Re: [Discuss] Google's Nexus 7

2012-07-12 Thread Kent Borg
Richard Pieri wrote: It doesn't matter how much better Jellybean is to either iOS or prior versions of Android because the technical superiority of the OS has never been a factor in the public's eye. But price *does* matter and Jelly Bean is good enough that someone's Mom will be able to

Re: [Discuss] Verizon wireless mandatory dataplan

2012-07-12 Thread Doug
What about texting? $0.10 a text. I think that is both to send and receive. If I do 10x per month, that's a lot. The situation is different for the chatty younger set. Doug ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org

Re: [Discuss] OT: a Noplan Phone?

2012-07-12 Thread Doug
*#*#4636#*#* There is a bit of obscure knowledge. Worked on my phone though. Doug ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[Discuss] Agile software for a nacent project

2012-07-12 Thread Doug
Does an agile development process make sense for projects that are all volunteer based, with people who don't live in the same states or countries? In my job, we use greenhopper, part of www.atlassian.com set of software. There are morning scrum meetings, story sessions, sprint planning and

Re: [Discuss] Agile software for a nacent project

2012-07-12 Thread Mark Woodward
On 07/12/2012 12:16 PM, Doug wrote: I think agile development is probably the most abusive management technique ever devised. Sure, aspects of it are good software development processes, but the implementation is pretty exploitive, in my opinion. Every agile environment I have seen works the

Re: [Discuss] Google's Nexus 7

2012-07-12 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 04:00:16PM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote: On 7/12/2012 8:36 AM, Kent Borg wrote: But price *does* matter and Jelly Bean is good enough that someone's Mom will be able to figure it out. (And she might like that it is physically small and light.) Base model iPad 3 is

Re: [Discuss] Google's Nexus 7

2012-07-12 Thread Richard Pieri
On 7/12/2012 7:39 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: Now look at the group of people who would like a tablet, but can't justify $400 or $500 at all. Quite a few can justify $200, especially at the holiday season with a bunch of geeky friends who have been raving about the good cheap tablets all fall. I had

Re: [Discuss] Agile software for a nacent project

2012-07-12 Thread David Kramer
On 07/12/2012 12:53 PM, Mark Woodward wrote: I think agile development is probably the most abusive management technique ever devised. Sure, aspects of it are good software development processes, but the implementation is pretty exploitive, in my opinion. Every agile environment I have seen

Re: [Discuss] Agile software for a nacent project

2012-07-12 Thread Mark Woodward
On 07/12/2012 09:52 PM, David Kramer wrote: On 07/12/2012 12:53 PM, Mark Woodward wrote: I think agile development is probably the most abusive management technique ever devised. Sure, aspects of it are good software development processes, but the implementation is pretty exploitive, in my

Re: [Discuss] Agile software for a nacent project

2012-07-12 Thread Mark Woodward
On 07/12/2012 09:52 PM, David Kramer wrote: Mark, we've had had this conversation before, and you have met me, so I can safely say you're lying. I want to add another note. There are a lot of companies in this industry and a number of them are genuinely good places to work. The majority of