tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119124364456053202024-03-13T23:08:26.354-07:00XTC-BOSTONBlog of the Boston chapter of the eXtreme Tuesday Club (XTC), a regular social gathering of practitioners of eXtreme Programming (XP) and other agile Software Development methods.Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-1442036165883051192012-03-30T04:17:00.002-07:002012-03-30T04:26:52.692-07:00XTC Meeting Tuesday, April 3, 2012This meeting is being rescheduled to the first Tuesday, and is sponsored by <a href="http://www.cengage.com/">Cengage Learning</a>. So this month the beer is free.<br /><br />The April meeting will be:<br /><br />* Tuesday, April 3, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-84309024780104346682012-03-11T06:43:00.002-07:002012-03-11T06:46:36.533-07:00XTC Meeting Tuesday, March 13This month, we'll be joining "Code and Cocktails" at a different venue than our usual, and possibly actually writing some code.<br /><br />The March meeting will be:<br /><br />* Tuesday, March 13, from 6:30pm<br />* Brick and Mortar, 569 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge MA 02139Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-60817337286945052762012-01-08T08:20:00.000-08:002012-01-08T08:23:59.249-08:00XTC Meeting Tuesday, January 17, 2011Rescheduled from the usual second Tuesday to the third Tuesday.<br /><br />The January meeting will be:<br /><br />* Tuesday, January 17, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-16924358336138249232011-12-10T07:51:00.000-08:002011-12-10T07:57:26.206-08:00XTC Meeting Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011Apologies for failing to update here for a bit. The group has met in the interim, and in fact had a pretty good meeting in November.<br /><br />In case I neglect to update here again, the schedule is always posted at our <a href="http://www.meetup.com/xp-28/events/calendar/">meetup calendar</a>.<br /><br />Several of us attended a recent <a href="http://coderetreat.com/">code retreat </a>and I expect we'll be talking about that a bit this month. Discussions of how to do this within a team might be interesting.<br /><br />The December meeting will be:<br /><br />* Tuesday, December 13, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-31545306900634879902011-07-31T10:01:00.001-07:002011-07-31T10:03:35.455-07:00No August MeetingThis group will not be meeting in August.<br /><br />The next meeting will be the second Tuesday of September.Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-89463427799232271302011-06-13T04:06:00.000-07:002011-06-13T04:08:25.573-07:00XTC Meeting June 14, 2011The June meeting will be:<br /><br />* Tuesday, June 14, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-6878455362937916582011-04-09T08:13:00.000-07:002011-04-09T08:14:39.276-07:00XTC Meeting April 12, 2011The April meeting will be:<br /><br />* Tuesday, April 12, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-57890445396147665322011-02-26T05:52:00.000-08:002011-02-26T05:54:19.798-08:00XTC Meeting March 8, 2011The March meeting will be:<br /><br />* Tuesday, March 8, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-22242284084645365582011-02-08T03:58:00.000-08:002011-02-08T04:00:51.486-08:00XTC-Boston - February 8, 2011Due to impending conflicts with the <a href="http://www.meetup.com/boston-coding-dojo/">Boston Coding Dojo</a> on Thursdays, we're back to meeting on Tuesdays.<br /><br />The February meeting will be:<br /><br />* Tuesday, February 8, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-83840551674730397562010-12-26T10:38:00.000-08:002010-12-26T10:45:47.045-08:00XTC-Boston - January 11, 2011Due to impending conflicts with the <a href="http://www.meetup.com/boston-coding-dojo/">Boston Coding Dojo</a> on Thursdays, we're moving back to Tuesdays.<br /><br />And I'm officially changing the name back to eXtreme Tuesday Club as well.<br /><br />The January meeting will be:<br /><br />* Tuesday, January 11, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-49731595029953742442010-12-05T13:01:00.000-08:002010-12-05T13:07:41.163-08:00XTC-Boston - December 9, 2010December 5-11 has been declared <a href="http://www.csedweek.org/">Computer Science Education Week</a> by the ACM, and I'd love to talk about agility in education.<br /><br />Other discussion is of course welcome as well.<br /><br />The December meeting will be:<br /><br />* Thursday, December 9, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-85730096106252613552010-11-08T06:25:00.000-08:002010-11-08T06:27:58.247-08:00XTC-Boston - November 18, 2010We're moving this meeting to the third Thursday as the second is Veterans Day.<br /><br />Following meetings will continue to be on the second Thursday of each month.<br /><br />The November meeting will be:<br /><br />* Thursday, November 18, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-39917133934594702592010-09-19T03:25:00.000-07:002010-09-19T03:27:48.481-07:00XTC-Boston - October 14, 2010The September meeting has been canceled.<br /><br />We're moving the meetings back to Thursdays for the rest of the fall, and expect to meet on the second Thursday of each month.<br /><br />The October meeting will be:<br /><br />* Thursday, October 14, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-61838037504567429172010-08-07T11:57:00.000-07:002010-08-07T11:59:25.426-07:00XTC-Boston - August 16, 2010The August meeting will be:<br /><br />* Monday, August 16, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-39956535030810021002010-07-23T14:39:00.000-07:002010-07-23T15:15:06.104-07:00Boston Software CraftsmanshipAt the July meeting, Zach Shaw told us about a local Software Craftsmanship group he's organized. And Moss Collum talked about a presentation he's presenting for Agile 2010.<br /><br />As a result of these two discussions, Moss will be doing his presentation "Pairing Games as Intentional Practice" in a preview/practice run at a <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/boston-software-craftsmanship">Boston Software Craftsmanship</a> meeting.