The White Knight http://thewhiteknight.wordpress.com Liberating the software construction world Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:55:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/8eaa142392e2181bcfcff1ec4c719c83?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png The White Knight http://thewhiteknight.wordpress.com Is it time for Basecamp 2? http://thewhiteknight.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/is-it-time-for-basecamp-2/ http://thewhiteknight.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/is-it-time-for-basecamp-2/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:55:06 +0000 robertmacgregor http://thewhiteknight.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/is-it-time-for-basecamp-2/ ]]>
Basecamp’s a great product and clearly customers are happy with it. Recently I’ve noticed Basecamp appears cluttered. Basecamp’s traditionally sparse look-and-feel has been replaced by visual clutter; this is a feeling.

I went back and looked at 37Signals’ ‘Getting Real’ development manifesto and came across the section on avoiding feature bloat and it got me thinking. Is it possible Basecamp has become bloated?

If Basecamp could be re-imagined what would it look like? Perhaps it’s time to for a clean break and 37 Signals could build Basecamp 2?
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I’ll be presenting at Tonight’s Lightening Talk:

Project Management’s Three-Ring Circus

Learn about the three factors that influence every software project.

Organizational culture
People and uncertainty
Dealing with unknowns
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XP Toronto are hosting their Lightening Talks this evening at Ryerson. The talks are short presentations on the latest topics in agile software project management.

 

Tuesday November 17, 2009 at 07:00PM

Ryerson University George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church St. (Room ENG 288 / 289 )

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