Borklog: One entry

30 May 2001

I'm up in Cambridge, MA this week for some work stuff. Against rzolf's recommendations, I stopped by Quantum Books, a local technical book store (I love geek book stores, having worked within close walking distance of a Computer Literacy store in VA). Rzolf was right in that it was kind of lame - not a whole lot of selection beyond what you can ge at Barnes -n- Ignoble. They did have Planning Extreme Programming, a smallish book (especially compared to the Teach Yourself Java in 24 minutes for dummies 1500 page behemoths). This is one of the first books in a long time that I've read cover-to-cover in one sitting. I'm fascinated by the whole Extreme Programming (SURGE!!!!) thing (although the name is horrible). Unfortunatly, working essentially from home alone makes one of the central tenants (pair programming) impossible; and the environent I'm currently in (Tcl webserver scripts) make the other pillar of XP (unit-test driven development and continual automated testing) nearly impossible. Maybe I can take that course at Big Nerd Ranch and find some West Leechburgers interested in doing desktop apps...

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