Software patents are a Very Bad Thing

I got a call today from a reporter who asked me for my feelings on software patents. He was trying to do an even-handed piece about how software patents might be bad but they might encourage innovation, blah, blah, blah. I found myself going on a rant about the…

Proposed IT Services sales tax has bad consequences

As I write this, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick is trying to persuade the legislature to approve a new tax that will charge any buyer in Massachusetts a 6.25% sales tax for the purchase of online services, programming services, or…

Let’s Try Programming Mobile Apps on Mobile Devices

The whole world is moving to mobile devices … except for mobile app developers. Any kind of software development still requires a big screen where you can see a lot of code. It is too annoying to see and edit real, world-class code on an…

Continuous Delivery Next Steps from the Assembla blog

Here are a few more “Greatest Hits” about Continuous Agile from the Assembla blog.

Continuous Delivery vs Continuous Deployment vs Continuous Integration — Wait huh?
Michael Chletsos, November 2012
We have been…

Webcast: How Lean Agile Changes the Product Manager’s Job

On Thursday, November 7, Andy will be presenting a live webcast for the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA.org): “How Lean Agile Changes the Product Manager’s Job.”

2 Yummy Flavors of Continuous Delivery: Centralized versus Distributed

From the Assembla blog: 2 Flavors of Continuous Delivery: Centralized versus Distributed

The term “Continuous Delivery” actually applies to two very different strategies. The…