Monthly Archives: March 2009

80:20 Development and You

Posted by Josh Milane in IT Project Management on 03 30th, 2009 | No Comments

I like things that are practical but cannot be definitively proven by anyone with intials after their name. I like the Pareto principle, and I am starting to really like the 8020 model (or 80 / 20 or 80:20) of … Continue reading

Some Things Seem Odd Together at First Glance: Agile and CMMI

Posted by Josh Milane in IT Project Management on 03 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment

So Craig Brown, who used to link to my blog (?) happened to mention to me that Scott Ambler was working on a CMMI for Agile development shops. First I was jealous that he knew and I did not. Then, … Continue reading

Put the XBox Down and Drive, Please?

Posted by Josh Milane in Other on 03 25th, 2009 | 4 Comments

I don’t know why, but part of me roots for Microsoft and this makes me particularly depressed. Google Street View is awesome. Microsoft threw it in a car with an XBox. Live Search Maps with XBox on dashboard coming soon, … Continue reading

WordPress Upgraded, "WP to Twitter" installed

Posted by Josh Milane in Other, Social Web on 03 25th, 2009 | No Comments

Having failed miserably and inexplicably with TweetMe, I am giving WP to Twitter a shot. If you see this in my Twitter feed, you will know it has my seal of approval, which is worth a lot. WP plugin creators … Continue reading

Google and Agilists and Psuedoscience

Posted by Josh Milane in Other on 03 22nd, 2009 | 2 Comments

This is a day or so late, but the article at CNET and a variety of other places tells a little bit about what goes on at the big G. It is interesting to me, because I have recently had … Continue reading

TweetMe – WordPress Plugin That Does Work ( Or so I hear… )

Posted by Josh Milane in Other on 03 20th, 2009 | No Comments

I am testing it. If it works, you have a need for it, and you found this post via Twitter, thank Mike Miles for turning me onto it and download TweetMe here. If this does not work, I will know … Continue reading

I am finally twitting productively, maybe.

Posted by Josh Milane in Other, Social Web on 03 15th, 2009 | 2 Comments

One of the annoying things about Twitter was that I had a hard time finding people who were into things that I was into without spending lots of time searching and hunting for something relevant. So, again, I tend to … Continue reading

Discovery

Posted by Josh Milane in IT Project Management, Other on 03 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

I don’t know about 10 percent, but ha ha anyhow. This is contextual, of course. It is also supposed to be funny. Please no hate mail, unless you are really original. This makes me think I should post something about … Continue reading