After the XPDX meeting tonight, join us for lunch on Friday @
McMenamin's on Broadway. Tell us what you tried at work on Thursday.
Details on Calagator:
http://calagator.org/events/1250456857

FYI - There's also a Portland Scrum Development group meeting on
Thursday, March 26, at 5:30 pm at Kells restaurant downtown. Contact
Jimi Fosdick for more info jfosdick@...

Diana

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In USA:
"Making Agile a Reality" Agile 2009 conference - Call for Papers open
until March 3, 2009
August 24-28, 2009 Chicago, USA http://agile2009.agilealliance.org

On Mar 12, 2009, at 10:30 PM, Merlyn Albery-Speyer wrote:

> Pair Programming has many benefits for a team above and beyond coding,
> yet it's still one of the hardest XP practices to get into. Ping Pong
> pairing is a lot of fun and is my favourite way to pair. It has a
> game-like style that instils good pairing and TDD practices. So come
> along to the next XPDX meeting to try it out. It doesn't matter if
> you've been pairing for years or want to try it for the first time.
> This
> will be a chance to learn from each other. We'll spend a little time
> getting to know the mechanics of Ping Pong pairing, do a brief
> demonstration, and then all pair up for over an hour of practice.
>
> Absolutely positively bring a laptop with you. We'll be using Java,
> JUnit, and Eclipse. A big time saver will be to ensure that you have
> the
> Java *SDK* installed beforehand.
>
> >>> Thanks to VersionOne there'll be pizza for thirty! <<<
>
> Be there at 6:30pm for the pizza. We'll start at 7pm. At 9pm we'll
> move
> on to a local bar.
>
> Wednesday, March 18, 2009 @ CubeSpace. Details on Calagator:
> http://calagator.org/events/1250456785
>
>