Seems to be a weekend for launching community sites/mailing lists. Darren has blogged about his latest community site, OzGadgets. I like this idea, mostly because it’ll help ensure that some gadgets get created which service the Australian market.
If you are interested in Live and Live Spaces you should let Darren know what kind of gadgets you would like to see. I’ve got a few:
What about you?
Grant Holliday sent out an e-mail and blogged tonight letting folks know about an Australian TFS community that he is setting up. There are lots of folks working with Team Foundation Server in Australia now and this mailing list would be a great opportunity to share experiences (and maybe even send some collective feedback to Microsoft).
So - if you are interested in TFS, why not subscribe to the mailing list?
Anthony Borton links to a post by Michael Ruminer on “Recommendations in SCM Branching Patterns in TFS“. I’ve obviously got my own views on this subject so I thought it would be interesting to read Michael’s post to see where our strategies differ.
The funny thing about branching is that there are some universal truths, the first is that no matter how you draw up the diagram, its always a tree. In that respect, Figure 1-3 and Figure 1-2 in Michael’s post are largely the same. Another truth is that the longer you are away from the trunk, the harder it is going to be to merge - and in this case, time is determined by the number of changesets applied on both branches.
One thing that I like to do with branching models is ask them questions, for example, in the model that Michael has presented, how would I start v.Next feature development when I am feature complete on v.Current (about mid-way through the graph in Figure 1-3).
At the end of the day, each branching strategy is designed to solve 80-90% of the concurrent development problems of a particular team or project. You probably aren’t going to get a 100% solution, but the beauty is that there are so many approaches to pick from.
Hugo over at the UberTablet blog has been posting up an awesome series of videos about the Tablet PC space. This one is about an application that uses ink to help do appraisals on houses. I just love the way that the floor plan is built out and how corrections and find adjustments can be inked in.
Hugo is also using his Fujitsu T4210 which is the same as my Tablet. Although my wife is using it right now - I can’t seem to get it off her, and she keeps telling me how much she likes it. Will I ever see it again?
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