Agile software development in the OSL

Now in the Oficina de Software Libre, I am the architect and we’re defining the methodologies for the next projects we’re starting. They are software for the university. The main methodology is going to be Test Driven Development which is not tight to any...

VPN + Virtual Machine

He we are writing in this brand new blog category called Plumbing. Welcome to the misterious world of the systems/servers/networking :-S I started working as a sysadmin some years ago. It is something I don’t love exactly but here in the Canaries you have to do...

My new job rocks

The idea for this year was mostly to work for my own, in my micro-ISV. However, my friends at Universidad de La Laguna made me an offer that I couldn’t decline. I am now a member of OSL (Oficina del Software Libre) which is the Open Source consulting group here...

Did you know about the Linux Foundation?

I certainly didn’t till now. Check out the web of the Linux Foundation. I think it is very important to have so many people defining Linux standards. To fix and address standards is crucial for the quality of software in my opinion. I got this site looking for...

My new ergonomic keyboard

When I got the problem in my hand because of typing too much, I made the decision of taking care of my hands. My new ergonomic keyboard is very confortable, and has QWERTY and DVORAK layouts. I plan to learn the DVORAK layout to reduce the efforts my hands have to do...

The Business of Software

Are you an entrepreneur? Tired of your job? Are you a developer thinking of starting your new software company? If so, you must read Eric Sink’s book: The Business of Software. I’ve just finished reading this VERY interesting book oriented to those...

What I think about WPF after all

I’ll try to not bitch anymore about technologies as any of them have good things and bad things after all. I complained a lot about WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) time ago as I was using it for an application that should have been done using Windows Forms...

Refactoring:Improving the Design of Existing Code

Last book I’ve finished reading is probably the first one I should have read since I started my software development career: Refactoring is a masterpiece of Martin Fowler with important contributions of Kent Beck and other brilliant architects. In every chapter...

Juval Lowy on WCF

I am reading now a very interesting book on WCF. I like the way Juval writes, I learned a lot in his “Programming .Net Components” book so I decided to give this new book a read and I’m enjoying it. But I think what made me go for this book, was...

Leaving Ireland

It’s time to say goodbye again. This days I am documenting and helping my colleague Audry to take over the application I’ve working on, in the past 6 months. A desktop application written on WPF to manage the contents of the brand new King Pundit website....