Tales about Aviation, Coaching, Farming, Software Development

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12 Feb 2024 Flowing Seasonal Creek
11 Feb 2024 Granja Caimito - The story so far
10 Feb 2024 Automated posting from blog to social networks
09 Feb 2024 Concrete Work, Solar System, Rain in the Forecast - And an Announcement
02 May 2022 An update about Living on the farm
09 Jul 2019 Living on the farm
29 Dec 2018 Spent the night in the new house
03 Nov 2018 Working on the inside of the house
04 Oct 2018 Solar pump for the shallow well
31 Aug 2018 Air conditioner for the offgrid house
04 Aug 2018 Washing and drying with solar power
31 Jul 2018 It is moving day
23 Jul 2018 We got cows for the farm
22 Jul 2018 Putting up drywall and insulation
21 Jul 2018 Installing windows
20 Jul 2018 Bird's nest in the engine compartment
19 Jul 2018 Solar power for the house
18 Jul 2018 Pasture eaten and trampled
17 Jul 2018 Automatic waterer for the animals
16 Jul 2018 Erecting the mongolian yurt the second time
15 Jul 2018 Wrapping the house in paper
14 Jul 2018 Electrical wiring
13 Jul 2018 Digging with the backhoe
12 Jul 2018 Sheep shelter and getting plans changed
11 Jul 2018 Decking the roof
10 Jul 2018 Roundpen for horse training
09 Jul 2018 Installing water pipe for the kitchen
08 Jul 2018 Every guy needs a backhoe
07 Jul 2018 Getting a horse and some wildlife
07 Jul 2018 Consumed by tall gras
27 Jun 2018 Water proofing the roof
26 Jun 2018 We got four Merino sheep
25 Jun 2018 Closing in the roof
24 Jun 2018 Adding a second half to the house
23 Jun 2018 Adding the Mongolian Yurt to the building
21 Jun 2018 Progress on the house build 2
18 May 2018 How Information Security can harm your company
08 Apr 2018 Design for replaceability
07 Apr 2018 Draft of a ROCA- and SCS-style application
02 Apr 2018 Considerations for a farm following the principles of Lean Startup
21 Mar 2018 Progress on the house build
04 Feb 2018 Setting up the first electric fence
04 Feb 2018 All walls have been completed
21 Jan 2018 First time framing walls
21 Jan 2018 Day saved for delivery truck driver
13 Jan 2018 Decking for the subfloor
07 Jan 2018 Testing with Selenium Docker Container
31 Dec 2017 Building the subfloor for the temporary housing at the farm
30 Dec 2017 A build and deployment pipeline with Maven, Docker and Jenkins
17 Nov 2017 Fixing a fence temporarily
16 Nov 2017 Veterinarian checks cows and vaccinates pigs
22 Oct 2017 Some metal work and planning for another building
18 Oct 2017 Finally some rain
14 Oct 2017 Rock and patches of concrete in the patio
13 Oct 2017 Cleaning up patio and workshop
07 Oct 2017 Planning the farm layout
04 Oct 2017 First lunch at new farm
03 Oct 2017 First impressions from the new farm
02 Oct 2017 New farm in Andalucia
27 Dec 2016 Highlights of 2016
11 Dec 2016 Sunday afternoon in the neighborhood of Poblenou in Barcelona
30 Nov 2015 Ecosystem for loose coupling to avoid critical path project management
25 Aug 2015 Real IFR landing
13 Jul 2015 Back to Kassel with a safety landing
11 Jul 2015 Mountain trip from Sabadell to La Cerdanya
10 Jul 2015 Kassel - Avignon - Sabadell
27 May 2015 Cloud surfing
01 May 2015 On the cost of capabilities
17 Apr 2015 Retrospective on personal air travel
05 Apr 2015 Taking delivery of N521CD
15 Jan 2015 Quality is an effort across the whole value creation chain
07 Jan 2015 The effect of Leader-Follower in China as viewed from an airline passenger seat
04 Dec 2014 Some reflection about the China I have not found
01 Dec 2014 We cannot do this
30 Nov 2014 Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM) as a model for software developers
26 Nov 2014 Is it wise to focus on short-lived skills and knowledge?
20 Nov 2014 Coaching through a translator
15 Nov 2014 Whom do you work for?
12 Nov 2014 Find an expert for training or an expert in training?
03 Nov 2014 Selecting a test and automation tool for IOS
