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		<title>AbdulMoniem&#8217;s Thoughts :: 2010 in Review</title>
		<link>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/abdulmoniems-thoughts-2010-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Abdul Moniem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abdulmoniem.wordpress.com&amp;blog=408565&amp;post=487&amp;subd=abdulmoniem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apress Book &#8220;Beginning Silverlight 4 in C#&#8221; Review</title>
		<link>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/apress-book-beginning-silverlight-4-in-c-review/</link>
		<comments>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/apress-book-beginning-silverlight-4-in-c-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Abdul Moniem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Currently Reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C# 4.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silverlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visual studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vs 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xaml]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/?p=481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just finished "Beginning Silverlight 4 in C#" book written by Robert Lair from Apress and I would like to share my humble opinion about it.

Really and simply, it is a great book to grasp many concepts about Silverlight 4 in a just 400 papers. For me, I have finished the book in four days (3-5 hours / day) <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abdulmoniem.wordpress.com&amp;blog=408565&amp;post=481&amp;subd=abdulmoniem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teach Your Stakeholders To Write Acceptance Criteria</title>
		<link>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/teach-your-stakeholders-to-write-acceptance-criteria/</link>
		<comments>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/teach-your-stakeholders-to-write-acceptance-criteria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Abdul Moniem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips & Hints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estimation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scrum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve macconnell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/?p=471</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, our product owner has sent me a  document which contains some bugs as he said. I have opened the document to see what is the problems with our system, but I have found that most of the notes which were called bugs simply not bugs but they are new features.

I have decided to hold a meeting with him afternoon to discuss them with him. I told him: "These are not bugs, they are new features.". He said sadly: "No, No ... They are bugs. I didn't expect all these notes. Why this feature is like this? and why the other feature is not working as my expectations ... etc."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abdulmoniem.wordpress.com&amp;blog=408565&amp;post=471&amp;subd=abdulmoniem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First 3 Months :: Being a Team Lead</title>
		<link>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/first-3-months-being-a-team-lead/</link>
		<comments>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/first-3-months-being-a-team-lead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Abdul Moniem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips & Hints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/?p=464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being a normal senior leading some people under your management is totally different from being a team lead leading a whole team has seniors, juniors and even people who are out of your technical scope. And this makes the difference.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abdulmoniem.wordpress.com&amp;blog=408565&amp;post=464&amp;subd=abdulmoniem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Deep Inside Structural Patterns :: Decorator Pattern :: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/deep-inside-structural-patterns-decorator-pattern-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/deep-inside-structural-patterns-decorator-pattern-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 07:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Abdul Moniem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Deep Inside]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decorator pattern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design patterns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gang of four]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[object oriented design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[structural patterns]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/?p=315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have discussed in our previous post the decorator pattern's role, and giving a very detailed illustration about it. Also, we have discussed its design varieties and clarified when to use each design and why.

Today, we will complete our discussion about decorator pattern. We will talk deeply about different examples from the real world cases to give you more deep understanding of this pattern. Also, we will discuss when to use this pattern in real world situations.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abdulmoniem.wordpress.com&amp;blog=408565&amp;post=315&amp;subd=abdulmoniem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Ahmed Abdul Moniem</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Some shapes variations</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Relationship between IShape interface and Actor class</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Actor is drawn on a form</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Relationship between shapes and decorators</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Actor decorated with a tag</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">More Shapes</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">More Decorators</media:title>
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		<title>Software Estimation :: Chapter 6 Review :: Introduction to Estimation Techniques</title>
		<link>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/software-estimation-chapter-6-review-introduction-to-estimation-techniques/</link>
		<comments>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/05/22/software-estimation-chapter-6-review-introduction-to-estimation-techniques/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 04:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Abdul Moniem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Currently Reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[estimation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve macconnell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! Back again, it has been a while from our last review on this great book, Software Estimation.

We have already reviewed the first part of the book which discusses the critical concepts about software estimation.

Now, we are moving on to another stage. This book now turns to a discussion of detailed estimation techniques that can be applied to specific estimation problems.

This chapter is just an introduction to lay out the ground for the upcoming chapters which will discuss specific techniques.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abdulmoniem.wordpress.com&amp;blog=408565&amp;post=447&amp;subd=abdulmoniem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>C# 4.0 First Look :: Covariance and Contravariance</title>
		<link>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/c-4-0-first-look-covariance-and-contravariance/</link>
		<comments>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/c-4-0-first-look-covariance-and-contravariance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 08:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Abdul Moniem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cutting Edge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[.net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[.net 4.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[c#]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C# 4.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/?p=414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another new feature in C# 4.0 is covariance and contravariance. Really, I will let you in this post with those two nice videos which explains well what is this new feature. This video is made by Eric Lippert divided into two parts. Enjoy!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abdulmoniem.wordpress.com&amp;blog=408565&amp;post=414&amp;subd=abdulmoniem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manning Book &#8220;jQuery in Action&#8221; Review</title>
		<link>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/manning-book-jquery-in-action-review/</link>
		<comments>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/manning-book-jquery-in-action-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 09:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Abdul Moniem</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jquery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just finished a Manning Book titled "jQuery in Action". I am here just to share my opinion with you about this book.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abdulmoniem.wordpress.com&amp;blog=408565&amp;post=437&amp;subd=abdulmoniem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VS 2010 First Look :: Debugger Improvements</title>
		<link>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/vs-2010-first-look-debugger-improvements/</link>
		<comments>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/vs-2010-first-look-debugger-improvements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Abdul Moniem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cutting Edge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[.net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[.net 4.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visual studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vs 2010]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/?p=416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The VS 2010 debugger has a some great new capabilities like Intellitrace (historical debugging), the new parallel/multithreaded debugging capabilities, and dump debuging support.

For now we will demonstrate some new tiny usability improvements in VS debugger.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abdulmoniem.wordpress.com&amp;blog=408565&amp;post=416&amp;subd=abdulmoniem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Ahmed Abdul Moniem</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Break points</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">1) Right-click on any breakpoint</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">2) Add label</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">3) See the new labels attached to the breakpoints</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Filter by label</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://abdulmoniem.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/71.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Enable / Disable breakpoints by label</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://abdulmoniem.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/81.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Import / Export breakpoints</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://abdulmoniem.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/9.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Hover over a variable in a debugging session</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://abdulmoniem.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/10.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Pinned data tip</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://abdulmoniem.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/111.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Pinned data tip with comments</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://abdulmoniem.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/121.jpg?w=256" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Import / Export data tips</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Last debugging session</media:title>
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		<title>VS 2010 First Look :: Call Hierarchy</title>
		<link>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/vs-2010-first-look-call-hierarchy/</link>
		<comments>http://abdulmoniem.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/vs-2010-first-look-call-hierarchy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 09:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Abdul Moniem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cutting Edge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[.net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[.net 4.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visual studio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vs 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Old versions of VS like 2008 for example was really painful when trying to navigate from an interface method for example to its implementation. Now, as we have seen a lot of improvements in navigability in VS 2010, we have been introduced with a very cool new window called: "Call Hierarchy".<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=abdulmoniem.wordpress.com&amp;blog=408565&amp;post=404&amp;subd=abdulmoniem&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Ahmed Abdul Moniem</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">View Call Hierarchy</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://abdulmoniem.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/21.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Call Hierarchy Window</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Calls from &#38; Calls to</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Call sites</media:title>
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