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Do it right from day one or you never will
-Andy Hunt
I haven't had the chance to read and review any books from the Pragmatic Programmers series. I decided to change that with the book Ship It! - A Practical Guide to Successful Software Projects by ...
-Thomas "Duffbert" Duff
More practical advice from the pragmatic crew. This is another excellent book from the guys at Pragmatic. In this book Jared and William cover pragmatic project management with down to earth advic...
-Jack D. Herrington

Trip It is an Awesome Web Site (May 22)
First, Trip It has no relation to Ship It! :) Seriously.

Trip It is a great web site that aggregates your travel itineraries. You can forward them (at plans@tripit.com) your Orbitz confirmation (or hotel reservation or car reservation, etc), and they'll automatically parse it, and put it in your account. They attribute itineraries based on the email account you send the notice from.

The first time I realized this has a "must have" service was a trip to Boston. Someone in Boston wanted to pick me up at the airport, but lost my flight information. While I was in the air, they called my wife, she logged into Trip It and pulled the info. She had my flight number, arrival time, etc.

Then I realized that Trip It also lets you add contacts and shows you 'near misses'. If you and a friend are in the same city, it'll notify you and you can see about scheduling dinner. I'm slowly adding friends and colleges to my contacts. No near misses yet, but I'm still hopeful.

They finally won me over completely when I sent them a format they didn't parse, and they took the time to add in support for an entirely new travel agency. Just based on one user!

They're still in beta, and free. If you do any travel, I highly recommend it. And if you're a friend of mine, add me as a contact. Maybe we'll share a meal in Milwaukee!

Category: Misc

New England Software Symposium (2008-09-12)
Back in Boston! I'll be speaking on Saturday and Sunday.
Pacific Northwest Software Symposium (2008-09-19)
Back on the west coast. I'll speak (and keynote) on Friday and Saturday in Redmond.
Agile Development Practices (2008-11-10)
Any conference in Orlando is good, but this one is great!
Agile One: Boston (2008-11-18)
The first Agile Experience was a huge success. Tell your manager about this one.


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