27 Oct 2014 Making my IOS world a better place
26 Oct 2014 Safety instructions in the cafeteria
19 Oct 2014 Making the world
14 Oct 2014 Scenarios that depend on each other are bad
10 Oct 2014 Improving the fake storage
29 Sep 2014 How to verify things
27 Sep 2014 What should the ALE News web client do?
26 Sep 2014 Selecting tools for testing the web client
25 Sep 2014 Learning AngularJS to create the ALE News web client
24 Sep 2014 Adding the web client module
23 Sep 2014 Build with a single command
22 Sep 2014 Chinese Thank You Dinner
21 Sep 2014 Safe driving education
20 Sep 2014 Corporate singing contest
19 Sep 2014 Night Shadows
19 Sep 2014 First draft of the article service
18 Sep 2014 Is uncovering issues an issue?
17 Sep 2014 Xi'an indoor food court and market
15 Sep 2014 It can get hot in China
14 Sep 2014 Bring your own container to the supermarket to buy flour or sugar
13 Sep 2014 General Aviation in China
30 Aug 2014 From competition it is a big leap to cooperation
27 Aug 2014 Chinese developers work in silence
25 Aug 2014 The eight rules of ATDD
24 Aug 2014 干杯 - Bottoms up
11 Aug 2014 Old Chinese motivational method
13 Jul 2014 Words matter a lot - Speaking in images
01 Jul 2014 Can you do test-driven development with a manufacturing mindset?
30 Jun 2014 Do you take a nap after lunch?
30 Jun 2014 Impressions of Chinese street life
28 Jun 2014 Dance Show at Shenzhen Waterworld
25 Jun 2014 Chinese Lunch
25 Jun 2014 Some Beijing impressions
24 Jun 2014 Chinese business dinner
23 Jun 2014 First impressions and travel to Beijing
22 Jun 2014 Transfer from Hong Kong to Shenzhen
18 Jun 2014 Next. Coaching software developers in China
13 Jun 2014 Agile Cologne 2014
11 Jun 2014 This time with oxygen
01 Jun 2014 Deep Involvement
15 May 2014 Dealing with delays and last minute landing (EDVK - EDFC)
14 May 2014 Flight into the night (EDAZ - EDVK)
12 May 2014 This time above the clouds in the sunshine (EDFC - EDAZ)
06 May 2014 IFR Flight Berlin-Schönhagen (EDAZ) to Aschaffenburg (EDFC)
05 May 2014 IFR Flight Aschaffenburg (EDFC) to Berlin-Schönhagen (EDAZ)
02 May 2014 An afternoon trip to Freiburg
29 Apr 2014 First IFR solo trip from EDFC to EDAZ
13 Apr 2014 I am now officially an instrument rated pilot
10 Apr 2014 Philadelphia (KLOM) to Boston (KBED)
04 Apr 2014 Touring Philadelphia in IMC and circle to land at minimums
29 Mar 2014 Travel to a meeting followed by two full days of work with no hassle
27 Mar 2014 How to keep the demon of management at bay
17 Dec 2013 Changing people's mindset with kanban
12 Oct 2013 Commencing IFR Training
22 Sep 2013 On The Development Of Capabilities
12 Sep 2013 Risks And Side Effects Of Agile Coaching
05 Sep 2013 ALE2013 - Forth leg Szeged, Hungary, to Mühldorf, Germany
03 Sep 2013 ALE2013 - Third leg Szeged, Hungary, to Bucharest, Romania
02 Sep 2013 ALE2013 - Second leg Ostrava, Czech Republic, to Szeged, Hungary
01 Sep 2013 ALE2013 - Use of Real Options When Flying VFR
01 Sep 2013 ALE2013 - First leg Egelsbach, Germany, to Ostrava, Czech Republic
30 Jun 2013 Business travel with light aircraft
11 Sep 2012 Relocated to Germany
06 May 2012 Thoughts On Our Natural Inability to Communicate Well
07 Apr 2012 Difference Between a Mindset and a Process
02 Apr 2012 Why Developers Don't Want to Write Tests First
26 Mar 2012 Two Opposites: Right-Brain Extrovert vs Left-Brain Introvert
20 Mar 2012 Riding Again
18 Mar 2012 Maximiliano - Training the trained horse
13 Mar 2012 My first book: Smarter Software with Activity-Centered Design
24 Feb 2012 When your organization is a software company
18 Feb 2012 Resisting change due to lack of trust
13 Feb 2012 Teaching cues to Maximiliano
13 Feb 2012 Ruby Wrapper for IBM MQ
22 Jan 2012 A Real Pickup Truck
11 Jan 2012 Peruvian Paso Maximiliano arrives and meets Max
04 Jan 2012 The young not always do as told
30 Dec 2011 Road trip: 4 states and a Peruvian Paso gelding
06 Dec 2011 Max the Haflinger
04 Dec 2011 Leaving Panama
