Just finished upgrading the wordpress installation that runs this blog to 2.5, the latest release. There isn’t much to see in terms of changes on the public site, but the admin interface has gone over a pretty major overhaul. The firm Happy Cog did the design. So far everything seems to work [...]
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When things are complicated, simplify

By jonezy | Published: March 28, 2008
What do you do when you are overwhelmed with stress and pressure and immediacy?  It’s a question that I try and evaluate occasionally to see how my opinions change. These external forces can come at you from many different avenues.  Work, family, kids… all the usual suspects.  Everyone needs something from you now so how do [...]
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RescueTime

By jonezy | Published: March 25, 2008
RescueTime is a web based tool that allows you to track, categorize and report on how you spend your time while using your computer. I should mention up front that you do have to install a small app that sits in your system tray. This app sends the usage information to the RescueTime website. The value [...]
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Wanted: Senior .NET Developer

By jonezy | Published: March 25, 2008
The company I work for is looking for a Senior .NET developer!  Check below for the details: Q4 Web Systems is looking for a kick-ass senior .NET developer.  If you are a technology junkie and your idea of fun is spending a Saturday night reading about Team Foundation Server 2008 or playing with Silverlight 2.0 just [...]
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Twitter is what’s popular

By jonezy | Published: March 24, 2008
A lot of bloggers are spending more time on twitter then they are on blogging, though I’m certainly not a popular blogger by any means I’m finding that twitter provides a much more *real* look at some of these people. Some of the reasons? It’s more communicative, I can send a direct message to Robert Scoble or [...]
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ASP.NET Mvc Source Available

By jonezy | Published: March 21, 2008
Just posted on Scott Guthries blog this morning, you can now download the source code for Microsoft’s ASP.NET Mvc extensions. Grab it at Codeplex
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so easy a caveman could do it?

By jonezy | Published: March 21, 2008
I love simple things, easy to use, easy to understand. File Dropper is simplicity at it’s best, no sign-up, no complicated forms.  Just plain simple and obvious choices. +1 File Dropper
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Wii Friday Thursday!

By jonezy | Published: March 20, 2008
We have decided to start a new tradition at the office, wii friday!  But since this week is a short one due to easter our inaugural edition will occur on Thursday. Our first game will be a tournament bracket style playoff in bowling.  The matchups are set out and we’ll begin at 4:30. Hopefully someone will be [...]
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yeah i would love to see this happen

By jonezy | Published: March 19, 2008
from a post at simplebits.com ” On September 3, 1967, at 04.50 in the morning, the traffic everywhere in Sweden was directed over to the right side of the road and stopped. Everything stood absolutely still for 10 minutes, and at 05.00, when it started again, all road users in Sweden from heavy trucks to cyclists [...]
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