Rendai

Similar to my previous post, this post has a list of popular blogs. This one deals with testing and QA related information.

I’m always looking for more blogs to read that are more technical/programmer related. I stumbled on this post yesterday and it has a boatload of them. I’m still going through them all but I foresee a larger set of development links for the site shortly…

As seen on BileBlog

… The “agile” cult bothers me for some reason. I can’t quite place my finger on it but it repulses me. It could be that the only people I’ve run into who practice it have been consultants who do a very good job at talking but fail miserably when it comes to delivering things with real code.

Maybe it’s the word “agile”? It sounds too feminine for me. Like a gentle gazelle hopping from place to place. I’d rather be the cheetah/lion that catches the gazelle and rips its throat out, but that’s just me.

On a different note, I was in Arizona the past few days for work. Even though it was hot, Pheonix seems like a really nice place. I don’t think I’d mind getting moved out there for work. I wish I had a dceent camera with me, because some of the places to eat had some crazy names. Long Wong’s wings and MORE comes to mind…

The Tiobe survey reported that the Java language hit #1 in the month of January. This isn’t really news. I’ve thought Java was the number 1 language for a while now, but I guess not. I’m surprised that regular C was ranked #1, not C++. As a matter of fact, C++ is still hanging at the number 3 position. Perhaps the number of legacy systems needing C surpasses newer systems requiring C++. I find it odd though.

This week started out so gently and so full of promise, but very quickly my calendar wrenched itself from my Palm and ran careening about the office, bashing into my most well-intentioned plans, knocking some of them ajar and others totally senseless. My calendar now sits whimpering in a dark corner beneath some dusty printouts. Some weeks you get up and it’s hardly worth gnawing through the leather straps.

Well, maybe that isn’t real humor, but from someone who has helped mold the Software Engineering/Architecture field, I think Mr. Booch did pretty well. He has his own blog, check it out.