Times, they are a changin….

TDD

Jonathan Kohl (a test guru) describes his experience with TDD.  It is quite an interesting read on the intersection of testing and design.

Community

Doug Gaff asks if the Embedded Industry is Dead? Reading about Doug’s start in the embedded world reminded me of my own rant about the death of electronics as a hobby.  Which kids play with soldering irons nowadays?

Chris Sells has been interviewed by  Jimmy of Washington Manor Middle School.  Not your typical tech interview.

Micahel weighs in on automated testing approaches: automate to the hilt vs. automate nothing. The bottom line: both have drawbacks, we must find a happy medium.
Brian Fuller over at EE Times writes about David Knuth, an engineer that went through a period of unemployment during 2003. David wrote about his 10 months of unemployment.  Really worth a read.

A new Techno Podcast: RunAs Radio with Greg Hughes and Richard Campbell. Something else to plop on my iPod. (via Scott Hanselman)

Scott Bellware (who has been prolific this week!) pontificates on the reasons why open source will fail to gain adoption in the Microsoft developer space.