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Software Project Estimation Part 6: Function Point Analysis

Posted in Productivity, Software Development, Technology on February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This post is part of my series on Software Project Estimation: Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Process of Software Development Part 3: The Cone of Uncertainty Part 4: Expert Judgement Part 5: Count Part 6: Function Point Analysis Function Point Analysis is one of the estimation techniques I have been most excited about over [...]

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foursquare vs. Gowalla vs. brightkite: The Location Based Social Networking War

Posted in Technology on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Ok, so for the last couple weeks I have been using three location-based social networking tools, trying to determine which I like best. The contendors are foursqure, Gowalla, and brightkite. First, let’s talk about the concept. Using these tools you “check in” at locations you visit. Seems like a neat way to see what your [...]

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My thoughts on Lost Season 6 Episodes 1 & 2: LA X

Posted in Television on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Ok, so I’ve been thinking a lot over night about what’s going on in Lost, and here are my current thoughts. Do not read if you haven’t seen last night’s episodes yet, there ars spoilers below. What’s with the Alternate Timeline? When Juliet set off the Nuke in 1977, the alternate timeline was created. Why? [...]

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Software Project Estimation Part 5: Count

Posted in Productivity, Software Development, Technology on February 2, 2010 | 6 Comments »

This post is part of my series on Software Project Estimation: Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The Process of Software Development Part 3: The Cone of Uncertainty Part 4: Expert Judgement Part 5: Count Today’s I’d like to dive into another software estimation methodology. I’ll refer to this only simply as Counting. Using this technique [...]

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