http://www.chrisholmesonline.com Adventures in .NET, Agile Development, parenting, music, football, movies, and more... Tue, 20 May 2008 05:22:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Simon has a new post describing how they've revamped their planning board. I found it to be an interesting read because for once someone else's board looks similar to ours. Our board has undergone a few makeovers as well over the past couple of years. In the beginning we tried ... http://www.chrisholmesonline.com/2008/05/19/backlog-in-development-done/ Jeff Atwood's Coding Horror blog is one of the best on the internet. If you're a software geek, developer, techie, or anything close, you have to put his feed in your aggregator. Recently, Jeff made a post about DRM-Free Music. Like all his posts, it's a great read. But that's ... http://www.chrisholmesonline.com/2008/05/13/funny-because-its-true/ For a while now, my employer has maintained an opening for a talented software developer. They have not advertised the position very heavily because (a) we live in an area that is not rich with developers and (b) our small, Agile team has chugged along fairly well without this extra ... http://www.chrisholmesonline.com/2008/04/16/were-hiring/ Occasionally this question pops up on the CAB message boards: How do I prevent my application from closing if the user has unsaved changes? Turns out that there's a very simple pattern you can utilize to handle this situation. It's called the Notification Pattern. Jeremy Miller, .Net guru, has a ... http://www.chrisholmesonline.com/2008/04/10/unsaved-changes-when-cab-application-closes-the-notification-pattern/ "So what do you guys think: Ancient Mayan temple off the beaten path?" - Jeff Conventional wisdom says the beaten path exists for a reason: it's safe. But conventional wisdom isn't much of a match for a group of young travelers who wish to avoid "tourist traps" while on vacation. And ... http://www.chrisholmesonline.com/2008/04/06/the-ruins/