20 Aug 2011 Finally - Paddock right in front of the house
18 Jul 2011 Focus on making the commitment leads to low quality code
05 Jul 2011 Snake hides in a moving box
30 Jun 2011 Horses, cows and a view to the Pacific Ocean
27 Jun 2011 Estimation creates silos and prevents teams from developing solutions
23 Jun 2011 How to work with ATDD and micro-tests in different testing environments
07 Jun 2011 Embrace complexity - Don't try to architect it
06 Jun 2011 Source code as final design document in hardware development
30 May 2011 Building a walking skeleton with the help of Cucumber scenarios
27 May 2011 The importance of craftsmanship
27 May 2011 The end of methodology
23 May 2011 Use of a Walking Skeleton in Acceptance Test Driven Development
22 May 2011 Why does it always have to be a step by step process?
22 May 2011 Not Everything That Counts Can be Counted
20 May 2011 Pseudo Scientific Management Kills Innovation And Creativity
20 May 2011 Missed Opportunity: Scientific Paper on TDD
01 Apr 2011 Remarkable insect
30 Mar 2011 Water is essential for new pasture during dry season
21 Mar 2011 Validation rules for form input in Acceptance Test Driven Development
19 Mar 2011 Acceptance Test Driven Development changes how you organize your project
15 Mar 2011 How to deal with sending email in Acceptance Test Driven Development with Cucumber
11 Mar 2011 Don't tie Cucumber features 1:1 to stories
09 Mar 2011 Smells in Cucumber features
08 Mar 2011 Benefits of Acceptance Test Driven Development
26 Feb 2011 Acceptance Test Driven Development brings teams together
18 Feb 2011 Telling real stories in Acceptance Test Driven Development
21 Jan 2011 Acceptance Test Driven Development for Windows
31 Oct 2010 Build your own testing DSL
17 Oct 2010 Cucumber: When Programmers Have a Dream
24 Aug 2010 IPad for software developers
06 Aug 2010 Getting serious about iPhone and iPad development
06 Aug 2010 Farm plans on hold due to authority dragging their feet
19 May 2010 Teaching one handed Ruby on Rails after an accident
12 Apr 2010 Test-driven introduction to Spring Framework
12 Apr 2010 Building a transmitter over the weekend
04 Apr 2010 Peruvian mares mastering rough terrain very well
01 Apr 2010 25 km and 10 river crossings
26 Mar 2010 Unwilling, stubborn or simply scared
23 Mar 2010 City girls - too afraid of creeks
17 Mar 2010 Right of Possession and local authorities that fear to act
10 Mar 2010 Building a temporary horse stable
07 Mar 2010 30 km and different food can have a dramatic effect on a horse's health
01 Mar 2010 Fine Peruvian Horses
18 Feb 2010 Meeting with the district administrator to complete the road
17 Feb 2010 Registering our brand
16 Feb 2010 Checkpoints everywhere during Carnival
15 Feb 2010 Crossing the "Brazo de Chuluganti" river
13 Feb 2010 Jeep as Logging Tool
13 Feb 2010 First baby trees in the tree nursery
07 Feb 2010 Where no car has gone before: what a great feeling
04 Feb 2010 Progress on our dirt road
02 Feb 2010 We are building a dirt road in the jungle
30 Jan 2010 Analysis of legal problems with Right of Possession
28 Jan 2010 The last 300 meters
27 Jan 2010 A path on top
26 Jan 2010 Hauling a tree with the Jeep
17 Jan 2010 Setting a specific HTTP return code in Tapestry event handlers
14 Jan 2010 Cherimoya fruit was seeded
12 Jan 2010 Started to seed in the new tree nursery
10 Jan 2010 Very pleased with the wood transport rikshaw
09 Jan 2010 Wood Rickshaw
07 Jan 2010 Nice doors and final paint job for the offroad trailer
05 Jan 2010 Doors for the offroad trailer
04 Jan 2010 Going off the road with our homemade trailer
30 Dec 2009 Using EasyMock to unit test Tapestry components and pages
30 Dec 2009 Setting up a tree nursery
27 Dec 2009 Homemade offroad trailer
25 Dec 2009 Making signs
23 Dec 2009 Making our own trailer hitch
16 Dec 2009 No solution yet to the legal issues
10 Dec 2009 There is a better access road
07 Dec 2009 Agreements are not always honored by all parties