<br /><br />The presentation will be followed by a Code Kata.<br /><br /><p>The meeting is at Icosystem Corporation • 10 Fawcett St., Cambridge, MA 02138 at 6:30 PM on July 28.<br /></p>Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-3685902716352545782010-06-27T07:27:00.000-07:002010-06-27T07:29:44.586-07:00XTC-Boston - July 19, 2010We're continuing to meet on Mondays for a bit as we did in June. Not changing the name just yet, and it might move back to Thursday at some point. Or even to the original Tuesday tradition...<br /><br />The July meeting will be:<br /><br />* Monday, July 19, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-378560496896748662010-06-07T16:57:00.000-07:002010-06-07T16:59:15.783-07:00XTC-Boston - June 14, 2010We're changing this to Mondays for a bit because of a member's schedule conflicts. Not changing the name just yet, and it'll likely move back to Thursday at some point.<br /><br />We've also changed the start time to 6:30 PM.<br /><br />The June meeting will be:<br /><br />* Monday, June 14, from 6:30pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-67124871951848134892010-05-16T16:42:00.000-07:002010-05-16T16:47:14.541-07:00XTC-Boston - May 20, 2010The May meeting will be:<br /><br />* Thursday, May 20, from 6:00pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-40517432828201377582010-04-03T15:10:00.000-07:002010-04-03T15:15:29.889-07:00XTC-Boston - April 15, 2010Due to continuing collisions with Agile Bazaar scheduling, I'm moving this to the third Thursday of the month at least for the moment.<br /><br />A new member has expressed an interest in meeting on Monday or Friday, and we should discuss this. Might mean another name change!<br /><br />We'll continue meeting at the Cambridge Brewing Company.<br /><br />The April meeting will be:<br /><br />* Thursday, April 15, from 6:00pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-12213993146884623502010-02-08T16:14:00.000-08:002010-02-25T11:31:38.283-08:00XTC-Boston - March 18, 2010After a winter break, we're going to start up again in March.<br /><br />I planned this for March 11, but now find I have to move it.<br /><br />It'll be the third Thursday, because the first week conflicts with a meeting of Agile Bazaar and because the second week collided with something else in my schedule. We're going to take it back to Cambridge Brewing Company, where we held several meetings at the very beginning. <br /><br />The March meeting will be:<br /><br />* Thursday, March 18, from 6:00pm<br />* Cambridge Brewing Company, 1E Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02141Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-15184249845832815992009-12-08T02:46:00.000-08:002009-12-08T02:53:57.866-08:00XTC-Boston - December 10, 2009 at Kinsale'sThe December meeting will be:<br /><br />* Thursday, December 10, from 6:00pm<br />* The Kinsale Irish Pub and Restaurant, 2 Center Plaza, Boston, MA 02108<br /><br />This meeting is off-schedule because the regular schedule collided with a meeting of the <a href="http://agilebazaar.org">Agile Bazaar</a>.<br /><br />This week is <a href="http://csedweek.org">Computer Science Education Week</a>, and I'd be interested in discussing agile's relation to education.Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-60799028555453720462009-10-31T07:58:00.000-07:002009-10-31T08:01:23.155-07:00XTC-Boston - November 5, 2009 at Kinsale'sThe November meeting will be:<br /><br />* Thursday, November 5, from 6:00pm<br />* The Kinsale Irish Pub and Restaurant, 2 Center Plaza, Boston, MA 02108<br /><br />The October meeting didn't happen, so I'm retaining the topic planned then... <br /><br />There's been a bit of discussion of Agile certification going on as the <a href="http://www.scrumalliance.org/">Scrum Alliance</a> is apparently considering developing a certification aimed at the development process. I'd love to talk about this.<br /><br />But as always, we can talk about anything.Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-3001540188804806842009-09-20T13:18:00.000-07:002009-09-20T13:26:08.709-07:00XTC-Boston - October 1, 2009 at Kinsale'sThe October meeting will be:<br /><br />* Thursday, October 1, from 6:00pm<br />* The Kinsale Irish Pub and Restaurant, 2 Center Plaza, Boston, MA 02108<br /><br />There's been a bit of discussion of Agile certification going on as the <a href="http://www.scrumalliance.org/">Scrum Alliance</a> is apparently considering developing a certification aimed at the development process. I'd love to talk about this.<br /><br />But as always, we can talk about anything.Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-46999597340194613122009-08-31T20:09:00.000-07:002009-08-31T20:12:24.393-07:00XTC-Boston - September 3, 2009 at Kinsale'sThe September meeting will be:<br /><br />* Thursday, September 3, from 6:00pm<br />* The Kinsale Irish Pub and Restaurant, 2 Center Plaza, Boston, MA 02108<br /><br />Since some members will have just returned from Agile2009 in Chicago, and I missed the conference, I'm hoping to hear highlights from people who made it there.<br /><br />But as always, we can talk about anything.Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-711912436445605320.post-1271455058620167712009-08-11T18:23:00.000-07:002009-08-11T18:30:41.159-07:00XTC-Boston - August 13, 2009 at Kinsale'sApologies for the late notice here on the blog.<br /><br />This is off-schedule as the normal first Thursday conflicted with an Agile Bazaar event. I did get the announcement out to the meetup group, and we have a few RSVPs there.<br /><br />We will be meeting on the second Thursday this month.<br /><br />The meeting will be:<br /><br /> * Thursday, August 13, from 6:00pm<br /> * The Kinsale Irish Pub and Restaurant, 2 Center Plaza, Boston, MA 02108Don Robyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492187418748852382noreply@blogger.com0