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		<title>The Rob Test&#8230; A Craftsman’s Version of the Joel Test</title>
		<link>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2009/07/25/the-rob-test-a-craftsman%e2%80%99s-version-of-the-joel-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost 10 years ago I stumbled onto Joel Spolsky’s site “Joel on Software” and found a bunch of really great insight into the development process from an ex Microsoft developer with a great sense of humor. One article in particular “The Joel Test: 12 steps to better code ” I adopted immediately and added to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working from home</title>
		<link>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2009/02/19/working-from-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the 400 hwy was shut down so I couldn’t commute the 100+km into the office, can you hear the disappointment in my tone? Luckily, I’m good at keeping focus when i’m not in the office and actually I think I was more productive today then I have been all week (and its still early), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short Work Weeks ?</title>
		<link>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2009/02/17/short-work-weeks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qcha0s</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week should be a short workweek because of the holiday yesterday &#8230; Family Day! &#8230; But somehow this week has managed to turn into a longer week then normal, I have a scheduling conflict that requires me to be in Oshawa Today and I usually only work Wed, Thurs, Fri in an office environment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Masterminding</title>
		<link>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2009/02/11/masterminding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qcha0s</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Back On Track Experiment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Master Mind]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worked late (4:30-ish AM) finishing up that lagging project (finally!!!) &#8230; Overslept, had a meeting with Mr. Bradfield (Jeff) at noon, but I didn’t even drag my but out of bed until 12:30&#8230; (but look its 8 full hours of sleep!!!!) Sent him a text to let him know we were still ‘on’ and that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The GTD way to managing change</title>
		<link>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2009/01/31/the-gtd-way-to-managing-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qcha0s</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting Things Done]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So as I was ranting about changes yesterday, what do you think came out of my meeting? (aside from feelings of absolute hunger and/or starvation because the meeting went through lunch and stretched out to four and a half hours)&#8230; Thats right, changes &#8230; 12 new feature requests and a slew of changes actually. Some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Irritations</title>
		<link>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2009/01/30/project-irritations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qcha0s</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Project Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been listening to David Allen a lot this past week, that guy has it totally figured out. Truly inspiring. The inspiration naturally translates into working until midnight on a project that keeps lagging, but the end is in sight which is good because I have to meet with the client today (who undoubtedly has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Automating Rails Testing with autotest</title>
		<link>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2009/01/23/automating-rails-testing-with-autotest/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2009/01/23/automating-rails-testing-with-autotest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qcha0s</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lee asked the proverbial question ‘When do I test’ &#8230; and then provided the answer http://whendoitest.com/ If you click the answer, you will see there is a short video, watching the video lead me to ZenTest (autotest) &#8230; Which I happily integrated into my project painlessly in a few minutes. This is a GREAT plugin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrapping up small projects</title>
		<link>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2009/01/09/wrapping-up-small-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2009/01/09/wrapping-up-small-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qcha0s</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to take inventory at the end of my projects, I like to look at what didn’t go so well, and then try to come up with ways that I can improve so that I can grow as an individual. This one project that is finally coming to a close, after being stalled by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Project Slippage</title>
		<link>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2009/01/08/project-slippage/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2009/01/08/project-slippage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qcha0s</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been on a project (or responsible for a project) that suffers from major slippage? I have, and it sucks. I have to take the responsibility for the slippage on the current project I’m working on, which is ok, the vast majority of the slippage *IS* my own fault, not enough focus on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>good reading for developers / project managers</title>
		<link>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2008/03/11/good-reading-for-developers-project-managers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.robertfrench.ca/2008/03/11/good-reading-for-developers-project-managers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qcha0s</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick post while I wait for my NetBeans to re-compile using Maven2 I had the privileged of meeting Gordon Holland a few weeks ago, super smart guy, he pointed me at the Getting Real book by 37 signals (as a developer who has tinkered with Ruby on Rails I was already aware of 37 signals [...]]]></description>
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