28 Nov 2009 Clamp slabs together to saw poles
27 Nov 2009 Turning the guayacan log into slabs
23 Nov 2009 Think like a cow: pasture
23 Nov 2009 How to make wooden marker poles
22 Nov 2009 Land survey in the jungle
21 Nov 2009 Searching for wood and finding a "quebrada"; More weeding
20 Nov 2009 Fixing up and cleaning the rancho
19 Nov 2009 A farm in the rainforest - but with great cellphone coverage
18 Nov 2009 Removing a large jobo tree to unblock the access trail
17 Nov 2009 Pedron's hoof is getting better
16 Nov 2009 Our first two heads of cattle
13 Nov 2009 Buying cattle from a local farmer
11 Nov 2009 No luck today with the cattle purchase
11 Nov 2009 Buying cattle via Blackberry
04 Nov 2009 Pedron receives a house visit by the medical team
02 Nov 2009 Vaccines for our horses
31 Oct 2009 Where the rainforest is
28 Oct 2009 Flower and fruits
26 Oct 2009 Food and beverage in the wilderness
24 Oct 2009 How to do a land survey
22 Oct 2009 Rights of Possession in Panama
19 Oct 2009 Seems like this will be the access road (2/2)
17 Oct 2009 Seems like this will be the access road (1/2)
15 Oct 2009 Luzero's accident and rescue
13 Oct 2009 Luzero, Toby and Pedron visit a teak plantation
04 Oct 2009 Some more offroad fun
02 Oct 2009 Exploring a true jungle
22 Sep 2009 Sustainable Agriculture Network
22 Sep 2009 Another attempt at finding a good route for the access road (2/2)
19 Sep 2009 Another attempt at finding a good route for the access road (1/2)
18 Sep 2009 Didimo's old and new home
17 Sep 2009 Snow Leopard update
16 Sep 2009 Our temporary home base
15 Sep 2009 The big trip to the farm for our new horses
14 Sep 2009 Horse Beauty Salon
13 Sep 2009 Picking up Luzero to join the others
12 Sep 2009 Saddles, Machetes, Lasso, etc.
11 Sep 2009 Finding horses
10 Sep 2009 Going all the way to the end of the road (2/2)
07 Sep 2009 Sometimes leaving can be difficult
07 Sep 2009 Going all the way to the end of the road (1/2)
07 Sep 2009 Figuring out where to build an access road
06 Sep 2009 How the farm looks like at the moment
06 Sep 2009 Farming in the rainforest of Panama
06 Sep 2009 Exploring the farm
06 Sep 2009 The final 2 km are on horseback
04 Sep 2009 How to get to the farm
04 Sep 2009 A farm in the rainforest of Panama
11 Feb 2009 Busy, busy, busy
30 Jan 2009 Authentication for Apache httpd against Unix accounts
28 Dec 2008 Left the city behind and went 4x4
13 Oct 2008 Small countries celebrate a little different
15 Sep 2008 IEEE Panama celebrates Dia del Programador
09 Sep 2008 Got invited to speak at IEEE Panama
06 Sep 2008 Launched
30 Aug 2008 Risk Factors for Offshore-Outsourced Development Projects
24 May 2008 Client-Server Computing: The Future Web?
20 May 2008 It doesn't matter whether it works
03 May 2008 Team room
03 May 2008 Does Sustainable Pace mean a 40 hour week?
21 Apr 2008 Some businesses should stay away from Agile
20 Apr 2008 Psychological evaluation for Agile?
12 Apr 2008 The Browser is No Place for Multitasking
05 Apr 2008 The connection between accounting and sub-standard tools for developers
03 Apr 2008 What's wrong with software development in large corporations
24 Feb 2008 Quality control in software development
05 Feb 2008 Thoughts on the ideal project team
05 Feb 2008 Outsourcing for start-ups?
03 Feb 2008 Another perspective on Command and Control
15 Dec 2007 PanamaJUG Conference
29 Nov 2007 PDF for my talk "Agile Development in Panama"
25 Nov 2007 On pair programming
24 Nov 2007 Why do so many technology projects fail?
24 Nov 2007 Cram the team into a small space or let them think
22 Nov 2007 Ohio for a few days
22 Nov 2007 An Agile Development Organization in Tampa, Florida
22 Nov 2007 An Agile Development Organization in Miami, Florida
17 Nov 2007 Announcement: I'm going to speak about Agile and Savila
16 Nov 2007 Coverage != testing
01 Nov 2007 Java and Mac OS X: it's all about priorities
31 Oct 2007 Java on Leopard - enough complaining
