Manifesto for Agile Software Development

We are uncovering better ways of developing
software by doing it and helping others do it.
Through this work we have come to value:

Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan

That is, while there is value in the items on
the right, we value the items on the left more.

I'm not exactly old but when it comes to programming I've been around the block a few times.  I've been comparing code between .net and objective-c.  Both have their striengths and weaknesses.  I c# i can see where a lot of bad habits go unpunished.   Especially when it comes to memory and performance. E.G. use the simplest data structure for the problem dont use an list when you can use a simple array.  Dealing with things at a fundamental level is why I got into programming in the first place.  I'm conflicted though as I have adopted an important rule of the agile manafesto which is "Working, deployed code has value."

This place always impresses me.

The food quality is very good...always.

The ambience leaves a little to be desired but thats okay.

Only problem is that you walk through the fish market and smell well...fish on your way to the restaurant.

I liked this movie very much.

Showed lots of actual terminators of different types.

Nothing really lame.

 Left it open for more movies.

The first chapter of thie book was good.

Started out as a dystopic fiction but then they introduced these "creatures"  that suck the life out of you.... Completely change the genre.

I stopped reading it after the 3rd chapter.

I'm watching some developer videos on the new Iphone 3.0 sdk programming.

Its full of language on how great there stuff is...

This is not appropriate language for developers who are already using your platform.

All hail the mighty Jobs!!!

So I'm jumping head first into Iphone programming and I like it!

So far I found very few shortcommings with developing Iphone applications.

Everything is very well thought out!  If your an old hardware/low level software hack like myself you will really appreciate this platform.

It combines what I loved about the old world of low level programming with what I love about the new world of GUI's/IDE's and RAD tools.

Objective C takes a little gettting used to but it makes sense.  The only criticizim I have right now is dealing with apple as a company.

There rules for what can go into the app store is arbitrary.

Interestingly enough Microsoft opened up there mobile app store with little fanfare.

I don't think people know that it even exists.

Slowly I'm being pulled to the dark side...well not really.

Wish me luck and hope I make some dineros in the app store.

I just read Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk.  A very good read.  The entire book is written in a "Pigeon English".

Its about a Chinese Spy that infiltrates a US family and attempts an act of terrorism.

The main character reminds me of someone I used to work with...

I liked it because it represents a exaggerated view of American culture and an exaggerated view of how the rest of the world precieves the US.

Very comical yet true on some level.

This book is available as an audiobook as well.