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    <title>ThoughtWorks - IT Matters Podcast</title>
    <description>ThoughtWorks - IT Matters Podcast is a show discussing the business and technology issues facing the IT Industry, and sharing insights on improving the state of how business value is delivered.</description>
    <link>http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/</link>
    <language>en-us</language>
    <copyright>Copyright 2008</copyright>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2008 14:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
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    <itunes:author>ThoughtWorks</itunes:author>
    <itunes:subtitle>In-Depth Insights on Business and Technology</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:summary>ThoughtWorks - IT Matters Podcast is a show discussing the business and technology issues facing the IT Industry, and sharing insights on improving the state of how business value is delivered.</itunes:summary>
    <itunes:owner>
           <itunes:name>Michael Klynstra</itunes:name>
           <itunes:email>mjk@thoughtworks.com</itunes:email>
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<title>Domain Specific Languages - Part 1 of 2</title>
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<description>ThoughtWorks' chief scientist, Martin Fowler; chief technology officer, Dr. Rebecca Parsons; "Meme Wrangler," Neal Ford; and software developer, Jay Fields; all participate in the first podcast on domain-specific languages (DSLs). DSLs have been the topic of much conversation and excitement in the software development community, and the panel discusses just what DSLs are, how to build them effectively, when to use a DSL, and what pitfalls to avoid, as well as some real-world examples of DSL best practices.</description>
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<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:author>ThoughtWorks</itunes:author>

<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:subtitle>Part 1 of 2. DSLs explained, how to build them effectively, 
	when to use them, and what pitfalls to avoid.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>ThoughtWorks' chief scientist, Martin Fowler; chief technology officer, Dr. Rebecca Parsons; "Meme Wrangler," Neal Ford; and software developer, Jay Fields; all participate in the first podcast on domain-specific languages (DSLs). DSLs have been the topic of much conversation and excitement in the software development community, and the panel discusses just what DSLs are, how to build them effectively, when to use a DSL, and what pitfalls to avoid, as well as some real-world examples of DSL best practices.</itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>31:04</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>DSL, DSLs, Languages, Software, ThoughtWorks, Fowler, Innovation, IT, Parsons, Fields, Ford</itunes:keywords>

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<title>Keeping Grey Code Fit - Perspectives on Mature Projects</title>
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<description>Facilitated by Michael Klynstra the ThoughtWorks panel includes Pramod Sadalage, Marjorie Pries, Jeff Norris, and Andy Slocum. They discuss the management of technology, people, processes and tools on longer and more mature applications. Specific topics such as refactoring, knowledge management, innovation, staffing, production support and others are covered.</description>
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<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:author>ThoughtWorks</itunes:author>

<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:subtitle>Perspectives on managing technology, people, processes and tools over the lifecycle of a longer project.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Facilitated by Michael Klynstra the ThoughtWorks panel includes Pramod Sadalage, Marjorie Pries, Jeff Norris, and Andy Slocum. They discuss the management of technology, people, processes and tools on longer and more mature applications. Specific topics such as refactoring, knowledge management, innovation, staffing, production support and others are covered.</itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>42:21</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords> Software, ThoughtWorks, Klynstra, Innovation, IT, Pries, Norris, Slocum, Technology, Agile</itunes:keywords>

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<title>Domain Specific Languages - Part 2 of 2</title>
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<description>ThoughtWorks' chief scientist, Martin Fowler; chief technology officer, Dr. Rebecca Parsons; "Meme Wrangler," Neal Ford; and software developer, Jay Fields; all participate in the first podcast on domain-specific languages (DSLs). DSLs have been the topic of much conversation and excitement in the software development community, and the panel discusses just what DSLs are, how to build them effectively, when to use a DSL, and what pitfalls to avoid, as well as some real-world examples of DSL best practices.</description>
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<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:author>ThoughtWorks</itunes:author>

<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:subtitle>Part 2 of 2. DSLs explained, how to build them effectively, when to use them, and what pitfalls to avoid.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>ThoughtWorks' chief scientist, Martin Fowler; chief technology officer, Dr. Rebecca Parsons; "Meme Wrangler," Neal Ford; and software developer, Jay Fields; all participate in the first podcast on domain-specific languages (DSLs). DSLs have been the topic of much conversation and excitement in the software development community, and the panel discusses just what DSLs are, how to build them effectively, when to use a DSL, and what pitfalls to avoid, as well as some real-world examples of DSL best practices.</itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>34:45</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>DSL, DSLs, Languages, Software, ThoughtWorks, Fowler, Innovation, IT, Parsons, Fields, Ford</itunes:keywords>

