Bill is headed to Lansing to speak for the Greater Lansing Area .NET User Group (GLUGNet). You may recall that Jay Wren spoke for them a week or so ago, but that talk was in Flint. Yes, GLUGnet has a Flint and a Lansing meeting now. Anyhow, Bill's on his way there, so if you are in Lansing, looking for a talk on C# 3.0 (Think More, Type Less), check out http://portal.artemis-solutions.com/glugnet/
I thought I would share what I’m reading now, and what I’ve been reading recently. And I added some podcasts, for good measure, and even a link to a cool development tool that I learned about at the Java Posse Roundup.
Read today: article on JavaScript libraries
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/javascript-library/2
Blogs that I read regularly:
Bruce Eckel: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/index.jsp?blogger=beckel
Kathy Sierra: http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/
Joel Spolsky: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/
Bill Wagner: http://www.srtsolutions.com/blogs/BillWagner/default.aspx
And, of course my own: http://www.srtsolutions.com/blogs/DianneMarsh/default.aspx
Here are some blogs from the Java Posse Roundup, which are sure to become regulars for me:
Josh Marinacci’s blog: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joshy/
Michael Levin: Swampcast and also Michael Levin's Weblog
James Ward: www.jamesward.org
Others that I used to read have become somewhat inactive. You know who you are …
In progress:
Implementing Lean Software Development, Mary and Tom Poppendieck, 2007.
Comments: good source for lean software, but also draws a lot from lean manufacturing. Recommending to people in other disciplines as well. I’ll post a more complete review when I finish the book.
On my desk, in hopes of reading soon:
Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art, by Steve McConnell, 2006.
Most recent podcasts:
http://www.cenqua.com/