Ian Cooper [MVP]

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• AltNetConf Reflections

  With the smoke clearing from the altnetconf this weekend I thought I might reflect a little on the ambience. Once again I was really pleased with how the Open Space format turned out. We find that we do not get any presentations as a result. Instead we... Posted Sep 15 2008, 01:52 PM by Ian Cooper with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: altnetconf, AltNetUK

• Alt.Net Conference London and DDD 7 voting

  It never rains conferences but it pours. Tonight and tomorrow is the 2nd London Alt.Net conference . It has been just over 6 months since the last one, so it will be interesting to see where everyone is this time around. I have no idea what will come... Posted Sep 12 2008, 10:05 AM by Ian Cooper with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: altnetconf, AltNetUK

• Alt.Net UK September

  We are pleased to announce that the Alt.Net UK Conference will be returning in September, and that there will be room for more attendees this time! The plan is host the event at Conway Hall in London and our thinking is to follow the same sort of schedule... Posted Jul 09 2008, 11:24 PM by Ian Cooper with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: altnetconf, AltNetUK, Events

• Classicist vs. Mockist Test-Driven Development

  One thing that came up in a couple of sessions of Altnetconf UK was the old saw of classicist vs. mockist approaches to TDD. Martin Fowler has a great, and updated, article on the distinction between the two approaches here . Now I have to confess to... Posted Feb 04 2008, 01:23 PM by Ian Cooper with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: altnetconf, AltNetUK, Fakes, Featured, Mocks, Stubs, TDD

• Keeping in touch with Altnetconf UK

  Those of you who can't attend Altnetconf UK may still want to keep in touch with what we are up to during the day. We have three mechanisms to help you do that: First, Dave Verwer , has set up a newsriver for us where you will be able to pick up AltNetUK... Posted Jan 29 2008, 09:15 AM by Ian Cooper with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, altnetconf, AltNetUK

• Altnetconf UK: First release of tickets sold out

  The first release of tickets for the UK altnetconf were made available yesterday and were snapped up yesterday. Great to see that there is still enough interest in the alt.net meme , despite the increase in noise over signal on some of the mailing lists... Posted Jan 03 2008, 10:41 AM by Ian Cooper with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: altnetconf

• Registration for altnetconf opens January 2nd

  A short message to let you know that we plan on opening registration for the UK altnetconf (to be held on February 1st and 2nd) on January 2nd. So you will have time to recover from your New Year hangovers before needing to hover over your computer to... Posted Dec 28 2007, 09:29 AM by Ian Cooper with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, altnetconf

• Alt.Net.UK Jeremy wins fastest finger

  Wow, Jeremy is on the mark, he beat me to an announcement about Alt.Net.UK . You can check out Ben's blog , where Jeremy saw it. Following Bill and Jeff 's call to arms, we are going to put on an altnetconf in London on Friday 1st and Saturday... Posted Dec 07 2007, 12:30 PM by Ian Cooper with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Agile, altnetconf