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	<description>Mark Dalgarno writes (mainly) on software</description>
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		<title>Google software testing guru comes to Cambridge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Agile Cambridge 2010 &#8211; has attracted leading author and software testing guru Dr. James A.Whittaker (Google Inc.) as its first keynote speaker. Dr. Whittaker is currently the Engineering Director over engineering tools and testing for Google&#8217;s Seattle and Kirkland offices. He holds a PhD in computer science from the University of Tennessee and is the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.software-acumen.com/2010/08/16/google-software-testing-guru-comes-to-cambridge/</link>
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		<title>Agile Cambridge 2010 Program Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m very pleased with the final Agile Cambridge 2010 program. We received 42 speaking proposals, a very good number considering that is a first-time event. The quality of the session proposals was also excellent, and any of them could have made it into the final cut. For our other conferences there are usually some poorly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.software-acumen.com/2010/08/07/agile-cambridge-2010-program-available/</link>
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		<title>Practical Product Lines 2010 &#8211; Call for Speakers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CALL FOR SPEAKERS Submission Deadline &#8211; Friday July 16th 2010 With its emphasis on providing practical advice, Practical Product Lines 2010 is the ideal opportunity for managers, architects, developers and others to understand how to benefit from Software and System Product Lines methods, tools and technologies. The conference language will be English. We are seeking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.software-acumen.com/2010/07/03/practical-product-lines-2010-call-for-speakers/</link>
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		<title>Agile Cambridge 2010 Call for Speakers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m putting together a new conference on agile software development and I&#8217;m looking for speakers. The emphasis of the conference is on sharing practical experiences. I&#8217;m also trying to reach the parts that other agile conferences don&#8217;t reach by looking for speakers who can lead sessions that other conferences may not cover. Suggested topics: * [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.software-acumen.com/2010/05/02/agile-cambridge-2010-call-for-speakers/</link>
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		<title>CG2010 program launched</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent much of last weekend finalising details of the Code Generation 2010 event program. The keynotes &#8211; (Pragmatic) Dave Thomas and Eelco Visser &#8211; were lined up some time ago &#8211; as was a panel session on Model-Driven Software Development myths led by Andrew Watson of OMG. I was also pleased that Pedro J. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.software-acumen.com/2010/03/13/cg2010-program-launched/</link>
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		<title>User-Centred Innovation &amp; Design &#8211; Software East talk February 18th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month&#8217;s Software East talk will take place at Red Gate Software. The speaker will be Dr. Rachel Jones of Instrata. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis. Event free of charge if you add your name to the list of attendees on or before February 15th, £10 thereafter (payable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.software-acumen.com/2010/02/06/user-centred-innovation-design-software-east-talk-february-18th/</link>
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		<title>Code Generation 2010 Call for Speakers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With its focus on sharing practical experiences, Code Generation 2010 is the ideal opportunity for software practitioners to understand how to benefit from emerging tools, technologies and approaches in the broad area of Model-Driven Software Development. Call for Speakers: Submission Deadline: Friday January 15th 2010 We are seeking high-quality session proposals covering topics in model-driven [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.software-acumen.com/2009/10/28/code-generation-2010-call-for-speakers/</link>
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		<title>5 Steps to Kanban &#8211; Software East November talk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The next Software East event on 19th November will see Lean and Agile software consultant Karl Scotland talk about Five Steps to Kanban. Synopsis A Kanban System for Software Development provides an alternative means of creating an Agile Development process using Lean Thinking. Creating a Kanban System is not as simple as adopting a previously defined process [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.software-acumen.com/2009/10/09/5-steps-to-kanban-software-east-november-talk/</link>
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		<title>Bosch and Völter interviews on Product Lines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dutch speakers will be interested in Jan Bosch and Markus Völter&#8217;s recent interviews for Bits&#38;Chips magazine. The two product line experts were interviewed ahead of this month&#8217;s Practical Product Lines conference which they are keynoting and which I am co-organising. English speakers will have to come to the conference in person to find out more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.software-acumen.com/2009/10/03/bosch-and-voelter-interviews-on-product-lines/</link>
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		<title>Software East October talk &#8211; Tim Lister</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Booking is now open for October&#8217;s Software East talk with internationally-renowned speaker Tim Lister on Project Patterns: Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies. Synopsis Tim Lister, a Principal of the Atlantic Systems Guild, along with five of his partners at the Guild, have been compiling project patterns from their combined 150 years of project consulting, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.software-acumen.com/2009/09/30/software-east-october-talk-tim-lister/</link>
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