29 Oct 2007 Stale Java for the Mac Faithful
24 Oct 2007 It's the Software, Stupid!
03 Oct 2007 Adobe Demos "Thermo" RIA Design Tool to Delighted Crowd
28 Sep 2007 Van Gogh on personal productivity
09 Sep 2007 Scrum highlights poor software architecture
01 Sep 2007 Panama JUG: Two Day Conference
15 Aug 2007 Emerging Architect Roles
14 Aug 2007 Re: Silicon Valley is looking to do business in Latin America
13 Aug 2007 A Guide to Hiring Programmers: The High Cost of Low Quality
09 Aug 2007 Re: Is the SCM system an agile developers' enemy?
08 Aug 2007 Write emails on Apple TV soon?
05 Aug 2007 Web businesses targeting Hispanics
27 Jul 2007 Is the SCM system an agile developers' enemy?
25 Jul 2007 Silicon Valley is looking to do business in Latin America
21 Jul 2007 Windows dominates Linux due to piracy
12 Jul 2007 Comment on Cultural Sensitivity and the backlash of having none
02 Jul 2007 Multitasking considered harmful
30 Jun 2007 Potential good news for snowbirds and investors in Panama
30 Jun 2007 Deliver products on time and under budget with agile development
29 Jun 2007 Agile Development ranks #18 on CNN
28 Jun 2007 Indian CIOs have to offshore work
27 Jun 2007 Venture Capitalists demand outsourcing
25 Jun 2007 Someone interested hearing about software development in Panama?
09 Jun 2007 Additional article about reduction of tourist visa term to 30 days
08 Jun 2007 Developing countries and immigration laws
08 May 2007 It does make a difference whether you are just developing or using it
07 May 2007 Tasteful food for developers
16 Apr 2007 Why I love test-driven development
08 Apr 2007 The impact of roadblocks on residential tourism
19 Mar 2007 Java stack for all purpose development
11 Mar 2007 Evaluating technologies for new product development
09 Mar 2007 Starting to love EJB3 Hibernate Annotations
04 Mar 2007 Tapestry: first experiences
26 Feb 2007 Road trip with a surprise - Always carry your passport
19 Feb 2007 City is dead during Carnival in Panama
03 Feb 2007 Cerro Azul - Vacation Homes Between the Clouds
01 Feb 2007 Presented at 4th Geek Fest Panama
26 Jan 2007 UXcamp: Information Architects in Panama
24 Jan 2007 Most common mistake: start Swing applications off the right thread
19 Jan 2007 Smart brains in Panama
10 Dec 2006 [TSE] Meeting Requirements through Acceptance and Stress Testing
09 Dec 2006 [TSE] System Integration Testing with Spring
08 Dec 2006 [TSE] The Building Blocks of Domain Driven Design
08 Dec 2006 [TSE] The Art of Domain Modeling
08 Dec 2006 [TSE] Domain Driven Design
01 Dec 2006 Preparing for The Spring Experience
19 Nov 2006 Leading a mixed language development team
27 Sep 2006 Taxis in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
25 Sep 2006 The webtop - back in time?
25 Sep 2006 The PC - An entertainment device
25 Sep 2006 Latin American business culture
27 Aug 2006 Leisurely Sunday at the beach
25 Aug 2006 Walks around Panama City
23 Aug 2006 Welcome Antonio
19 Aug 2006 Quite fast
15 Aug 2006 Fiber Optics for Internet Access
09 Aug 2006 Why so many open source projects end up at Apache
30 Jul 2006 Maven2, Eclipse Callisto with WTP and Subclipse working together
28 Jul 2006 Washing machines seem to be a rare good
28 Jul 2006 No default route for PPTP connections
23 Jul 2006 Moving in
20 Jul 2006 Buying a washer or how to loose a customer
19 Jul 2006 Fine Italian dining in Panama
19 Jul 2006 Don't install Java apps from the Ubuntu repository, if you want to use Sun's JVM
18 Jul 2006 Sun Java VM on Ubuntu Linux
14 Jul 2006 It's past 8 pm and there is some live accordion music from down the street
14 Jul 2006 iSCSI support in Linux
13 Jul 2006 Fourth day in Panama City
12 Jul 2006 iSCSI support in Linux
10 Jul 2006 Arrived in Panama and started working in my new office
09 Jul 2006 Box embargos are so annoying
06 Jul 2006 Cheap programmers on a ship anchoring off the coast of California
29 Jun 2006 We're finally relocating to Panama