I'll be attending the AltNetConf . Convenient for me that it's in Austin, TX. It's an open space conference, and I consider it the founding conference of a conversation that is "Alt.Net". I'll be proposing the topic: What are the Alt.Net principles? . The definition of Alt.Net...

Please read this post by Brad Appleton (and some links off the post) about building trust in a software team. The notion is very profound, and we don't talk about much in professional circles. I, for one, can easily be drawn into only thinking about the technical aspects of software development....

I've been reviewing Jim Shore and chromatic 's upcoming Agile book, and I especially like the "No Bugs" section here: http://jimshore.textdriven.com/Agile-Book/no_bugs.html Large, dusty bug databases abound. Some teams have a process where this is unavoidable. Some teams use a bug database...

I have printed out and posted the graphic from Plip's blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/plip/archive/2006/11/16/who-broke-the-build.aspx

If you are going to Tech Ed 2006: Come to Party with Palermo Stop by my Bird's of a Feather session on " Agile Development with .Net" The session will be on Tuesday at 7:45PM This BoF will not seek to convince people on the merits of Agile: there are plenty of print resources that weigh in on that topic...

Sam has already posted about it here , but I'll continue. Yesterday's Austin .Net User Group meeting was a big success. We had 80 people, our largest crowd in a long time. Miguel Castro was pretty close with 75, but for the past several months we've had over 5 first-time guests, so people are spreading...

Yesterday (Sunday), Sam Gentile came into town on his INETA speaker trip to the Austin .Net User Group . Since we had some extra time with Sam before the user group meeting, I organized a bbq at my house in Leander, TX. We grilled some inch-thick ribeye steaks on the back patio and had a good time talking...

I'm listening to the latest .Net Rocks show with Rocky Lhotka , and I'm saddened that he gets it so wrong about TDD. DNR's last episode ROCKED with Jean Paul Boodhoo , who talked about TDD and other Agile concepts. Jean Paul is a practitioner of TDD, as am I, and he explained the process and its benefits...