Kevin Seal

Kevin has been working with Java for 10 years, in defence research through dot com to investment banking. Currently he works at Detica's Financial Services business unit.

While getting on well with server-side Java, Kevin's also a keen Swing developer (and possibly masochist).

E-mail : kevin.seal at codingthearchitecture.com

Recent Blog Entries
1	The Four Stages of Learning I've found many parallels with the four stages of learning in software development, from how a developer's approach to design changes to how agile teams eventually become self-organising (eg, Scrum's "readiness levels"). By understanding where someone is ...	25-Mar-2008
2	Common sense... I've just spent a day helping out on a project I had some involvement with last year. For some reason it apparently puts people's minds at ease when an old face gets involved (actually, my face isn't that old - perhaps I mean't "a familiar face"?) ...	28-Jan-2008
3	Who's paying for this? I like working with users as they often give really good feedback. They're the ones who have to live with the software every day so tend to be very clear about how it helps/hinders their work. Is it naive to think that making users happy by meeting ...	07-Dec-2007