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AccuRev Software Configuration Management Blog
This blog is written by employees of AccuRev. We're blogging on the latest ideas, trends and conversations in software development, Agile methodologies, SCM, application lifecycle management (ALM), and beyond. Jump in and join the discussions about our company.

Damon Poole's Blog
Founder & CTO of AccuRev, Inc. – Mr. Poole has developed SCM best practices over his fifteen years managing small and large development projects at companies such as Fidelity Investments, where he tested the limits of what can be built on top of Rational's ClearCase; and the Open Software Foundation, where he led the SCM tools development effort for the massive multi-vendor integration projects.

Joel on Software
Joel Spolsky is a software developer in New York City. Since 2000 Joel has been writing about software development, management, business, and the Internet on his blog. Joel Spolsky runs Fog Creek Software, makers of FogBugz - the smart bug tracking software, and Fog Creek Copilot - the easiest way to provide remote tech support over the Internet, with nothing to install or configure.

Brad Appleton's Blog
Author of Software Configuration Management Patterns – Mr. Appleton has been a software developer since 1987 and has extensive experience using, developing, and supporting SCM environments for teams of all shapes and sizes. A former Patterns++ section editor for the C++ Report, Brad is also well versed in object-oriented design and agile software development, and cofounded the Chicago Patterns and Chicago Agile Development Groups.

Steve Berczuk's Blog
Author of Software Configuration Management Patterns – Mr. Berczuk has been developing object-oriented software applications since 1989, often as part of geographically distributed teams. He has been an active member of the Software Patterns community since the first PLoP conference in 1994, and did early work on the relationship between organization, software architecture, and design patterns.

Robert Cowham's Blog
Founded Vaccaperna Systems Ltd, based in London – Mr. Cowham has 20 years of experience in software development, working for companies like Logica. He has long had an interest in SCM, and has worked with clients around the world in this arena during the last 7 years.

Dispatches from Maine - Christian Ratliff
Christian Ratliff is Senior Technology Architect at DeLorme, the innovation leader in mapping, GIS, and GPS technology located in Yarmouth, Maine. DeLorme digital products are rooted in the DeLorme XMap development platform, which is scalable for future growth and endorsed by millions of dedicated digital mapping software users worldwide.

Dave on SCM - Dave Thomas
David Thomas is a Senior Sales Engineer at AccuRev. Prior to joining AccuRev, David was a Senior Software Engineer at Orbitz.com where he successfully implemented AccuRev for an effective best-of-breed application lifecycle management (ALM) solution. Since 1996, David has been a programmer for many large Internet eCommerce Web sites where he has used numerous commercial and open source SCM tools. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Illinois Institute of Technology.