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<title>Preview of Upcoming Podcasts</title>
<link>http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/promo_05-Mar.m4a</link>
<guid>http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/promo_05-Mar.m4a</guid>
<description>Coming soon: SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) with Erik Doernenburg, Jim Webber, Joshua Graham, and Rebecca Parsons; Distributed Development with Michael Robinson, Nick Hines, Chris Stevenson, and Sriram Narayan; REST (Representational State Transfer) Martin Fowler, Sriram Narayan, Chris Stevenson, and Jim Webber; Simplicity with Erik Doernenburg, Martin Fowler, Michael Robinson, and Chris Stevenson; Web 2.0 with Martin Fowler, Sriram Narayan, Michael Robinson, and Chris Stevenson</description>
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<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:author>ThoughtWorks</itunes:author>

<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:subtitle>A preview of upcoming podcasts from ThoughtWorks</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>Coming soon: SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) with Erik Doernenburg, Jim Webber, Joshua Graham, and Rebecca Parsons; Distributed Development with Michael Robinson, Nick Hines, Chris Stevenson, and Sriram Narayan; REST (Representational State Transfer) Martin Fowler, Sriram Narayan, Chris Stevenson, and Jim Webber; Simplicity with Erik Doernenburg, Martin Fowler, Michael Robinson, and Chris Stevenson; Web 2.0 with Martin Fowler, Sriram Narayan, Michael Robinson, and Chris Stevenson</itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>00:59</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>SOA, REST, Web 2.0, Offshore, Software, ThoughtWorks, Fowler, Innovation, IT, Parsons</itunes:keywords>

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<title>REST - Part 1 of 2</title>
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<description>In this two-part series, Martin Fowler, Chris Stevenson, Jim Webber, and Sriram Narayan discuss REST (Representational State Transfer). They touch on the history of REST, a detailed explanation, and examples. Additionally, they discuss programming with the Web today, modeling your resources, types, RESTful enterprise development, and reuse.</description>
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<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:author>ThoughtWorks</itunes:author>

<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:subtitle>Part 1 of 2. REST is explained and discussed in the context of development on the web and within the enterprise.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>In this two-part series, Martin Fowler, Chris Stevenson, Jim Webber, and Sriram Narayan discuss REST (Representational State Transfer). They touch on the history of REST, a detailed explanation, and examples. Additionally, they discuss programming with the Web today, modeling your resources, types, RESTful enterprise development, and reuse. </itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:11</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>SOA, REST, Web, Software, ThoughtWorks, Fowler, Innovation, IT, Webber, Stevenson, Narayan</itunes:keywords>

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<title>REST - Part 2 of 2</title>
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<guid>http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_004_REST_02.m4a</guid>
<description>In this two-part series, Martin Fowler, Chris Stevenson, Jim Webber, and Sriram Narayan discuss REST (Representational State Transfer). They touch on the history of REST, a detailed explanation, and examples. Additionally, they discuss programming with the Web today, modeling your resources, types, RESTful enterprise development, and reuse.</description>
<enclosure url="http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_004_REST_02.m4a" type="audio/x-m4a" />
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:author>ThoughtWorks</itunes:author>

<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:subtitle>Part 2 of 2. REST is explained and discussed in the context of development on the web and within the enterprise.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>In this two-part series, Martin Fowler, Chris Stevenson, Jim Webber, and Sriram Narayan discuss REST (Representational State Transfer). They touch on the history of REST, a detailed explanation, and examples. Additionally, they discuss programming with the Web today, modeling your resources, types, RESTful enterprise development, and reuse. </itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:06</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>SOA, REST, Web, Software, ThoughtWorks, Fowler, Innovation, IT, Webber, Stevenson, Narayan</itunes:keywords>

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<title>Distributed Agile Development</title>
<link>http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_006_DistDev.m4a</link>
<guid>http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_006_DistDev.m4a</guid>
<description>In this episode, Chris Stevenson, Michael Robinson, Nick Hines and Sriram Narayan discuss Distributed Agile Development. They discuss lessons learned around cultural alignment, tools, communications best practices, and maintaining visibility throughout the development process while ensuring the most business value is delivered.</description>
<enclosure url="http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_006_DistDev.m4a" type="audio/x-m4a" />
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:author>ThoughtWorks</itunes:author>

<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:subtitle>The ThoughtWorks panelists discuss lessons learned in Distributed Agile Development and how to make it work.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>In this episode, Chris Stevenson, Michael Robinson, Nick Hines and Sriram Narayan discuss Distributed Agile Development. They discuss lessons learned around cultural alignment, tools, communications best practices, and maintaining visibility throughout the development process while ensuring the most business value is delivered.</itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:21</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Distributed Development, Web, Software, ThoughtWorks, Innovation, IT, Robinson, Stevenson, Narayan, India, China, Agile</itunes:keywords>

