Taking Care of Business, or I'll Be the One With the Hang-dog Look

There are two things to cover today:

1. I'd like to ask you to please take a few minutes to participate in Dr. Dobb's 2008 Agile Adoption Survey. Dr. Dobb's columnist Scott Ambler is coordinating the survey which examines the current levels of agile adoption. The survey should take five minutes (or less) to complete and Scott and I thank you in advance for taking time out of your busy day to participate. Respondents who choose to do so will be included in a draw for their choice of one of Scott Ambler's recent books (three respondents will be chosen randomly). Scott will summarize the results of the survey in his June 2008 "Agile Edge" column. Again, please take a few minutes to participate. It really is important to track this stuff. Please let me know if you have any questions.

2. The SD West 2008 get together is less than two weeks away, and I'm already having fun. For starters, I've booked a room at the Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge -- free parking, free breakfast, and free WiFi. What more can you ask for? Oh, there's a conference too? Well, I'm looking forward to that too. Here's where you'll find me, should you care:

• On Monday night, I'll be moderating a panel about Beautiful Code, you know -- the book that Dr. Dobb's own Gregory Wilson conceived and co-edited and which I praised here. We're getting together as many of the contributors as possible to talk about, well, beautiful code. That's Monday, March 3, from 5:30-6:30 PM.
• Then on Wednesday night, I'll be hosting the annual Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award. This is recipient is .... wait a minute! It is still a secret, so you'll have have to attend. This event is Wednesday, March 5 at 6:30 PM.
• Finally, on Thursday evening, I host the Developer's Bowl, which will pit teams from Intel, Google, IBM, and CodeGear against each other. Both David I and Joshua Bloch promised not to break the buzzers again this year. Promises are cheap, buzzers aren't. That's on Thursday, March 6, at 5:30-6:30 PM.

Keynotes? Who has time to attend keynotes? And did I mention parties? Looking forward to seeing you there.

-- Jonathan Erickson
jerickson@ddj.com

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