If you watch enough presentations, you start to see things that detract from the message. The speaker has to plug in, power up, and press control-shift-F9 a bunch of times. […]
Read MoreCanary in a Coal Mine
There is an interesting talk in Info.com by Ken Schwaber. Ken is a co-author of the agile manifesto and co-inventor of Scrum. If you don’t want to listen for an […]
Read MoreA few of my favorite things – I
I’d like to start a short series on my favorite tools. No fluff, just stuff. Tool #1: Google Reader. This is like TiVo for blogs. You search for, find, and […]
Read MoreThroughput – I
I’ve been thinking about throughput a lot lately. Example: It’s winter in Michigan, and it’s snowing. So, on my way to work this morning, I see a truck that is […]
Read MoreWhy Blog?
So far, I’m obligated for quite a bit … A) I want to describe blue man group, and how that might impact our communcationB) Discuss possible ways to contribute to […]
Read MoreAgile Metrics
Someone on the Agile-Testing list asked about test metrics for his SEI/CMM compliance effort. Here’s my reply: I have one graph, which is a stacked-line graph. On the X axis […]
Read MoreOn Leadership
Pollyanna Pixton Asked me how my thoughts on leadership came to be. Here’s a quick braindump: >How did your thoughts evolve? Now _that_ is an interesting question! I spent seven […]
Read MoreThe End of the BlockBuster – III
(Or, how to find your niche) Did you know that Paul Graham just published an article on this? Or at least, tangential to this? Copy What You Like The list […]
Read MoreThe End of the BlockBuster – II
When Chad Fowler gave his talk, he mentioned that the implied career path for most people in software is to become CIO – perhaps for the ambitious – CEO – […]
Read MoreI’m Unprofessional …
(A Rant) Really, I am unprofessional. I’ve been told by friends and people I respect that my website is terrible. Unprofessional. Ugly. How dare I have a website without CSS? […]
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