Fixed Async Manifesto In which I tweak the Manifesto for Async Software Development. Tweaked Manifesto for Async Software Development It's time for a 21st century successor to Agile and its most popular incarnation, Scrum. After many
apereo Presentation ideas In which I share some ideas for presentations. Practical experience with Clojure, in production. Cross-institutional collaboration and code sharing beyond Portlets and war files Static site generators as alternative to tools like WordPress
office365 Office 365: No, you can't reply in a new window. In which I share the inane Office365 annoyance of the day. I was trying to reply to a message and tried to launch my reply into a new window for more comfortable editing.
office365 OWA trying to load LinkedIn script insecurely In which I share another Office365 glitch. Apparently Microsoft's $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn didn't include acquiring enough SSL certificates. Cheapskates. /owa/?realm=...&path=/calendar/view/Week:1 Mixed Content: The
licensing Contributor License Agreement landscape In which I survey the landscape of Contributor License Agreement practices. Motivation This post is supporting background for some conversation and formation of opinions. This post isn't those conversations or opinions. See also
office365 Office365 login glitch In which I share a recent Office365 glitch: inability to log in. Was unable to log in to Outlook Web Application for a little while.
office365 Office365 glitch switching between Conversation and Messages view In which I share the Office365 glitch-of-the-day. What happened In the course of a technical support call with Microsoft learning about potential workarounds for the goofy user experience upon sending an email to
office365 Transient Office365 OWA searching glitch In which I share today's Office365 OWA searching bug. What I was trying to do I was trying to search for emails involving the license-discussion@apereo.org email list, so that I could
office365 Dysfunctional Office365 experiences replying to email lists In which I share some information about glitchy user experiences replying to email lists. Caveats I am no longer myself able to replicate this glitch, though a colleague continues to see it. What
apereo Why bother stopping hassling Apereo contributors for ICLAs? You might wonder why getting Apereo to be more like Apache and stop hassling contributors to sign ICLAs, and to stop hassling committers to check whether would-be contributors have signed ICLAs, is important
licensing Apache contributors need not sign a CLA In which I observe that the Apache Software Foundation does not require code contributors to sign Contributor License Agreements. I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. As always in
apereo Parable of the web framework selection In which I work an example of how important ICLA gravitas is to adopters of open source software. Disclaimer As always on this blog I speak only for myself and not for my
uportal New GitHub organizations for uPortal In which I articulate a path forward for migrating uPortal GitHub repositories out of the legacy "Jasig" organization and into new organizations. Problem to be solved Currently, uPortal and some related
git Seeking leads on university usages of Git In which I ask for leads and examples in support of a conference presentation I'm to give. I am seeking interesting examples of use of Git in universities especially in tracking things that
apereo Apereo Newsletters Collected In which I scratch my itch for a page that lists recent Apereo newsletters. Notes here are selfishly focused on aspects of Apereo most relevant to me. Ordered most recent to least recent.
scrum Waterfall should basically just enjoy a comfortable retirement In which I reflect on violent language in the title of an article criticizing Scrum. On violent death Someone recently recommended to me the article "Why Scrum Should Basically Just Die In
talk 2016-03-18 Upgrade from Commons Collections 3.2.1 to 3.2.2 Fifteen minute talk at a developers' brownbag regarding the Commons Collections 3.2.1 object serialization vulnerability. Slide deck (Listing of all talks.) Post photo credit: Jelene Morris via CC-BY-2.0.
talk Talks In which I capture links to talks I give. 2016-03-18 : Apache Commons Collections 3.2.1* is bad (Application Design Review brownbag) Post image credit: Fabrice Florin via CC-BY-SA-2.0.
Codethulu In which I repost a classic which has sadly disappeared from its original home on the Web. © 1982, the anonymous embedded programmer. 1 – Since time immemorial, new programmers have appeared in order to
scrum Resources introducing Scrum In which I share some links and guidance for getting started understanding Scrum specifically and agile methods generally. Quickest introduction Read the Scrum Guide. Essential reading To understand Scrum it helps to understand
scrum Split Product Owner into Product Backlog Manager and Product Manager? In which I share and summarize resources about whether and when a unified "big" Scrum Product Owner role is preferable or when the role ought to be split between a Product
uportal Follow up on Open Apereo 2015 uPortal BoF In which I follow up on the Open Apereo 2015 conference as regards uPortal project and product vision. Lead-in At the Open Apereo 2015 conference, I facilitated a couple of birds-of-a-feather sessions on
uportal Vision for Productized uPortal In which I articulate a vision for a uPortal that feels much more like a product. Executive Summary The next generation of uPortal should be more like a product and less like a
scrum Agile Product Management with Scrum summarized Agile Product Management with Scrum summarized In which I summarize Roman Pichler’s book on product management in Scrum, on transitioning into the product owner role. —— The product owner is responsible for the
scrum Agile Product Management with Scrum : Chapter 6 : Transitioning into the product owner role In which I summarize and discuss chapter 6 of Roman Pichler’s book on product management in Scrum, on transitioning into the product owner role. Summary of Chapter 6 How to become a
