Rediscovering ERB (without Rails) (en)
Since I discovered Haml for my HTML templates in Rails, I stopped using ERB. Haml is more intuitive and readable to me. I am rediscovering ERB though for something else completely – Java code generation. There is a lot of boilerplate code in most Java projects. A good IDE can help you alleviate some of […]
An interesting way to fund projects (en)
Incubators are looking for ways to differentiate themselves. The newly launched AngelPad (an incubator created by 7 ex-googlers), for instance, bets on recreating a google-like atmosphere to foster innovation.
A recent post from Mark Shuttleworth seems to show that some foundations also have interesting ideas when it comes to financing projects :
“The model of the Foundation […]
Lean Startup: Interesting conference by Eric Ries (en)
There will be an interesting conference on Lean Startup by Eric Ries at SXSW. Eric asks 5 questions everyone involved in building new products (or any market offerings) should ask frequently. Answering these questions is not as easy or obvious as it sounds. It’s even more important for mobile development …
Agile 2010 Conference – Day 1 (en)
I went to my first Agile Conference! I guess I’m always a bit uneasy when I’m surrounded by people who more or less think the same way I do. On the other hand, it feels great! It’s a stark contrast from what I’m used to – you know, being surrounded by Architects, DBAs, PMOs and […]
Pyxis prépare ses 10 ANS… bientôt sur vos écrans (en)
Pour fêter notre 10ème anniversaire, nous préparons des capsules pour parler d’Agile et … de nous. Le scénario a été écrit par Alexandre Champagne (créateur, entre autres, de contratdegars.com) et la réalisatrice est Catherine Therrien. Les acteurs : des pyxissiens que vous connaissez peut-être déjà. Les bureaux sont en effervescence, …
Lean Startup : Early lessons from the market (en)
Our knowledge acquisition strategy for ACS Cloudphone is starting to pay off. After only 3 days of MusyMix on the market, we already gathered good information about ACS: No one has installed the ACS CloudPhone after installing MusyMix. Most probably, the relationship between the advanced transcoding feature and the ACS …
Agile in a Command-and-Control Organization : What to do when upper management forces overtime? (en)
My colleague François Perron launched a very interesting discussion on our private wiki – “As a coach, what to do when executives and upper management force the project team to do over time in order to meet deadlines?”. As you can probably guess, this initiated very interesting discussions and an obvious reaction to such an […]
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Lean Startup Applied to ACS (en)
For this posts series, I will talk about our strategy for Android Cloud Services, our mobile-cloud platform that seamlessly extends any Android phones running version 2.1 or more. ACS is a complex platform and is more of a horizontal capacity than a specific product solving a specific problem. This is …
Here is what happens when Open Source projects do not have any benevolent dictator (en)
See Enough is enough: disinfecting OSM from poisonous people.
“I used to write the code, own the domain names, run the mailing list(s), run the servers, evangelize, talk to the press and so on. I’ve successively and successfully given up those rights to very capable individuals. However this has led to a power […]