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<item>
<title>Web 2.0 - Part 1 of 3</title>
<link>http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_007_web2_01.m4a</link>
<guid>http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_007_web2_01.m4a</guid>
<description>This is the first in a three-part series on Web 2.0. ThoughtWorks? chief scientist, Martin Fowler, developers Chris Stevenson and Sriram Narayan and China Technology Director Michael Robinson serve as panelists. The panel discusses the origins of Web 2.0, clarifying the term with its founding principles and discussing their relevance in today's world. Those principles are, web as platform, harnessing collective intellegence, data is the next Intel Inside, end of the software release cycle, lightweight programming model, software above the level of single device, and rich user experiences.</description>
<enclosure url="http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_007_web2_01.m4a" type="audio/x-m4a" />
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:author>ThoughtWorks</itunes:author>

<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:subtitle>The panel discusses the origins of Web 2.0, clarifying the term with its founding principles and discussing the relevance of those principles in today's world.</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>This is the first in a three-part series on Web 2.0. ThoughtWorks chief scientist, Martin Fowler, developers Chris Stevenson and Sriram Narayan and China Technology Director Michael Robinson serve as panelists. The panel discusses the origins of Web 2.0, clarifying the term with its founding principles and discussing their relevance in today's world. Those principles are, web as platform, harnessing collective intellegence, data is the next Intel Inside, end of the software release cycle, lightweight programming model, software above the level of single device, and rich user experiences.</itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:45</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Distributed Development, Web, Software, ThoughtWorks, Innovation, IT, Robinson, Fowler, Stevenson, Narayan, Web 2.0, Agile</itunes:keywords>

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<title>Report from RailsConf 2008 - Part 1</title>
<link>http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_railsconf08_01.m4a</link>
<guid>http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_railsconf08_01.m4a</guid>
<description>In this report from O'Reilly RailsConf 2008 in Portland, Oregon, ThoughtWorkers Patrick Farley, Paul Gross, Brian Guthrie, Brandon Hastings  Byars, Kurtis Seebaldt and Matthew Wastrodowski do a quick recap of the day. The group talks about the Rails community coming to Ruby and the rise of scalability on rails. Links to their blogs are available in this enhanced podcast viewed through iTunes.</description>
<enclosure url="http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_railsconf08_01.m4a" type="audio/x-m4a" />
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:author>ThoughtWorks</itunes:author>

<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:subtitle>A ThoughtWorks report from RailsConf 2008 - Day 1</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>In this report from O'Reilly RailsConf 2008 in Portland, Oregon, ThoughtWorkers Patrick Farley, Paul Gross, Brian Guthrie, Brandon Hastings  Byars, Kurtis Seebaldt and Matthew Wastrodowski do a quick recap of the day. The group talks about the Rails community coming to Ruby and the rise of scalability on rails. Links to their blogs are available in this enhanced podcast viewed through iTunes.</itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>9:16</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Ruby on Rails, RailsConf, RailsConf2008, Web, Software, ThoughtWorks, Innovation, IT, Patrick Farley, Paul Gross, Brian Guthrie, Brandon Hastings Byars, Kurtis Seebaldt, Matthew Wastrodowski</itunes:keywords> 

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<title>Report from RailsConf 2008 - Part 2</title>
<link>http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_railsconf08_02.m4a</link>
<guid>http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_railsconf08_02.m4a</guid>
<description>In this second report from O'Reilly RailsConf 2008 in Portland, Oregon, ThoughtWorkers Neal Ford, David Vollbrecht, Zack Tamsen, and Ola Bini do a quick recap of the day. The group talks about the demographics of the rails community and what alternative language implementations mean to enterprise development. Links to their blogs are available in this enhanced podcast viewed through iTunes.</description>
<enclosure url="http://podcast.thoughtworks.com/itmatters/thoughtworks_railsconf08_02.m4a" type="audio/x-m4a" />
<category>Technology</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 1 Jun 2008 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate>

<itunes:author>ThoughtWorks</itunes:author>

<itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
<itunes:subtitle>A ThoughtWorks report from RailsConf 2008 - Day 2</itunes:subtitle>
<itunes:summary>In this second report from O'Reilly RailsConf 2008 in Portland, Oregon, ThoughtWorkers Neal Ford, David Vollbracht, Zak Tamsen, and Ola Bini do a quick recap of the day. The group talks about the demographics of the rails community and what alternative language implementations mean to enterprise development. Links to their blogs are available in this enhanced podcast viewed through iTunes.</itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>9:16</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>Ruby on Rails, RailsConf, RailsConf2008, Web, Software, ThoughtWorks, Innovation, IT, Neal Ford, David Vollbracht, Zak Tamsen, Ola Bini</itunes:keywords> 

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