We use CVS as a source code repository as well as a document repository on the project. While it seems okay for code files, for docs it basically sucks.
Today I wanted to rename some files. You cant just do that. You have to create new files, check them in and then remove the old ones. [...]
Entries from September 2005
September 22, 2005
Commitment problems
September 20, 2005
Salaam Namaste !
The past weekend saw a reunion of sorts. Sir Doom, Gollum and ShareKhan met up at a former colleague’s house for dinner, a movie and a hand at the card tables, in that order.
Watching a Hindi movie in the theatre after ages was fun, especially since Salaam Namaste was preity decent. We then headed to [...]
September 16, 2005
Musical iterations
We just played the release planning game for our next release. It was a useful and fun exercise. We had all the cards estimated and organized by functional area. The business representatives then identified all the must have cards while the development team identified the must have technical debt cards that were prerequisites. We divided [...]
September 14, 2005
Deuce
Watching the final was an amazing experience. Everyone expected Federer to make mincemeat of Agassi. But Andre was actually leading at 4-2 in the third before Federer took his game to the next level.I thoroughly enjoyed the game and the trip was well worth it. Not much sporting action to look forward to now… unless [...]
September 6, 2005
El Chapin
It was a short trip – just 3 days spent in Guatemala, but really interesting and fun. The country is somewhat like India in terms of the infrastructure and destinations, but the people are a bit friendlier.
Started off from Antigua, the former capital city, with my two guides from Old Town Outfitters, an adventure travel [...]
