Comments for Situated Geekery

Comment on DoubleDawgDare Series by Jeff Grigg

Jeff Grigg — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:33:30 +0000

Part 8: http://anarchycreek.com/2011/07/23/doubledawgdare-8-one-giant-step/

Comment on DoubleDawgDare 8: One Giant Step by Jeff Grigg

Jeff Grigg — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:52:16 +0000

“Knock, knock.”

“Who’s there?”

…

“Hello? Anyone there?”

…

“Hello? Hello?”

;->

Comment on A Place To Stand by Extreme Enthusiasm » Blog Archive » Feeling like carrying bags of sand

Extreme Enthusiasm » Blog Archive » Feeling like carrying bags of sand — Sun, 22 May 2011 16:27:59 +0000

[...] thank Mike Hill for the expression “geek joy”. It’s a sort of compass I can use to check that what I’m doing, and the team is doing, [...]

Comment on DoubleDawg 0: A Modest Beginning by Peri

Peri — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 09:21:37 +0000

Is this continued? I cannot find it.

Comment on How TDD Works Its Magic: Reducing Mental Scope by Mark Levison

Mark Levison — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:22:52 +0000

Great point, I had never looked at TDD that way. FWIW Miller’s experiment and discovery 7+/-2 is valid for numbers or small strings. But the larger the size the things we’re trying to remember the fewer we can handle. Since most software concepts are larger/more complex than numbers we want to reduce the number of concepts we’re carrying at any moment.

A long winded way of saying you’re right.

Cheers
Mark Levison
Agile Pain Relief Consulting

Comment on How TDD Works Its Magic (3): Directing Debugs by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 04:24:14 +0000

Lately i am finding that “put print statements in a bunch of weird places to see if I was even triggering the execution path I thought I was.” works really well for debugging actually; usually to find the right breakpoint to set.

re: “accidentally stepped over the line of code instead of into it, *nine* times”

*9* times! you are truly a master. I usually accidentally step over the line of code 15 or more times *sigh* i have so much to learn *shakes head in shame*

Comment on How TDD Works Its Magic (2): Multiplying Intent by patrickwilsonwelsh.com » OK, Now Let’s Discuss Microtests & TDD

patrickwilsonwelsh.com » OK, Now Let’s Discuss Microtests & TDD — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:33:15 +0000

[...] more advanced, sneaky design mechanisms behind it are covered (for the advanced reader) here and here and here and [...]

Comment on How TDD Works Its Magic: Reducing Mental Scope by patrickwilsonwelsh.com » OK, Now Let’s Discuss Microtests & TDD

patrickwilsonwelsh.com » OK, Now Let’s Discuss Microtests & TDD — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:28:55 +0000

[...] well. The more advanced, sneaky design mechanisms behind it are covered (for the advanced reader) here and here and here and [...]

Comment on How TDD and Pairing Increase Production by patrickwilsonwelsh.com » Agile Programming: Why Bother?

patrickwilsonwelsh.com » Agile Programming: Why Bother? — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:35:39 +0000

[...] Programmer.) If you really are as good at Agile Programming as Josh Kerievsky, or Ron Jeffries, or Mike Hill, or Naresh Jain, then yeah, I’m willing to have User-Story-specific discussions about [...]

Comment on How TDD Works Its Magic (2): Multiplying Intent by Angela Harms

Angela Harms — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:28:09 +0000

How is it that even when you’re writing about technical practices, it’s poetry?