tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75702677597973076092024-10-24T10:06:32.615-04:00Some stuff I decided to write down.MarkEwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489328493421035726noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570267759797307609.post-47219178335029414192008-09-19T09:28:00.002-04:002008-09-19T15:53:43.902-04:00

I have recently discovered a really cool feature of the .Net framework 3.5 called Windows Workflow Foundation.  I know that I am a little slow and that it has been around for a couple of years but this is the first time I have tried using it.  So, if you are not really familiar with WF the reason you would want to use it is if you need to automate business processes. At the core, WF is

MarkEwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489328493421035726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570267759797307609.post-8606360291179195022008-07-03T11:52:00.001-04:002008-07-03T11:56:19.713-04:00

I have been planning for the start of a new project and one of the key decisions to make is how to manage and format the product backlog.  I have come up with a few options that all sound like they could work.  So, here's the list: Whatever:  The first option is to just put anything in the list.  Make it whatever you get from your customers.  This option has the

MarkEwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489328493421035726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570267759797307609.post-51293812186778391252008-06-20T16:07:00.001-04:002008-07-03T13:27:46.285-04:00

So, my white paper is at a draft stage.  I essentially have all the data I need to complete it but it still looks ugly.  I need to clean up the graphics and make them attractive and put the paper in the correct layout.  The IEEE uses a two-column format for white papers, so I will need to lay out my paper in the same format. Essentially, I have put together a concept for SCORM

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I recently blogged about my trip to Tampa for a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) training course.  I just wanted to say that it was pretty cool.  The guy running it, Mike Vizdos, was a pretty good facilitator and we had a great group there.  There where some developers from Chase bank, the Home Shopping Network, the Orange County School Board, and me. Thanks Mike.  The class was

MarkEwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489328493421035726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570267759797307609.post-80460215618219416122008-06-20T10:38:00.001-04:002008-06-20T10:39:39.615-04:00

I have recently been very excited about Scrum and agile software development in general.  Today, I was thinking about the team roles in Scrum.  Scrum has only three roles - Product Owner, Scrummaster, and Team. The Team role includes all the people that actually do the work.  This means you have coders, testers, business analysts, DBAs, architects, and whatever else you may call

MarkEwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489328493421035726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570267759797307609.post-64123495331339886892008-06-17T10:49:00.001-04:002008-06-17T11:10:29.529-04:00

I just had a new idea.  Or, at least it's new to me.  The idea is a framework for a Rich Internet Application (RIA) that allows a Flex-based RIA to communicate with a server-based database using a RESTful JSON communication channel. The thing that makes this idea different is that the server would not just use JSON to serialize the data, but would actually embed methods into the object

MarkEwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489328493421035726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7570267759797307609.post-71802938993042229402008-06-10T20:04:00.001-04:002008-06-11T09:54:04.398-04:00

I like to keep an open ear for new technologies coming out, especially in the software development arena.  One new item that a lot of people are raving about is Ruby on Rails (RoR).  So, I decided to check it out. I found out that it's made by a bunch of Mac users.  As most computer professionals know, Mac users all fall into one of two categories.  The first (and larger)

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I will be traveling to Tampa, FL this week (Thursday and Friday) to attend a Certified Scrum Master (CSM) training session hosted by Michael Vizdos.  I have read a couple of his books and his web site seems funny.  Hopefully I will learn something about Agile in general and Scrum in particular.

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The ADL community has turned over the development of SCORM 2.0 to the LETSI organization. LETSI has just put out a call for white papers that will be used to shape the next version of the SCORM specification. You can find some more info on the status of SCORM 2.0 at the LESTI web site.I am in process of authoring a white paper for LESTI that I hope will help the community. The basis of my

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Yes, I have created a blog. This is a day I thought would never come. It seems that I have all these crazy ideas and I want to put them down in print somewhere and a blog is the easiest way to do that. So, here it is.I will be brain-dumping stuff about SCORM, ASP.Net development, C#, Design Patters, Agile Development, and a bunch of other stuff you can find and 47,386 other blogs -- but this is

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