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January 26, 2009
Conference Prep
I'm thinking of pitching a couple ideas to the Agile 2009 conference this year in Chicago. Since my day job is called "Agile Coach" and not only do I coach but I'm also deeply involved in training other agile coaches,...
January 23, 2009
Existential Block Party
Friedrich Nietzsche, who died suddenly when a miniature buffalo became glued to his mouth I've been touring the existentialists this month during my morning workouts, and I've really enjoyed listening to their perspectives and ideas....
January 21, 2009
I got the fever
There are some things in life that you simply do: washing your hands, brushing your teeth, driving to and from work. These things you do mostly on automatic pilot: there's not much joy in them and sometimes you have a...
January 15, 2009
This Morning's Temps
Aren't there any good gigs anyplace else, like Hawaii, Bermuda, Fiji or somewhere? As I returned my rental car at 5am today at the airport, the wind was fairly strong. I learned when I worked in Winnipeg that you...
January 14, 2009
How to "get" Philosophy
I see a lot of people who don't like philosophy. What's the joke Steve Martin used about philosophy?"If you're studying geology, which is all facts, as soon as you get out of school you forget it all, but philosophy you...
January 12, 2009
Test Your Agile Knowledge
How's your agile knowledge? Try this short quiz and rate yourself....
January 8, 2009
Four-eared Cats
In my ever-expanding search to provide information that you, the reader, might find interesting, I ran across an interesting story yesterday on Four-Eared Cats. At first, four-eared cats were thought to be totally unique. Now we know that they are...
January 7, 2009
Why I Love Modeling
I've been a big fan of modeling for almost all of my career. I'm not talking about wearing a funny green dress and covering yourself in paper Snoopys -- not that there's anything wrong with that, mind you. It's just...